Patent ID: 7055042

Claim:
A system for synchronizing a user password between mainframe and alternative computer operating environments, comprising: a mainframe access module operable to receive a current user password from an associated mainframe client computer and to provide a user with access to selected applications or data in the mainframe operating environment according to the current user password, the mainframe access module further operable to receive a new user password in response to providing the access and to communicate the new user password; a mainframe platform coupled to the mainframe access module and operable to receive the new user password, store the new user password, and communicate the new user password; a messaging platform coupled to the mainframe platform and operable to receive the new user password from the mainframe platform, the messaging platform further operable to communicate a broadcast message containing the new user password; and a plurality of alternative platforms each coupled to the messaging platform and operable to receive the broadcast message from the messaging platform, each alternative platform further operable to store the new user password to synchronize the new user password between the mainframe and alternative computer operating environments, each alternative platform further operable to receive the new user password from an associated alternative platform client computer and, in response, to provide the user with access to the alternative platform client computer.