International Business Machines Corporation

Scott Harvey Demsky

Robert M Szabo

William Ferguson

Rabindranath Dutta

Peter J Guasti

Donald A James

Kelvin Roderick Lawrence

James J Toohey

Dawn Marie Canelones

A method of updating a file attached to an electronic document can include attaching a file to an electronic document and storing a reference to the attached file. The reference can specify a location from which the attached file was obtained. Responsive to a user input, the attached file can be replaced with a file specified by the reference. The attached file also can be updated from newly specified locations.

Method and system for updating attachment files

A method for adjusting an instant messaging control mechanism can include the steps of determining a control setting for an instant messaging control mechanism based upon a calendar application entry, and responsive to the determining step, automatically adjusting the instant messaging control mechanism to the control setting. In one embodiment, the determining step can be performed by a calendar application to which the calendar application entry corresponds and can be performed responsive to a calendar event. In a further embodiment, the calendar application can establish a time at which the control setting is to be adjusted. The adjusting step can occur at approximately the established time, where the calendar event can occur in advance of the established time.

Controlling instant messaging settings based on calendar application entries

A method of scheduling meetings within a calendaring system can include receiving a meeting request specifying a meeting time, at least one participant, and a supplemental meeting service to be scheduled concurrently with the meeting. A determination can be made that a supplemental meeting system is not available. Accordingly, participants can be notified of the meeting time and that supplemental meeting service information has not been determined. The method also can include attempting to obtain the supplemental meeting service information from the supplemental meeting system until a predetermined time prior to the meeting time. If the supplemental meeting service information is obtained before the predetermined time prior to the meeting time, the participants can be notified of the supplemental meeting service information.

Method of arranging supplemental meeting services

A method of delivering targeted application generated information to multiple users can include generating data items to be output to classes of at least one user and associating the data items with data categories. The data categories can be associated with at least one of the classes of users. The data items can be distributed to classes of users that are associated with the data categories of the data items.

Targeted information delivery to multiple users

A method of associating multiple files with an electronic document can include receiving a request to attach at least two files to an electronic document and attaching the at least two files to the electronic document. A visual identifier can be included within the electronic document indicating that more than one file is attached to the electronic document.

Attaching multiple files to an electronic document

A method of detaching at least one file attached to an electronic document can include identifying a location where the attached file is to be stored responsive to a user command. The location can be associated with the attached file. A detached file can be generated from the attached file. The detached file can be stored at the associated location.

Method and system for detaching files to a specified location

A controller, for two display units of a computer system, includes two control elements, VCand VC, having separate connections to the display units. In a dual image (DI) mode of operation, VCand VCprocess different data to produce different images at respective display units. In a single Image (SI) mode, VCand VCprocess the same data to produce identical images. In DI mode, data applied to each control element represents a portion, less than the whole, of a virtual desktop scene having a display width exceeding width resolution settings of respective displays. In this mode VCcan be controlled manually to scan the entire virtual scene piecemeal, while VCis constrained to process only a fixed portion of that scene. In a preferred embodiment, the virtual scene includes private and public areas. The private area shows notes intended for viewing only by a presenter of images shown in the public area, and the public area shows images viewable both by the presenter and an audience. In this arrangement, the display connected to VCcan display the entire virtual scene to the presenter in a piecemeal fashion, while the second display shows only the public area to the audience.

Video display mode for dual displays

A system, method and program of the invention enables a client in a network of computers to participate with a plurality of merchants across several Web servers in electronic transactions for the purchase of products from the merchants. The client is enabled to make one transaction with one merchant dependent upon the results of another transaction with another merchant. More specifically, each item that is available from any merchant and is selected by a customer using the client is represented at the client as a separate object having states associated therewith. A buy, hold, or conditional state will set a lock on the corresponding object at the Web server such that no other transactions with other customers can take place for that specific item while the current customer is actively using it. A conditional state sends a signal to the merchant to assist in contacting another merchant in order to cancel a previous transaction that the other merchant had with the current customer.

Client-centric internet shopping system, method and program

Disclosed is a system, method, and program for magnifying displayed content downloaded from a server over a network. Information is received indicating selection of a region of the displayed content to magnify. A determination is made of at least one region of the selected region including image content. The server maintains a high resolution file version and a low resolution file version of the image content. A determination is then made as to whether the selected image content from the displayed image file is the low resolution file version. If so, a command is generated to retrieve from the server specific byte locations from the high resolution file version including the image content in the selected region. The specified bytes are less than all the image data bytes in the high resolution version of the file if the image content in the selected region comprises less than all of the image content maintained in the high resolution version of the file.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Scott Harvey Demsky