International Business Machines Corporation

Yotam Medini

Itzhack Goldberg

Kenneth Nagin

Rhonda L Childress

Boaz Mizrachi

Chiahong Chen

Samuel Kallner

Moriel Lechtman

Jimmie Lee Brundidge

Shmuel Vashdi

Eli Kirzner

A method for establishing a communication connection between a first communication device and a second communication device, the method comprising requesting contact information for a second communication device, during a first communication connection established between a first communication device and a third communication device; receiving the contact information from the third communication device, in response to a third party interacting with the third communication device during the first communication connection; and establishing a second communication connection between the first communication device and the second communication device based on the contact information received from the third communication device, wherein the second communication connection is established by way of the first communication device independently initiating communication with the second communication device.

Call connection system and method

Password aging based on the strength of the password provides an incentive for users to generate and/or memorize more complex passwords. The strength of the password is computed from a formula that relates the length of the password and the types of characters contained in the password to a strength value, which can be performed using a lookup table having values for different characteristics of the password, determining partial strength values corresponding to the ranges in which the characteristics fall, and then adding the partial strength values. Alternatively, a separate password strength application may be used to provide the strength value, which is entered by the user or administrator generating a new password. Alternatively, the password may be generated based on a specified desired expiration period, with the strength computation performed to ensure that the strength is sufficient to merit the desired expiration period.

User policy manageable strength-based password aging

A system and method for restoring a computing system to a first operating state associated with a first system software code installed on the computing system is provided. The method comprises installing a second system software code on the computing system, while the system is operating in the first operating state. The second system software code is activated and the first system software code is deactivated to cause the computing system to operate in a second operating state. The first system software code is activated and the second system software code is deactivated to cause the system to return to the first operating state, if activation of the second system software code causes the system to operate in an undesirable manner.

Code recovery system and method

A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing automatic recovery from premature reboot of a system during a concurrent upgrade is disclosed. A concurrent code-load to a plurality of storage controllers of a storage system is initiated. A code-load failure is detected. The stage of the code-load failure is identified. A code-load recovery process based upon the identification of the stage that the code-load failure occurred is initiated.

Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing automatic recovery from premature reboot of a system during a concurrent upgrade

A method of managing the entry of individuals or email groups into their intended recipient field within a sender's email is disclosed. A predefined, static association between an intended recipient or email group and a To, CC, or BCC recipient field may be created by a sender. A new email message graphical user interface having General, To, CC, and BCC fields contained within the header is provided. When an individual or group is entered into the General recipient field it is automatically delegated to the To, CC, or BCC field with which it is associated. Provisions for ensuring that recipients with multiple field associations do not exist, that recipients with a predefined association are not entered into an incorrect field, for creating a predefined association with two recipient fields, and for creating a predefined association when none exists are also provided.

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