Abstract: A radio telephone that automatically terminates an incoming call to a voice mail comprising a transceiver for receiving the incoming call, and a sensor coupled to the transceiver producing a set of parameters related to a user in close proximity to the radio telephone. The incoming call is automatically terminated to the voice mail upon a determination that a subset of the set of parameters is within a range. A method for automatically terminating an incoming call for a radio telephone to a voice mail is described. The method includes providing a set of sensor input information, receiving an incoming call, obtaining at least part of the set of sensor input information, determining a sot of parameters related to the set of sensor input information, and terminating the incoming call to a voice mail system upon a determination that the set of parameters is within a predetermined range.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling boot programs sent by a server computer system to a plurality of client computer systems in response to a plurality of requests by the client computer systems. Specifically, the invention provides for a priority boot, a paced boot or a combination priority and paced boot enabled by a remotely controlled boot process.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a data processing system for accessing classes and methods in an object oriented system. Responsive to receiving a selected user input to a container, a view event is sent from a view controller to an application mediator. The view event identifies an action taken to generate the selected user input. A request is selectively generated based on the view event, wherein the request event includes a major code identifying a class name as a destination and a minor code identifying a method name a function to be invoked. The request event is sent to a transporter. The transporter acts as a router to send the request event to an appropriate destination object from a plurality of destination objects. Responsive to receiving the request event at the transporter, the request event is sent to a destination object within a plurality of destination objects based in the class name.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a methodology and notation which enables an explicit distinction between those features of an object-oriented object model that are intended to be easily changed due to changing business needs, from those features which are fundamental to the object models. The methodology does this during the modeling process by capturing decisions to allow for business-driven variability as explicit diagram annotations called Control Points. The business variable portions of the system of interacting objects are simultaneously captured as objects called Business Rules.

Abstract: A method and implementing system are provided in which CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) Life Cycle Service FactoryFinder capabilities are combined with CORBA Naming Service resolve operations on a Naming Context. The methodology allows EJBHomes in a distributed network to be found using CORBA Life Cycle Services while maintaining support for the EJB (Enterprise Java Bean) programming model of using JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface) lookup calls to locate EJBHomes. Usage of Life Cycle Services in an EJB environment for finding EJBHomes by using Naming interfaces is enabled while using Life Cycle Service semantics. An exemplary embodiment is provided to allow deployment in different environments (including environments without Life Cycle support) and reconfiguration of the FactoryFinder being used, without requiring changes to source code.

Abstract: A method and implementing system are provided in which CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) Life Cycle Service factory finding capabilities are combined with CORBA Naming Service resolve operations on a naming context. The methodology provides a performance enhancement when compared with a typical CORBA programming model usage of these two services. In addition, EJBHomes in a distributed network are allowed to be found using CORBA Life Cycle Services while maintaining support for the EJB (Enterprise Java Bean) programming model of using JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface) lookup calls to locate EJBHomes. Usage of Life Cycle Service semantics is provided in an EJB environment for finding object factories while having access to only Naming interfaces.

Abstract: A computer-operated document retrieval system includes a lexicon of words contained in system documents, and a document look-up table that relates words by unique word numbers to the documents. A word look-up table identifies sets of words with common characteristics, specifically prefix value and word length, and a character look-up table identifies whether any word contains a specified character. A target set generator accesses the word look-up table to compose a target word set with characteristics corresponding to the search string. A refining module reduces the target set by selecting a set of characters from the search string, and accessing the character look-up table to identify which target words use the character set. The character look-up table is a boolean array with one bit elements that are processed in groups whose size corresponds to the maximum bit processing count of the computer, effectively culling non-matching words simultaneously.

Abstract: A virtual machine in an object-oriented system includes an interpreter. In order to provide trace information from a program about specific method calls, a user defines a selection of methods to be traced. As the program runs on the interpreter, it is determined, whether or not the method is included within the selection to be traced. For those methods included within the selection, trace information about the method call is outputted. A method block is associated with each method and is used by the interpreter to invoke the method. For each method within the user-defined selection, a flag is set within the method block associated with the method. The status of this flag is checked when the interpreter invokes a method, in order to determine whether or not the method is included within the selection.

Abstract: A GUI control for entering a user selection from a list of possible selections in which the user can “spin” through a list of items shown on preview and postview option lists. The control allows the user to spin forwards and backwards, with a preview list of items and a postview list of items being displayed on opposing sides of the currently selected item dialog box. By providing visibility to the upcoming and recently past selections during the spin, a user can operate the spin control at a higher speed, thereby reducing the amount of time necessary to find the desired item on the list.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for integrating event monitoring and management information from a plurality of different event monitoring and management systems are provided. With the method and apparatus, an event management system (EMS) portal is provided which performs the operations for integrating the event information from a plurality of different event management systems in a network. A human user, such as a system administrator, may send a request for event information to the EMS portal. The request may include selections of event management systems, event management tables, and/or fields in the event management tables that are of interest to the user. The EMS portal then uses database clients to query the databases for selected event management systems on the network. The queries request the event information corresponding to the selections in the request submitted by the user to the EMS portal.

Abstract: A method and system are described in a data processing system including a database for efficiently retrieving copies of data rows from the database. Query criteria is received by a server from a client which specifies search criteria describing data rows and which requests a particular number of the data rows to return. Each of the data rows is associated with a unique primary key which uniquely identifies a particular data object. The primary key for each of the data rows meeting the specified criteria is first retrieved from the database by the server. Thereafter, copies of only the particular number of the data rows are retrieved from the database using the primary keys. Copies of only the particular number of data rows are then returned to the requesting client.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed that regulate browsing of web content or content labels and that provide selective and multiple programmed settings and passwords for web content labels. In one embodiment, at least some of the web pages accessible to a web browser are assigned content labels. Programmed settings are established for the content labels that are to be password protected. A content password is assigned to each of the programmed settings. Access to web pages without any content labels is strictly denied by the web browser. Access to web pages with content labels that are not being regulated is allowed. Access to web pages with content labels that are password protected is regulated.

Abstract: A method, program, and system for communicating between a host computer and a pointing device is provided. The program receives a control signal from a toggle-actuated mechanism operably connected to the pointing device. The program initiates data transfer between the pointing device and the host computer in response to the control signal. The program transfers data between the pointing device and the host computer via an infrared data link.

Abstract: A standard format is provided for a text string called an enterprise identifier, which acts as a handle to access resources from disparate sources and technologies. Enterprise identifiers use extensible markup language format to allow a resource identifier to be created manually without accessing the resource. The identifier may be passed between enterprises via business-to-business connection, e-mail, telephone, or facsimile.

Abstract: Client Discovery is a program that utilizes the existing remote boot capability of a network and adds a program to automate the discovery of a computer's class and the creation of an instance for that specific computer. When a client machine is connected to the network and turned on for the first time, the server will find its request for an operating system, identify that the machine does not have an instance and will send an CD boot block to the client computer. The CD boot block will obtain information about the client computer by automatically scanning everything that the program is able to scan. The client information gathering program may also prompt the user with questions and include those responses in the client information. The CD boot block will then send the information gathered to a log file in the server. One or more keys from the client information are compared to one or more keys in the template table.

Abstract: Account transaction reports from a bank card account for example, are assembled and sent by electronic mail or “email” to the email address of the account owner. An input screen is presented to allow the user to input the user preferences with regard to the substance of the report. The account owner is enabled to approve or disapprove each of the listed charges and return a user-approved marked-up report showing which of the listed transactions have been approved and/or disapproved by the user. The user-approved listing is returned to the account administrator and a printed acknowledgement of receipt of the user-approved listing is returned to the user by electronic mail.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for enabling and disabling features in a logical volume management environment is presented. This operation can be performed at boot time or at run time. The user is shown a list of features as well as the current state for each feature. If the feature is currently enabled, the user can select to disable the feature, provided this is a safe operation given the current features for the volume. If the feature is disabled, the user has the following choices: re-enable, disable and retain in the feature stack, disable and remove from the feature stack, and permanently remove the disabled feature from the volume. Disabling or re-enabling features can be very useful to accommodate a changing operating environment. For example, the feature Volume Mirroring allows a replication of the volume at a remote site. If due to network difficulties that remote site becomes inaccessible, then this feature would have to be disabled.

Abstract: A time-enhanced input device driver for a data processing system is capable of generating time-enhanced output in response to input signals. The input device driver receives a first input-event signal followed by a second input-event signal. In response to the second input-event signal, the input device driver generates a character code and an associated time-span code. The time-span code reflects the amount of time that separated the first input-event signal from the second. In an illustrative embodiment, the first and second input-event signals may comprise a key-down signal from a particular key on a keyboard and a key-up signal from that key respectively, in which case the generated character code would correspond to that key.

Abstract: A system and method for control of data and boot records associated with multi-layer logical volumes allows the logical volume data area containing the fake EBR to be deterministically and efficiently accessed by using a “top down” control methodology. Control of the logical volume manager (“LVM”) data area is distributed. An LVM data area is placed on each aggregate as well as on each partition, and the fake EBR is placed in the LVM data area of the topmost aggregate. The topmost aggregator controls access to the fake EBR, and only this aggregator must provide API functionality to access the fake EBR. This allows the fake EBR to be found and accessed only by new software applications which are “aware” of the fake EBR, while allowing legacy aggregators to continue to function correctly and allowing legacy software applications to continue to interwork with legacy aggregators through their unchanged APIs.

Abstract: An apparatus and method to control access to operating systems sent by a server computer system to a client computer system in response to a request by the client computer system utilizing a pre-execution logon verification of user identification and password and override of the Universally Administered Address by a Locally Administered Address corresponding to the boot package to be sent to the client workstation.