Abstract: An invitee who is receiving invitations to meetings, usually via telecommunication, is enabled to predetermine a set of invitee-specific attributes that will be applied to each invitation and to relate the attributes of the invitation to the specific needs of the invitee in the determination of whether the proposed meeting may be scheduled on the specific invitee's calendar.

Abstract: A method, system, and article for management of email communication content across a computer system network. An archive of email communications is retained on storage media in communication with the network. In addition, email communication is retained on storage media in communication with a client machine in the network. To mitigate duplication of email communications, duplicate communications are replaced with a hyperlink to the archive communication. This replacement supports removal of the duplicate communication from the storage media in communication with the client machine.

Abstract: A method of displaying tab titles in a computer user interface receives a request to display a new tab in a tab area having a length. The new tab has a width and the new tab has a title having a length. The method determines a number of tabs to be displayed in the area and determines if the number of tabs to be displayed multiplied by the tab width is greater than the length of the tab area. If so, the method sets the tab width equal to the length of the tab area divided by the number of tabs. The method determines if the length of the title is greater than the tab width. If so, the method determines if the title has any words in common with any other titles of tabs. If so, the method deletes the common words from the titles, and displays the titles with the deleted common words in the tabs. The method may set a maximum number of tabs to be displayed in the tab area. The maximum number of tabs may be determined by the length of the tab area and a minimum tab width.

Abstract: A method, system, and article are provided for effectively managing a financial account for fraud prevention. The account is provided with a soft credit limit parameter and a tool for management of the soft credit limit parameter. The soft credit limit is in addition to a hard credit limit. More specifically, the hard credit limit is static and fixed by a credit issuing authority. In contrast, the soft credit limit is amendable under different circumstances and in conjunction with the tool is managed by the holder of the account.

Abstract: A target phone number previously associated with a first user is presently associated with a second user such that the target phone number is not presently associated with the first user. A caller uses a calling phone number to initiate a phone call to the target phone number. In response, it is determined whether the calling phone number is on a list of phone numbers associated with the first user. If the calling phone number is on the list of phone numbers associated with the first user, then the caller is notified that the target phone number is no longer associated with the first user. It is determined whether the caller wants to continue with the phone call, and if not, the phone call is terminated before it reaches the second user.

Abstract: In response to a payor planning a specific payment for a given amount to a payee, the given amount is reserved from a balance of a financial account of the payor from which the specific payment is to be made. As such, the given amount reserved from the balance is only available for settling the specific payment and is otherwise unavailable. After the payor has planned the specific payment for the given amount to the payee, in response to the specific payment for the given amount actually being made to the payee, the given amount reserved from the balance of the financial account is used to settle the specific payment for the given amount being made to the payee.

Abstract: A method of displaying tab titles in a computer user interface receives a request to display a new tab in a tab area having a length. The new tab has a width and the new tab has a title having a length. The method determines a number of tabs to be displayed in the area and determines if the number of tabs to be displayed multiplied by the tab width is greater than the length of the tab area. If so, the method sets the tab width equal to the length of the tab area divided by the number of tabs. The method determines if the length of the title is greater than the tab width. If so, the method determines if the title has any words in common with any other titles of tabs. If so, the method deletes the common words from the titles, and displays the titles with the deleted common words in the tabs. The method may set a maximum number of tabs to be displayed in the tab area. The maximum number of tabs may be determined by the length of the tab area and a minimum tab width.

Abstract: A method for automatically merging e-mail replies containing reviewer comments to open source software code is disclosed. Individual reply messages may be identified for merger and evaluated for comments for each line of code. Comments, context information, and reviewer information may then be extracted and incorporated into a merged reply message where each line of code commented on contains comments associated with that line of code. The merged reply message may then be transmitted back to the sender with the incorporated comments.

Abstract: Methods and systems for using radio frequency identification (“RFID”) to automatically lock and unlock a mobile computing device. An RFID transceiver is installed in connection with a locking device. The locking device can secure the mobile computing device to a cable, which is securable to a physical structure. An RFID transmitter is configured to detect a signal from the RFID transceiver within a predetermined distance range and send a response signal to the RFID transceiver. If the RFID transmitter is within the range, the RFID transceiver detects the response signal from the RFID transmitter and issues an unlocking signal to change the position of the locking device to an unlocked position. If the RFID transmitter is outside of the range, the RFID transceiver does not detect a response signal from the RFID transmitter, and issues a locking signal to change the locking device position to a locked position.

Abstract: Extensions are provided to a lock for supporting concurrency of read and write operations of a shared resource in a computer system. Both reader and writer modes are maintained. In addition, an append mode and a prefix mode are provided. The append mode supports non-exclusive access to the shared resource while enabling modification of the shared resource after a marker. The prefix mode supports non-exclusive access to read the shared resource prior to the marker. Lock mode requests to the shared resources are mediated to ensure compatibility of granted lock modes with lock mode requests.