International Business Machines Corporation

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Prasad Kashyap

Darryl Maurice Adderly

Wenjian Qiao

Brian J Murray

John Henry Welborn, Jr

Kenny Huang

Kevin Kuhner

Brian Ray Fabec

A computer implemented method manages virtual disks. A number of processor units detects attachment of a storage to a host operating system. The number of processor units mounts the storage to a set of mount points. The number of processor units creates a set of virtual disks and assigning, by the number of processor units, the set of virtual disks to a guest in operation in which instructions for the operation are performed without interruption. According to other illustrative embodiments, a computer system and a computer program product for managing virtual disks are provided.

File based virtual disk management

Managing access to a conference call includes obtaining, via a calendar application, a list of participants, the list of participants includes a number of participants to be included in a conference call, identifying, from the list of participants, a first portion of the participants that have personal passcodes, generating guest passcodes for a second portion of the participants associated with the list of participants that do not have the personal passcodes, and permitting, based on the personal passcodes or the guest passcodes, each of the participants to participate in the conference call.

Managing access to a conference call

An approach for improving mobile device security is provided. The approach configures a passcode for accessing a mobile device, wherein configuring the passcode includes incorporating one or more hardware buttons into the passcode, such that the one or more hardware buttons are relevant when entering the passcode to gain entry to the mobile device. The approach receives a passcode attempt on the mobile device, wherein the passcode attempt includes a combination of one or more touch screen buttons and at least one of the one or more hardware buttons. The approach determines whether the passcode attempt matches the passcode. Responsive to a determination that the passcode attempt does not match the passcode, the approach denies access to the mobile device.

Augmenting mobile device access control modes with hardware buttons

A target travel destination is configured with a topic of conversation planned by a user to occur with at least one person at the target travel destination. A selection by the user of the target travel destination is detected within a user interface. Updated information about the topic of conversation configured with the target travel destination is obtained. The updated information about the topic of conversation configured with the target travel destination is provided to the user during the user's travel to the target travel destination.

Destination-configured topic information updates

Methods, products, apparatuses, and systems may facilitate a conference operation. The conference operation may include conference chaining, conference switching, conference modification, conference announcement, and so on. A collection of authentication data for a plurality of distinct conferences may be performed to chain the conferences. Switching among the distinct conference may be performed in response to a switch key code. The switch key code may include a general key code applicable to each of the conferences and/or a specific key code application to a specific conference.

Key code for a conference operation

Systems and methods for toggling between television channels that appear on a display. A listing of channels is received from a user, with the channels being prioritized in an order of preference. One or more toggle types are also received from the user, with each toggle type further including a toggle trigger. In use, a channel is displayed on the display until a toggle trigger is detected. Once detected, the channel on the display is changed to another channel from the list of channels. This process may continue with the detection of another toggle trigger causing another changing of the displayed channel.

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Apex, NC, United States of America

Prasad Kashyap