Monica Boes Harris

20090090584, Apr 9, 2009

Oct 4, 2007

11/867107

AL CHAKRA - APEX NC, US
MONICA S. HARRIS - WAKE FOREST NC, US
RUTHIE D. LYLE - DURHAM NC, US
HEMA SRIKANTH - CARY NC, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NC

A47F 9/04
A47F 10/02

186 61, 186 66

The present invention discloses a solution for providing item bagging advisements to individuals bagging purchased items during a check-out situation. The solution can include a self-checkout system and/or a human assisted checkout system capable of providing bagging assistance. A bagged item can be detected based on information such as weight, barcode data, and the like. Based on a set of rules for preferred item grouping, items can be determined to be appropriately bagged or to be in conflict with another item. Item bagging assistance can include, but is not limited to, item conflict warning, item compatibility confirmation, and assistance based on item categorization. Visual and aural confirmation and/or warning notifications can be presented to a user based on item compatibility or incompatibility.

20090106667, Apr 23, 2009

Oct 19, 2007

11/875216

RUTHIE D. LYLE - DURHAM NC, US
AL CHAKRA - APEX NC, US
MONICA S. HARRIS - WAKE FOREST NC, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NC

G06F 3/01

715750

The present invention discloses a solution for defining a private user area in a surface based computer. The solution can identify a surface of a surface based computer. At least one private user area can be defined for the surface. A region of the surface can be demarcated for each defined private user area. Input/output for each demarcated private user area can be handed in a manner specific to the private user area, which is different from how input/output is handled for other portions of the surface. In one embodiment, different users can be associated with multiple ones of a set of two or more different private user areas. Each user can concurrently utilize their own private user area as if that private user area was a computing space dedicated to that user.

20090126010, May 14, 2009

Nov 13, 2007

11/939065

AL CHAKRA - APEX NC, US
MONICA S. HARRIS - WAKE FOREST NC, US
RUTHIE D. LYLE - DURHAM NC, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NC

G06F 21/20

726 20, 726 17

The present invention discloses a solution for object level security on a surface based computing device that includes software objects and behavior tokens. The behavior tokens can control an extent that users are able to manipulate the software objects using the surface based computing device. Different levels of control can be established on an object-by-object basis for different users. The extent users are able to manipulate the software objects can also depends upon set of users proximate to the surface based computing device.

20090205049, Aug 13, 2009

Feb 12, 2008

12/029627

Al Chakra - Apex NC, US
Monica S. Harris - Wake Forest NC, US
Ruthie D. Lyle - Durham NC, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NC

G06F 21/00

726 26

The present invention discloses a method, a computer program product, a system, and a device for securing content of a surface-based computing device. In the invention, a delineated region of a surface of a surface-based computing device referred to as a section can be identified. The section can be a computing space owned by at least one user referred to as a section owner. Other regions of the surface exist that are computing spaces distinct from the section. A set of section specific settings can be established that are configurable by the section owner. An attempt to convey at least one software object across a section boundary separating the section from one of the other regions can be identified. The section specific settings can be applied to the attempt. Appropriate programmatic actions can be taken based upon the section specific settings.