Data processing: software development, installation, and management inventions 01/06

20060020907 - Copy protection method and system for programmable gate array: The present invention relates to a programmable-gate-array copy protection method and a system which prevent unauthorized copying of an FPGA program. A copy protection method for a field-programmable gate array, the method comprising a step of causing a user-specific gate array to boot a user circuit data to the field-programmable...

20060020910 - Devices and methods for communicating with a microcontroller: A system for communicating with a target microcontroller. The system includes an information source that has programming information useful for programming the target microcontroller and general information for use by the target microcontroller. The information source further includes the ability to communicate the programming information and the general information, preferably...

20060020911 - Managing long-lived resource locks in a multi-system mail infrastructure: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to managing resource locks and provide method, system and computer program product for managing long-lived resource locks. In a first embodiment, a data processing system for managing long-lived resource locks can include one or more work items disposed...

20060020909 - Managing user tasks during a project: A method of managing user tasks during a project may comprise displaying a checklist on a graphical user interface in a computer system, the checklist being used as an instruction guide for a user to perform predefined tasks during a project, receiving, in the computer system, a first user input...

20060020908 - Unified approach to building web applications that can be deployed as stand-alone and in web portals: Disclosed is a method, system and program for creating web applications that can be deployed as standalone or in a web portal with no changes to the server side pages and no changes to backend business components. This method consists of two aspects: method for developing server side pages that...

20060020912 - Method and system for specifying generating and forming intelligent teams of interoperable devices: System, device, method, and computer program and computer program products for providing communicating between devices having similar or dissimilar characteristics and facilitating seamless interoperability between them. Computer program software and methods of and systems and devices for sharing of content, applications, resources and control across similar and dissimilar permanently or...

20060020913 - Multiple computer architecture with synchronization: The present invention discloses a modified computer architecture (50, 71, 72) which enables an applications program (50) to be run simultaneously on a plurality of computers (M1, . . . Mn). Shared memory at each computer is updated with amendments and/or overwrites so that all memory read requests are satisfied...

20060020914 - Method and system for enabling a server application to be executed in the same virtual machine as a client application using direct object oriented programming method calls: The present invention concerns a method and system for enabling a server application to be executed in the same Java Virtual Machine (VM) as a client application using direct Java method calls without the need for remote communications protocol processing of the method calls. This is achieved by providing an...

20060020915 - System and method for improved surgical workflow development: A system and method for an improved surgical workflow development includes creating and editing a modifiable module used to direct a medical procedure through a sequence of images and functions included in the module. A plurality of users may review and/or evaluate the module to determine what, if any, edits...

20060020916 - Automatic derivation of morphological, syntactic, and semantic meaning from a natural language system using a monte carlo markov chain process: A method for deriving the morphology, syntax, and semantics of a language system (comprised of untagged free text) is presented. The concept of the “language object” (a unique data structure containing information concerning the behavior of a given segment of the input language) is introduced, and is shown to be...

20060020917 - Method for handling a multi-modal dialog: The present invention relates to a method for providing a multi-modal dialog on a device comprising the steps of providing a description of a multi-modal dialog; exploring modality capabilities of the device to identify available modalities; establishing a modality binding between the available modalities and the multi-modal dialog; processing interactively...

20060020921 - Data cube script development and debugging systems and methodologies: The subject invention pertains to systems and methods that facilitate development and debugging of calculations in a multidimensional data environment or model. Data cube calculation scripts, including those provided in MDX (Multidimensional Expressions), can be executed or applied incrementally. Breakpoints can be set with respect to a calculation script and...

20060020922 - Data processing system, data generating device and data outputting device: A data processing system including a data generating device and a data outputting device. The data generating device includes: a generation program updating section for updating the version of the generation program, which causing a computer to generate data, from a current version to a next version. The data outputting...

20060020918 - Determining call counts in a program: Function calls for a program are sampled to determine call counts in the program. The call counts are determined based on sampled function calls collected during sampling intervals....

20060020919 - Method for testing converted source code: A method, computer program product, and computer system for testing converted source code features appearing in computer software of a computer system. N iterations are performed. Each iteration identifies M converted source code features appearing in P computer programs of the computer software. The M converted source code features have...

20060020920 - Methods and apparatus for providing automated test equipment with a means to jump between tests in a test program: In one embodiment, a graphical test program editor is provided a window to graphically display a test program. The test program includes one or more ordered sequences of tests and control functions, with the sequence order being conveyed by graphical connections between the tests and control functions. The editor is...

20060020925 - Analysing a multi stage process: A computer program (10) analyses a specification for a process, by analysing automatically the specification of the process to identify a set of monitoring points, and determine automatically a cost of the monitoring. Measuring the cost can enable the cost to be reduced or the monitoring to be optimised for...

20060020923 - System and method for monitoring performance of arbitrary groupings of network infrastructure and applications: Systems, methods and computer program products for monitoring performance of arbitrary groupings of network infrastructure and applications. A method, system and computer program monitor arbitrary groupings of executing software applications and execution infrastructure to detect deviations in performance. A group of software applications and execution infrastructure components is selected arbitrarily...

20060020924 - System and method for monitoring performance of groupings of network infrastructure and applications using statistical analysis: Systems, methods and computer program products for monitoring performance of groupings of network infrastructure and applications using statistical analysis. A method, system and computer program monitors managed unit groupings of executing software applications and execution infrastructure to detect deviations in performance. Logic acquires time-series data from at least one managed...

20060020926 - Detecting and accounting for unknown external interruptions in a computer program environment: During the emulation of one computer operating system by a physical computer running another operating system, the occurrence of disruptive external events is detected and accounted for. A predetermined estimate of the work which should be necessary to process each emulated “instruction” is entered into a lookup table. As the...

20060020929 - Method and apparatus for block matching: A block matching device includes a plurality of computing modules, each for respectively computing pixel differences between a plurality of target pixels of a target block and a plurality of reference pixels of a reference block, wherein each computing module has a plurality of processing elements, each processing element for...

20060020927 - Method and system for outputting a sequence of commands and data described by a flowchart: The present invention is a method and system for outputting a sequence of commands and data described by a flowchart. In an exemplary aspect of the present invention, a method for outputting a sequence of commands and data described by a flowchart includes steps as follows. A flowchart describing a...

20060020930 - System and method of identifying source code associated with a displayed component: A system and method of finding instructions or source code that control a component shown on a display. In some embodiments, a user may select a graphic component shown on a display. A processor may for example identify an executable code that is associated with or that generates or controls...

20060020928 - Translation of comments in code: Methods, systems, and media are disclosed for translating comments in code. One embodiment includes checking out, from a code repository, code having the comments, which are in a foreign language. Further, the embodiment includes selecting a desired language for translation of the comments, and then identifying the comments in the...

20060020931 - Method and apparatus for managing complex processes: A software program, for allowing users to manage the execution of a complex set of steps toward the solution of complex system analysis problems. The set of steps is termed a recipe. A step is a small focused task designed to accomplish a single, well-defined goal. This invention allows recipes...

20060020932 - Method for generating interpretable code for storage in a device having limited storage: In some embodiments of the present invention, files are generated from java files or class files or jar files. The generated files are directly linkable and interpretable by a Java Virtual Machine. The generated files may be stored in a directly addressable memory of a device. References between class files...

20060020933 - Multidimensional database query extension systems and methods: The subject invention pertains to the integration of an object model and a multidimensional database query language such as MDX. In particular, multidimensional declarative query language entities can be exposed through objects in an object model. The object model enables generation and employment of procedural language functions, routines, or procedures...

20060020934 - Method and apparatus for setting up runtime conditions: The present invention is directed to establishment of a higher level of assurance value. The condition setting support apparatus 2 executes a statistical information accepting step of accepting statistical information where execution results of a program are stored with respect to each combination between each of multiple first parameter values...

20060020936 - Arrangements for initialization-time and run-time integration of firmware and software extensions for supporting add-in hardware: Arrangements for initialization-time and run-time integration of firmware and driver software extensions for supporting add-in hardware....

20060020935 - Scheduler for dynamic code reconfiguration: A system and method for decoding data (e.g., decoding audio data in an audio decoder) utilizing dynamic code reconfiguration. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise identifying a data frame to process. Such identification may, for example, comprise selecting a data frame from a plurality of input channels. A...

20060020937 - System and method for extraction and creation of application meta-information within a software application repository: Methods for automating the detection and use of dependent software packages on a target machine include during the installation or execution of a first software package, detecting a dependency, pausing the installation or execution of the software package, configuring the dependent software package, and continuing the installation or execution of...

20060020938 - Method, article of manufacture and apparatus for updating software in a consumer device: A method for updating a plurality of software objects 62, 64 associated with a first consumer device 14 is operable in a broadband communication system 10 having a server 24 responsive to a plurality of consumer devices via a network. The method includes arranging for receipt of a message 55...

20060015838 - Architecture and method of a cellular phone embedded system: A new architecture and method of a cellular phone embedded system consists of an application system interface sector and an execution system interface sector. The application system interface sector includes an application program executed on a cellular phone platform system, and a conversion to a PIFF format is performed by...

20060015839 - Development of software systems: A development system has a preparation tool (2) which generates an XML configuration document (1) by automatically parsing a source database. Alternatively, or in addition, a conversion tool (3) generates the document (1) by automatically applying a conversion process. An editor tool (10) allows user editing of the XML configuration...

20060015840 - Parameter-based software development, distribution, and disaster recovery: A method of developing a software product, including steps of: receiving sets of parameters (e.g., manifests) describing computing environments for a plurality of customers, at least some of said sets of parameters for some customers differing from others of said sets of parameters for other customers; receiving an indication from...

20060015841 - Control on demand data center service configurations: An example of a solution provided here comprises: providing a shared platform that is prepared to accept an incoming customer; for the incoming customer (a) planning a configuration of hardware, software, and network components; (b) designing the configuration; and (c) utilizing at least one configuration management control point; accepting the...

20060015844 - Automatic hardware and firmware generation for multi-function custom controls: The invention is directed to automatic hardware and firmware generation preferably for multi-function custom control development. In particular, the invention involves generating the schematic and the firmware together, such that they integrate together to provide functionality as described in a functional description of the desired control. A method of automatic...

20060015842 - Automatically creating javascript objects to invoke methods on server-side java beans: Examination of a server-side Java bean to automatically generates a JavaScript representation of the methods in the bean. The JavaScript representations of the methods are sent to the Web browser. The browser then creates JavaScript objects that can be called directly from other JavaScript code on the client side, and...

20060015843 - Semantic system for integrating software components: A system and method for integrating databases and/or web services into a searchable ontological structure. The structure allows free-form searching of the combined system, discovering an execution path through the ontology to provide answers to queries that may require accessing multiple systems to resolve, without a need for knowledge of...

20060015845 - Method and system for managing measurement operations of testing and analysis devices: The present invention provides a system for automatically generating software code for managing multitasking operations of testing and analysis devices. The system is comprised of: computerized control device for controlling the operation of testing and analysis devices, set of software simulation modules, each module imitating the panel control of respective...

20060015846 - Portal friendly user interface widgets: The present invention provides portal friendly user interface widgets that can detect environmental factors in a portal page and automatically adjust the markup they produce based on the detected environmental factors. Each portal friendly widget comprises: a system for detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page; and...

20060015847 - Xml-based graphical user interface application development toolkit: A system and a method for creating user interfaces for software applications. Particularly, the invention allows a developer to segregate the development of the user interface from the development of the underlying application logic. In one embodiment, an application graphical user interface is specified using an XML document as an...

20060015848 - Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for handling hierarchical application data: The invention relates to an object-oriented technique for flexibly storing and representing hierarchical application data that avoids the re-engineering of existing application classes and the maintenance-critical massive code duplication, mainly in the presence of limitations given by the employed object-oriented language. In a first step classes are provided including a...

20060015849 - Application splitting for network edge computing: Application splitting for network edge computing including identifying an application split point; identifying a split type for the application split point; splitting the application into subcomponents in accordance with the split type; and moving a subcomponent to an edge network. Identifying an application split point may include identifying a class...

20060015850 - Determining which software component versions of an issue resolution are included in a version of a software development project at a particular time: Systems and methods for automatically determining, for a version of a software developing project, which software component versions defined for an issue resolution at a particular time, for example, a time in the past, are included in the project version at the particular time. Such determination may include determining the...

20060015851 - Systems and methods for determining the software components included in a view of a software development project at a particular time: Systems and methods for providing a user interface that enables a user, for example, a developer, to indicate whether to include a software component, for example, a file or directory, in a view of a version of a software development project. The user's indication may be recorded along with a...

20060015852 - Failure test framework: A framework by which arbitrary routines may be executed in reaction to specific events for analysis and testing, while avoiding the need to manipulate the actual code being monitored. A method for performing functional failure testing of a software-based system comprises monitoring execution of target software for occurrence of a...

20060015853 - Method and apparatus for on demand debugging, tracing, and logging of applications: On demand tracking of applications is provided by a mechanism of the present invention. After a user selects one or more units of execution of interest, a marker is assigned to each target object. Upon invocation of an application, an event is sent to an event handler if at least...

20060015854 - Providing instrumentation data to an instrumentation data source from within a managed code: A computer-implemented method for exposing instrumentation data available from within a managed code environment to an instrumentation data source executing outside of said managed code environment is presented. The method comprises each of the following. An indication is received that said instrumentation data should be exposed to said instrumentation data...

20060015856 - Modification method for modifying a source code: The invention relates to a method for modifying a source code, wherein potential modification locations of the source code to be modified are pre-defined by means of comment markers already placed in the source code to be modified, and clearly referenced, whereby the source code to be modified is first...

20060015855 - Systems and methods for replacing nop instructions in a first program with instructions of a second program: Systems and method for replacing NOP instructions in a first program with instructions from a second program to enable execution of the second program during execution of the first program without requiring any additional processing resources. Execution of the two programs is accomplished without switching execution contexts and without causing...

20060015857 - Object process graph application controller-viewer: A computer software system is provided, namely, An Object Process Graph Application Controller-Viewer (OPGACV) system. The OPGACV controls a running Object Process Graph (OPG) application by inducing a Dynamic Graph Interpreter (DGI) to transition applications from one state to another, and using application designer/user defined properties, it renders application state,...

20060015858 - System development method and data processing system: Program descriptions (1) which define a plurality of devices by employing a program language capable of describing parallel operations are input, the input program descriptions are converted into an intermediate expression (S2), parameters which satisfy a real-time restriction are generated for the intermediate expression (S3), and circuit descriptions which are...

20060015859 - Method and apparatus for supporting context links for application program text: Methods and apparatus are provided for supporting text-based context links for application programs. In some embodiments, an application executing on a first computer system may receive a request to open a context link to a text element in a document. The application may determine, based on a list of context...

20060015860 - System and method for storing attributes in a file for processing an operating system: A method and apparatus for adding sections to a file used for executing a process in a Linux operating system. The file includes existing sections, an executable linking format, and other attributes for the application. Sections are added to the existing sections of the file which may be used to...

20060015862 - Reconfigurable measurement system utilizing a programmable hardware element and fixed hardware resources: A system and method for configuring a device to perform a function, where the device includes a programmable hardware element and one or more fixed hardware resources. A program is stored which represents the function. A hardware configuration program is generated based on the program, specifying a configuration for the...

20060015861 - Storage system: A technique that can update the firmware with services for clients continued on a circuit board that comprises a control unit of a storage system is provided. A plurality of blade that comprise control unit have previous BIOS on flash memory. Clusters are formed including the blade which is subject...

20060015863 - Systems and methods for tracking file modifications in software development: A software development environment exposes a GUI with visual markings for differentiating developer modifications to software files. The differentiation techniques can be provided as defaults with embodiments of the invention, or can be customizable to allow for useful grouping of modifications. The software development environment may also provide a selection...

20060015864 - System and method for downloading rom image to wireless terminal: Embodiments of a system and methods can download a ROM image to a wireless terminal. The system can include a host system for providing the ROM image and at least one wireless terminal for downloading the ROM image provided from the host system. The host system can include a wireless...

20060015865 - Brokers for managing computer-implemented installations: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for delivering resources for installation on a machine involves receiving a first request from one or more installer components requesting one or more requested installation resources. A second request is sent, in response to the first request, for the one or more requested...

20060015867 - Business productivity pack: A method for updating a business software system is provided that includes installing a support package in the business software system and providing an option to an administrator to activate at least one new functionality in the business software system continuously after the installing operation. The support package may be...

20060015866 - System installer for a reconfigurable data center: A system installer is operable to configure hardware components in a reconfigurable data center for a hardware platform. The system installer is also operable to install software on the hardware platform....

20060010418 - Facilitation of multi-project management using threoughput measurement: A method on a computer for providing critical chain-based project management is disclosed. The method includes generating a list of sequential time periods for a project comprising a plurality of tasks and calculating a number of tasks for each time period. The method further includes generating a graphic that visually...

20060010419 - Providing information to an isolated hosted object via system-created variable objects: A system-created variable object may expose a property of an object model to an internal object that does not have access to the object model directly. The system-created variable object may provide a mechanism for communicating the external state of an object model to an internal member (object) without exposing...

20060010420 - Method and apparatus for storing and replaying creation history of multimedia software or other software content: An authoring or other software tool is provided which allows users of the tool to review the creation and evolution of all or part of a content such as a multimedia title created using a tool incorporating the invention. According to the invention, an authoring tool comprises a recording mechanism...

20060010421 - Methods and apparatus for portable object-oriented components: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate and conduct the programming and implementation of object-oriented computer programs with improved object portability. In one embodiment, a portable component is created that has a pure object for performing desired data processing goals, such as accessing customer account information. The pure object is...

20060010422 - Common user interface development toolkit for a system administration program: A toolkit for developing user-interfaces for a system administration program. The toolkit has a server-side application-programming interface (API). The server-side has task-registry files that each describe a task group. The toolkit also has a client-side API. A developer can customize product-specific properties files for a specific product and write code...

20060010423 - Variable namespaces and scoping for variables in an object model: Providing for the utilization of namespaces in connection with an object model variable enables variables to be differentiated by associating each variable with one of a number of available namespaces. Related variables can be grouped together by associating a group of variables with a particular namespace, thereby making it easier...

20060010424 - Method and apparatus for referencing a constant pool in a java virtual machine: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for referencing a constant pool. A determination is made as to whether a bytecode references the constant pool. A relative offset to the constant pool is identified for the bytecode, in response to the bytecode referencing the constant pool. The bytecode is then replaced...

20060010425 - Methods and apparatus for automated mangement of software: Software management methods and apparatus for performing software configuration management operations and for supporting build processes are described. Both implied and explicit dependency relationship information is captured and intelligently used in an automated fashion avoiding or reducing the need for human tracking of such relationships. Temporary or non-persistent data elements...

20060010427 - Application for managing model-based material properties for simulation-based engineering: An application for generating a property set associated with a constitutive model of a material includes a first program module adapted to receive test data associated with the material and to extract loading conditions from the test data. A material model driver is adapted to receive the loading conditions and...

20060010428 - Formal methods for test case generation: The invention relates to the use of model checkers to generate efficient test sets for hardware and software systems. The method provides for extending existing tests to reach new coverage targets; searching *to* some or all of the uncovered targets in parallel; searching in parallel *from* some or all of...

20060010426 - System and method for generating optimized test cases using constraints based upon system requirements: The present invention provides a system, method and computer program for generating a final optimized test data set. An initial test data set, one or more data rules and one or more business rules are provided. The initial test data set is then modified using the one or more data...

20060010429 - Method, system and program for model based software development with test case generation and evaluation: A test case is generated based on a model of a control system as well as a source code generated from the model by using a model based software development method. Information on an attribute of the model such as a range of input to the model is evaluated and...

20060010430 - Device and process for the signature, the marking and the authentication of computer programs: The product/program and the process according to the invention make it possible to insert into an item of software in source code, in particular Java, watermarks which comply with the semantics of the program and are very difficult to detect. They make it possible to: compute a secret semantic signature...

20060010431 - Unwind information for optimized programs: Analyzing a first binary version of a program and unwind information associated with the first binary version of the program, performing optimization on the first binary version of the program to produce a second binary version of the program based at least in part on the results of the analysis,...

20060010432 - Program and apparatus for translating language, and program converting method: A translator apparatus for analyzing a parallel language program and converting the parallel language program into a sequential language program that is subject to a distributed processing by a plurality of processors includes a parameter generating unit that generates a setting code for setting a value in a distribution parameter;...

20060010433 - Systems and methods for providing seamless software compatibility using virtual machines: Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system for and method of providing seamless software compatibility by using virtual machines to provide an improved, more seamless method of user interaction with one or more virtual machines (VMs) that are resident on a host computer system. Several embodiments...

20060010436 - Apparatus and method for transferring information between platforms: A method and apparatus for relocating application programs, settings, menus, files and documents from a source computer to a target computer. The method and apparatus function properly regardless of whether the source and target computers have the same hardware or operating system. The method includes scanning the source and target...

20060010435 - Dynamic software update: A system and method for dynamically updating software on one or more installation media for installation on at least one destination machine. The invention obtains update content from one or more update media and merges the update content with the software on the installation media prior to installing the software...

20060010437 - Network for mass distribution of configuration, firmware and software updates: A network for mass broadcast of update packages to electronic devices makes it possible to efficiently broadcast update packages for configuration, firmware and software updates. A broadcast server in the network employs broadcast means to broadcast update packages. An electronic device capable of receiving these broadcast update packages comprises a...

20060010434 - Providing customizable configuration data in computer systems: A configuration server includes a configuration repository that stores a wide range of configuration information for possible use by application programs. The configuration repository may include configuration parameters, settings for the parameters, and meta-data of definitions and descriptions of the parameters. Configuration information is selected from the configuration repository and...

20060010438 - Method and system for configuration and download in a restricted architecture network: A method and system are provided for updating software configurations of line-replaceable unit (LRU) computers in a restricted architecture network such as an in-flight entertainment system (IFES). Operating in an efficient and parallel manner, each of the LRUs independently creates an individual configuration file that identifies current software components. Each...

20060005156 - Method, apparatus and computer program product to utilize context ontology in mobile device application personalization: A mobile terminal includes a user interface specified at least in part by a user. The mobile terminal includes a user interface specification unit that operates in accordance with a programmed data processor to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger and an action, which together form...

20060005157 - Engineering standard work framework method and system: A method and system for managing complex projects uses a framework having workflow maps containing activity blocks that provide detailed, easily accessible information within the framework about the project. The framework links functional groups, their associated activities, and the dependences between activities. The detailed, prescriptive instructions provided at each stage...

20060005160 - Image acquisition device: A computer-implemented system and method for deploying a graphical program onto an image acquisition (IMAQ) device. The method may operate to configure an image acquisition (IMAQ) device to perform image processing or machine vision functions, wherein the device includes a programmable hardware element and/or a processor and memory. The method...

20060005159 - Information processing apparatus, image edit apparatus, and control methods thereof, and computer program and computer-readable storage medium: This invention prevents ballooning of comment information while being applied to an operation environment of the user, and provides comment information associated with an intuitively plain operation. To this end, upon launching of an application, a window including processing buttons and a message area is displayed. Immediately after display, bitmap...

20060005158 - Interactive interface for engineering standard work: A method and system for managing complex projects uses a framework having workflow maps containing activity blocks that provide detailed, easily accessible information within the framework about the project. The framework links functional groups, their associated activities, and the dependences between activities. Images of the workflow maps are converted into...

20060005161 - Method, system and program product for evaluating java software best practices across multiple vendors: An analysis tool extracts class data from Java objects originating from multiple vendors having a particular design specification. A database mining tool then creates training data from the extracted class data to create a definition of objects associated with the particular design specification. Various implementations of the defined classes are...

20060005162 - Computing system deployment planning method: Management of the enterprise applications to maintain architectural integrity and performance of the entreprise applications is critical for providing avaliability of business services to users. When components of an application or computing system are moved between two systems, there is a need to reconfigure a previously configure system. Thus, the...

20060005163 - Reusable component in a collaboration workspace: Described herein are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, that implement a collaboration workspace for reusable components. One method includes receiving a specification of a workspace component, where the workspace component is capable of being used with different collaboration workspaces; providing the specification of the workspace component to a...

20060005164 - System and method for graphically illustrating external data source information in the form of a visual hierarchy in an electronic workspace: A system and method enable automatic importation of data from an external data source into an electronic workspace in the form of a visual hierarchy. To display data from a data source, data is retrieved from the external data source, and a visual presentation format for the data is created...

20060005165 - System and method for managing the presentation and customization of web applications and web pages: This disclosure pertains to a system in which web applications comprising of web presentation pages, which interact with users, have features that can be activated embedded in them. When these applications are installed on a host system, the features become activated and allow the host operators to customize or set...

20060005166 - Method, system and program product for determining java software code plagiarism and infringement: An analysis tool extracts class data from Java objects within a potential plagiarizing Java program and the original Java program, and then compares classes common to the potential plagiarizing program and the original across various performance metrics. Similarities disclosed by the analysis tool are output for user or programmatic comparison...

20060005167 - Object code configuration tool: A system and method for managing several versions of a device with embedded object code by using an editor to scan the object code, find a signature, change one or more parameters within the object code, and replace the object code. The device may be shipped to a customer in...

20060005168 - Method and system for more precisely linking metadata and digital images: A method and system for associating metadata with an image is described. The method and system include allowing a portion of the image to be selected. The method and system also include associating the metadata with the portion of the image that has been selected. In another aspect, the method...

20060005169 - Software development system and method: The present invention provides for a method for software development. A first computer program code written in a programming language is received for analysis. The first computer program code is analyzed for at least a programming error. If at least one programming error is found, correction suggestions are generated based...

20060005170 - Finite state model-based testing user interface: A finite state model-based testing system has a user interface to enable a user to enter state information and transition information about a software application to be tested. The user interface further enables a user to initiate a model generation engine to generate a model of the software application from...

20060005171 - Method for replacing code in a running object oriented program: The invention is directed to a method of replacing code in an object oriented application program running on a Virtual Machine (VM). The method comprises the steps of receiving at the virtual machine a request to replace code; in response to receipt of said request, examining each thread's call stack...

20060005172 - Method of computer code conversion and computer product/program for the implementation of such a method: The method comprises at least: a first step (11) for the acquisition of a code object model A from the original code (1); a second step (12) of conversion of the code object model A into a new object model B; a third step (13) of the generation of a...

20060005173 - Execution of hardware description language (hdl) programs: In one embodiment, a hardware implementation of an electronic system may be realized by compiling the HDL description into an executable form and executing the processor instructions. By applying data flow separation technique, the operations of the system can be effectively mapped into the instruction set of complex processors for...

20060005174 - Defining hierarchical structures with markup languages and reflection: A method, a computer program, and an apparatus are provided for building a hierarchical data tree. Typically, hierarchical trees are utilized in building Graphic User Interfaces. However, there are a variety of other uses. During the process of building, a rendering engine is employed to develop the tree, but some...

20060005175 - System and methods for providing a declarative syntax for specifying soap-based web services: A system and methods are provided that make compile-time declarative modeling available for SOAP-based data transmission(s). The declarative modeling minimizes the amount of coding required of a developer. The underlying details regarding the SOAP protocol, dispatching to the appropriate object and function, marshaling and un-marshaling of XML and generating the...

20060005176 - Program parallelizing apparatus, program parallelizing method, and program parallelizing program: A program parallelizing apparatus, a program parallelizing method and a program parallelizing program capable of creating a parallelized program of better parallel execution performance at a high speed. A fork point determination section extracts all fork points in a sequential processing program, and removes fork points with a static boost...

20060005177 - Method, system and program product for optimizing java application performance through data mining: Metadata describing common Java classes is extracted and utilized to optimize a Java program's performance based on the code requirements of the application. Data mining techniques extract metadata and other information about different sets of JVM byte code written by multiple vendors to determine the design choices and optimizations made...

20060005178 - Optimized chaining of vertex and fragment programs: A system optimizes two or more stream processing programs based upon the data exchanged between the stream processing programs. The system alternately processes each stream processing program to identify and remove dead program code, thereby improving execution performance. Dead program code is identified by propagating constants received as inputs from...

20060005179 - Program parallelizing apparatus, program parallelizing method, and program parallelizing program: A program parallelizing apparatus, a program parallelizing method and a program parallelizing program capable of creating a parallelized program of higher parallel execution performance. A fork point determination section converts an instruction sequence in part of an input sequential processing program into another instruction sequence to produce at least one...

20060005180 - Method and system for hot path detection and dynamic optimization: A method, apparatus and system including determining a distance between centers of at least two consecutive histogram bins, comparing the distance with a selected threshold value, determining major execution phases of an executable process based on the comparison, and filtering each buffer of sequenced buffers to detect hot buffers....

20060005181 - System and method for dynamically building application environments in a computational grid: Computing environments within a grid computing system are dynamically built in response to specific job resource requirements from a grid resource allocator, including activating needed hardware, provisioning operating systems, application programs, and software drivers. Optimally, prior to building a computing environment for a particular job, cost/revenue analysis is performed, and...

20060005182 - Apparatus, system, and method for delivery of software: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for delivery of software. A snapshot module is included to create a snapshot of development software libraries still in a development phase, the development software libraries comprising substantially an entire replacement set of software code. A testing module is included to apply a...

20060005183 - System and method for temporary application component deletion and reload on a wireless device: A system and method for managing the deleting and reloading of software application components on a wireless device, such as a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant, pager, or other computer platform. The wireless device has one or more resident executable software applications wherein each application has one or more application...