International Business Machines Corporation

Brad Roeger

Giacomo Giuseppe Chiarella

Eunjin Lee

Daniel Thomas Cunnington

Philip Ivor Wakelin

Michael D Brooks

Jenny Jing He

Gerald Martyn Allen

William L Yates

Esther Roeger

A data processing system includes a processor and a local storage device connected to the processor. The data processing system is operated to identify one or more downloads for downloading to the local storage device. The system determines the amount of available space within the local storage device, selects a download from the identified download(s) that is smaller than the amount of available space within the local storage device, and downloads the selected download to the data processing system. The selected download is then stored in the local storage device, whilst not marking the space occupied by the selected download as being used.

Data processing system using pre-emptive downloading

Methods are disclosed for a digital escrow service for an electronic transfer, where the transfer is completed based on the geographic location of the sender or receiver. The method includes obtaining information representative of a geographic area, initiating an electronic transfer, determining whether or not at least one of the sender and the receiver is located within the geographic area and executing the electronic transfer based on whether it is determined that at least one of the sender and receiver is located within the geographic area. As an enhancement, the method may include processing a transaction between a plurality of senders and a receiver.

Processing an electronic transfer between a sender and receiver

A status data repository operable with a distributed processing environment including a plurality of processing regions. The status data repository includes a data storage unit adapted to store status data representative of the availability of the plurality of processing regions. The status data repository is adapted to share stored status data with a client device so as to enable the client device to obtain information regarding the availability of one or more of the plurality of processing regions.

Data repository for a distributed processing environment

A folding mechanism is used to authenticate purchases when making transactions using a contactless smart card. By folding the contactless card in a precise manner, the electrical resistance of the antenna circuit of the contactless card is changed by bypassing the card's built-in resistors. A user may set a folding orientation as the 'password' of the contactless card. This folding orientation determines the electrical resistance of the card necessary to authenticate a purchase.

Folding contactless card payment authentication

Reconnection of a client to a server in a transaction processing server cluster having a single address. A connection is established with a first server in the server cluster and units of work are requested at the first server. A failure of the connection to the first server is detected. A connection is established with a second server in the server cluster and units of work at the second server are requested. A reconnection request is received from the first server, in which the first server has unresolved units of work. The connection with the second server is terminated, including completing current units of work. The client is reconnected with the first server and the unresolved units of work with the first server are resynchronized.

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Brad Roeger