International Business Machines Corporation

Thomas E Murphy

Jeffrey Scott Stevens

Paul Francis Rieth

Daniel L Krissell

Francine M Orzel

Richard G Hartmann

Kelly Parasida

Thomas Edwin Murphy, Jr

Steven S Shultz

Michael D Essenmacher

George E Corbin

George V Madl, Iii

Gregory D Dallari

Adiswong Puiam

Fred C Shaheen

Michael J Herceg

A processor-implemented method for a concurrent software service upgrade is provided. The processor implemented method may include receiving a type of service request corresponding to the software service upgrade, determining, by the processor, the type of service request and then generating a plurality of subpartitions corresponding to a hypervisor. The method may further include applying the service request to at least one subpartition within the plurality of subpartitions, wherein the service request is applied to the at least one subpartition based on the type of service request and balancing the system resources among the plurality of subpartitions upon the applying of the service request to the at least one subpartition.

Hypervisor subpartition as concurrent upgrade

A method and system for establishing and maintaining a connection in a client/server environment is disclosed. A client requests a connection from a server, and the client and server negotiate environment options to establish the connection including a recovery location comprising, in one example, an IP address and port. The server stores the recovery location received from the client in a recovery information file. In response to losing the connection with the server, the client checks the recovery location for a recovery notification sent by the server. When the server is re-started, a recovery notification is sent by the server to the recovery location that was stored in the recovery information file. The client receives this recovery notification, and the connection between the client and the server is re-established without the need for the client to query the server.

Dynamic client/server session recovery in a heterogenous computer network

A technique is provided for identifying time context in a media object to embed meta tags for the time context in the media object. Input is received of the media object including time relevant expressions. Each of the time relevant expressions in the media object are identified for display to a user. The time relevant expressions in the media object are displayed with an option for the user to enter values for each of the time relevant expressions. The values are respectively included in meta tags. The meta tags are assigned to the time relevant expressions in the media object, such that the meta tags include the values respectively corresponding to each of the time relevant expressions. The meta tags having the values for the time relevant expressions are embedded in the media object, such that the meta tags in the media object are available for searching and indexing.

Time relevance within a soft copy document or media object

Sending communications to incorrect recipients is minimized. Recipients that have ambiguous names or other designations are marked as ambiguous. Then, in response to including one of those names or designations in a communication, the originator of the communication is automatically warned of the ambiguity. This enables the originator to re-confirm that the communication is being sent to the intended recipient.

Minimizing incorrectly addressed communications when working with ambiguous recipient designations

A method, system, and software associated with a client-server communication architecture in which there is a server and one or more clients. A client of the one or more clients communicates the client's time zone value to the server over a communication path and during a communication session between the client and the server. The time-zone value is so communicated through options negotiations between the client and the server. The negotiated time-zone value is stored in a storage area of a computer system that includes the server.

Time zone negotiation in a client-server communication architecture

A method, system, and software associated with a client-server communication architecture in which there is a server and one or more clients. A client of the one or more clients communicates the client's time zone value to the server over a communication path and during a communication-session between the client and the server. The time-zone value is so communicated through options negotiations between the client and the server. The negotiated time-zone value is stored in a storage area of a computer system that includes the server.

The present invention provides a method, system and program product for dynamically detecting an errant data sequence transmitted over a network and performing a corresponding action. Specifically, a data sequence is received by a server from a client and compared to a definable data structure. The data structure comprises rules that each correspond to a state of communication between the server and the client. Each rule sets forth a predetermined data sequence, an optional condition and an action. If the received data sequence: (1) matches one of the predetermined data sequences in the data structure; (2) is relevant to (was received during) the state of communication to which the matched predetermined data sequence corresponds; and (3) meets any enumerated conditions, a corresponding action is implemented.

Method, system and program product for dynamically detecting errant data sequences and performing corresponding actions

A system and method for conducting an interactive event dialog on a half duplex block mode connection between a first server and a client and optionally on a full duplex mode connection between a client display based application and a second server. The interactive event processing capabilities of the client are determined and either stored for future use in a logical unit descriptor and referenced by the server in response to a request from the client to interface a local client based display application, or else determined by the first server at the time of that request. Further responsive to the request from the client and determining that the client is capable of interactive event processing a client display based application negotiates an encoding scheme acceptable to said client and communicates with respect to the client in half duplex block mode encoded in accordance with the negotiated encoding scheme and optionally with respect the second server in full duplex mode.

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