Data processing: software development, installation, and management inventions 12/06

20060294492 - Application management system, application management method, program, and storage medium: In an application management system for managing a plurality of applications that are installed in an image processing device, in the case where an instruction of execution start is received, if an application execution unit has already executed an incompatible application that would cause an unintended operation of the application... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060294494 - Managed automation programming model: A managed automation programming model is provided for versioning computing components independently, isolating such components, and dynamically binding them. For example, components such as an application and an and-in are able to version independently of one another, so that disparate versions of these components are still able to communicate—in the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20060294493 - Non blocking persistent state machines on enterprise java bean platform: The present invention discloses a method and an arrangement for using a platform independent model comprising one or more state machines, and a generic middleware platform for orthogonally mapping the platform independent model to a source code and/or byte code platform, where an asynchronic behaviour is shown on the modelling... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20060294496 - System and method for improved web portal design through control tree file creation: Embodiments provide methods and mechanisms for organizing portal content that can enable a newly created portal element, i.e., a subsection of a portal, to be persisted as an externally, self-contained entity that can be created for the element and referenced by a control tree for the portal. A control tree... Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP

20060294495 - System and method for improved web portal design through control tree file modification: Embodiments provide methods and mechanisms for organizing portal content that can enable a newly created portal element, i.e., a subsection of a portal, to be persisted as an externally, self-contained entity that can be created for the element and referenced by a control tree for the portal. A control tree... Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP

20060294497 - System and method for use in visual modeling: A system and method for use in visual (e.g., UML) modeling are provided. According to one embodiment a method is disclosed which comprises providing a diagram of a model; defining predetermined focal points in the diagram; selecting one of the predetermined focal points and displaying the selected focal point at... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20060294498 - Hot-swapping a dynamic code generator: Embodiments of the invention relate to hot-swapping a live dynamic code generator. In an embodiment, hot-swapping is done in the Java execution environment. The dynamic code generator to be hot-swapped is stored in a module of a shared library separated from other components of the Java environment such as the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060294499 - A method of event driven computation using data coherency of graph: Continuous streams of multiple concurrent events are handled by a system using computation dependency graph. The computation dependency graph is derived from the mathematical concept of directed graph. The computation dependency graph has plurality of nodes representing typed or non-typed variables and arcs connecting from tail node to head node... Agent: John Shim

20060294500 - Web application generator: A method, system and apparatus for providing a web application or to generate the basis for a complete web application source code. Based on user interface input files provided by graphic designers, the web application or generates application framework code, an event handler skeleton and s logic foundation code. Web... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20060294501 - Software program providing system, software program providing method and storage medium: The present invention aims at allowing easy administration of software program, permitting use of latest updated software program without overlooking the same. A supplemental program is stored in a supplemental software program storing means; a list of the supplemental program stored in the supplemental software program storing means is extracted;... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060294502 - Programmable annotation inference: Techniques and tools relating to annotating program source code facilitate inferring annotations from source code based at least in part on a description (or specification) generated with a programmable tool. Described techniques and tools provide flexibility in annotation inference across different code bases and program states or properties of interest,... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20060294503 - Code coverage analysis: Code coverage analysis for uncompiled code, such as scripts, is performed by instrumenting the scripts with log statements, executing the scripts, and analyzing the scripts. The log statements are appended to discrete blocks of the scripts during the instrumenting and are executed when the corresponding scripts are executed. The log... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20060294506 - Isolating declarative code to preserve customizations: Embodiments provide a software model which allows a user to modify a software program in substantially the same manner as the original programmer or developer. In one embodiment, declarative code and user customizations are isolated from other code and structure of the software program. The isolated customizations can be quickly... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20060294504 - Method and system to identify serial code regions: A method and system to identify serial code regions in applications is described. The method includes instrumenting an application's code at loop entry points and loop exit points and gathering data about a plurality of loops in the application. The data may include the amount of time spent in each... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060294505 - Systems and methods for modeling execution behavior: A mechanism in a block diagram environment allows the modeling of an execution behavior of a block in a block diagram, where a user selects the execution behavior from a plurality of functions related to the block diagram and where the execution behavior of the block is performed when at... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20060294507 - Methods and devices for recovering from initialization failures: The time it takes to recover from a system initialization failure may be reduced by determining whether to enable a recovery process immediately, or defer such a process. Sometimes it is desirable to defer a recovery process until certain interdependencies between system components are satisfied.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060294508 - Apparatus, system, and method of dynamic binary translation supporting a denormal input handling mechanism: One embodiment of the invention provides a method to translate a set of source instructions into a set of target instructions, to execute the set of target instructions, and to unmask a denormal input control bit if the set of source instructions uses a denormal input handling mechanism. Another embodiment... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20060294509 - Dynamic user experience with semantic rich objects: Semantic rich objects for a dynamic user experience. One or more actions in the process are represented by semantic rich objects (SROs) for exposing functionality of the process. Each of the SROs includes metadata associated with an action and an execution environment therefor. In response to an interactive gesture from... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20060294510 - Straight-line post-increment optimization for memory access instructions: A compiler configured for optimizing non-loop memory access instructions of a computer program to form architected memory instructions conforming to a base register auto-incrementing addressing mode. The compiler includes code for obtaining an intermediate stream of code containing pseudo-memory instructions from the non-loop memory access instructions. The intermediate stream of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060294511 - Method, system, and computer program product for deploying different versions of software in a single package: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for deploying different versions of a software product in a single package. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises: providing a first version of a software product (e.g., a certified version); providing a second... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20060294512 - System and method for generating a set top box code download step sequence: A method for generating a Set Top Box (STB) code download step sequence includes the steps of retrieving a code object from a Software Download Generator (SDG) memory in response to an instruction signal, generating at least one of a control message and a decoder conditional command using a SDG... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20060294513 - System, device, and method of selectively allowing a host processor to access host-executable code: Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include a method, device and/or system of selectively allowing a host processor to access a host-executable code. A host apparatus may include, for example, a host processor; and a protected memory module comprising: a memory to maintain a host-executable code to be executed by... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20060294514 - Method and system for updating code embedded in a vehicle: A system, method and computer program for updating computer programs embedded in a vehicle is disclosed. Wireless communication means are used to detect and contact one of a plurality of neighbor vehicles. Information is exchanged with the contacted neighbor vehicle related to a plurality of computer programs embedded in the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20060294515 - Common operating system install method: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for installing multiple, heterogeneous operating systems is provided. A network install manager is used to process network requests for various different operating system installs. The network install manager may be configured to provide an install kernel for a variety of operating systems to... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20060288326 - Domain modeling system and method: A method of domain modeling for use in generating a computer application. The method includes selecting a generic signature for a general domain element type, creating a specific signature for a specific domain element within the domain element type, and saving the specific signature to a memory for use in... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060288327 - System and method for providing indicators of textual items having intrinsic executable computational meaning within a graphical language environment: An electronic device with a graphical language environment that includes a method which examines a graphical model to identify textual items having intrinsic executable computational meaning within the graphical model is discussed. The method identifies at least one textual item with intrinsic executable computational meaning. The method further provides an... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield

20060288329 - Content syndication platform: A content syndication platform, such as a web content syndication platform, manages, organizes and makes available for consumption content that is acquired from the Internet. In at least some embodiments, the platform can acquire and organize web content, and make such content available for consumption by many different types of... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20060288328 - Dynamically creating multimodal markup documents: Methods, systems, and products for dynamically creating a multimodal markup document are provided that include selecting a multimodal markup template, identifying in dependence upon the multimodal markup template a dynamic content module, instantiating the dynamic content module, executing a dynamic content creation function in the instantiated dynamic content module, receiving... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20060288330 - Worklet modeling: A processor, a method, and a program executable by a processor and residing on a machine readable memory are each configured to define work phases achieved at the direction of a person in interaction with a computing device. A first program component is configured to divide the work phase performed... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20060288331 - Image forming apparatus: A copying machine (image forming apparatus) including an operation displaying portion, a fan and a middle discharging portion. The operation displaying portion includes a color liquid crystal which can be rotated with respect to a main body of the copying machine displaying panel and is adapted to display information concerning... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20060288332 - Workflow debugger: Workflow debugging. A debug engine integrated with an external development tool debugging framework sets breakpoints directly on workflow activities and stops execution of the workflow at each of the breakpoints. The state of the workflow activity at the breakpoint is displayed. The debug engine extracts source code of the workflow... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20060288334 - Apparatus, systems, and methods for execution-driven loop splitting and load-safe code hosting: Techniques for execution-driven loop splitting and load-safe code hosting are provided. Compiled code includes statements associated with an original loop and statements associated with an alternative loop. The alternative loop reproduces the original loop except for conditional load-safe invariant expressions that appeared in the original loop and that are separated... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20060288333 - Memory mapped lazy signal blocking: In an embodiment of the invention, a method for lazy signal blocking, includes: when a program is going to enter a critical region of code where signals will be blocked, then setting an enabled flag and marking a signal mask with signals to be blocked, wherein the enabled flag and... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060288336 - Module initialization: Dependencies among code modules loaded into a particular execution environment may be graphed, charted, or otherwise listed. Thus, when one of the code modules is initialized within one or more isolated execution constructs of the execution environment, other code modules that are graphed, charted, or otherwise listed as having a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20060288335 - Optimizing instructions for execution on parallel architectures: Instructions may be optimized for execution on parallel architectures. In one embodiment, the invention includes parsing a code sequence into an internal representation of the sequence, finding an input channel in the internal representation, finding a put to the input channel in the internal representation, finding a get to the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060288337 - Apparatus, method and program for behavioral synthesis including loop processing: A behavioral synthesis apparatus includes a control data flow graph generator that generates a CDFG specifying an execution order of calculations written in a behavior description including an external loop processing that includes internal loops processing which does not expand the internal loops processing, a scheduling module carries out scheduling... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060288338 - Offset threaded code: Translating a virtual machine instruction into a value which when logically combined with a base value yields an address of interpretation code to perform the virtual machine instruction.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060288339 - Computational methods and systems for multidimensional analysis: A method for analyzing data obtained from at least one sample in a separation system (10, 50, 60) that has a capability for separating components of a sample containing more than one component as a function of at least two different variables comprising obtaining data representative of the at least... Agent: David Aker

20060288344 - Method and apparatus for upgrading a software application in the presence of user modifications: A method for upgrading (31-b of FIG. 1) a software application (35-b) from a prior version to a subsequent version while preserving user modifications to the prior application. The method includes comparing differences between the two versions of the software applications. This is followed by enumerating the differences between the... Agent: Csa LLP

20060288343 - Methods and apparatus to enable remote-user-interface-capable managed runtime environments: Methods and apparatus to enable remote-user-interface-capable managed runtime environments are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a request from a first device to execute an application at a second device, the first device being incapable of executing the application. The method further includes retrieving the application from an application... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20060288341 - Patch-impact assessment through runtime insertion of code path instrumentation: Runtime patch validation is provided that instruments an in-use function to determine whether the function needs a patch and/or how the patch will impact the function. Patch validation code is instrumented into a target binary when the target binary is running. Patch validation data is gathered from the instrumented target... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20060288342 - Post build process to record stack and call tree information: A mechanism is provided, where a post-build utility is used to store stack and call tree information within a section of an executable program or separate file. The stack information aids an authentication module during the execution of the program in walking up a stack in order to obtain return... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20060288340 - System for acquisition, representation and storage of streaming data: A method for allowing multiple processes to independently operate on a data set, including iteratively performing in a metaprocess retrieving a data unit from a first data, associating each of the retrieved units with a timestamp, and storing the retrieved data unit together with its timestamp in a second data... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20060282816 - Object-oriented meeting process model for software development management: One of the most difficult things about project management is unknown ongoing condition, status, and quality during process. Existing project management methods and software tools present a discrete way to manage project development. This invention proposes an object-based, meeting-oriented methodology in order to manage project development more continuously. Said invention... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20060282815 - System, method and computer program product for developing, configuring, installing and testing software: The present invention provides a system for developing software. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a developer device having a developer control program for communication over a network, the developer device being used by a developer to create source code; and (2) an appliance device having a communication server... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20060282817 - Winforms control hosting in unmanaged applications: Systems and methods for hosting managed code controls within unmanged hosts, such as MICROSOFT Word and Excel. There are two components to the hosting architecture, a wrapper control that implements various interfaces and a container control that hosts the managed code control. A design-time implementation allows for a designer to... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20060282818 - Interactive formula builder: The present invention provides a method for building idiosyncratic mathematical formulas in a software application program such as a computerized spreadsheet. The method allow users to access desired functions and formulas, enter arguments used by the functions and formulas, and illustrate how the functions operate, all in a straight forward... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20060282819 - General purpose annotation service for portal-based applications: A method of providing annotations within a portal environment can include executing a portlet object having a tag, wherein the tag specifies an annotation service associated with an artifact presented by a graphical user interface of the portal environment. A visual identifier can be presented proximate to the artifact. The... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20060282820 - Cobol syntax for native xml file parsing and file generation: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to XML processing in a COBOL environment and provide a method, system and apparatus for processing a COBOL syntax to allow native XML parsing. In a method of the invention, COBOL source code can be processed and an... Agent: International Business Machines Intellectual Property Law, Dept. T81/503

20060282821 - Efficient subprogram return in microprocessors: A method and medium for performing subroutine return operations. Test operations are performed in parallel with other operations in a return operation. These test operations and the return operations are performed in response to a single instruction.... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20060282822 - System and method for processing rss data using rules and software agents: A system contains a list of vocabulary, actions, rule templates, agent templates and caches that allow users to create, update and delete software agents and rules to process RSS (Really Simple Syndication) data. Rules are defined in the format of “if/then” or “if/then/else”, using vocabulary and actions in the predefined... Agent: Guoqing Weng

20060282823 - Dynamic certification of components: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for dynamically certifying components. Various entities may participate in the certification process. Operational data from live systems in use may also be collected and considered as part of the certification for a component. This information is then gathered into a database,... Agent: Min, Hsieh & Hack LLP

20060282824 - Methods and systems for monitoring enterprise file currency: Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring enterprise file currency. The disclosed systems and methods may include creating a currency check and notification configuration. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include executing a currency check based on the currency check and notification configuration and reporting the results of the... Agent: Merchant & Gould Bellsouth Corporation

20060282826 - Microprocessor with automatic selection of simd parallelism: Automatic selective power and energy control of one or more processing elements matches a degree of parallelism to a monitored condition, in a highly parallel programmable data processor. For example, logic of the parallel processor detects when program operations (e.g. for a particular task or due to a detected temperature)... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20060282825 - System, method and program for estimating a requisite amount of server resources: System, method and program product for determining if a plurality of applications executed on a plurality of servers can be executed on a single server. First program instructions determine if the single server has sufficient processor power to execute the plurality of applications. Second program instructions determine if the plurality... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20060282828 - Handling caught exceptions: Embodiments of the invention relate to exceptions. In a Java embodiment, if the count of a program statement that causes the exception reaches a threshold, then the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) searches for the throw statement corresponding to that program statement. The JVM then identifies the catch clause corresponding to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060282827 - Operating system loader modification: Systems and methods for computer security are provided. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes applying a hook to a kernel of an operating system, monitoring system calls made to the kernel using the hook, and injecting a new entry into a list of files assembled... Agent: Gunnison, Mckay & Hodgson, L.L.P.

20060282829 - Method and apparatus for managing instruction flushing in a microprocessor's instruction pipeline: In one or more embodiments, a processor includes one or more circuits to flush instructions from an instruction pipeline on a selective basis responsive to detecting a branch misprediction, such that those instructions marked as being dependent on the branch instruction associated with the branch misprediction are flushed. Thus, the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20060282830 - Analysis of the impact of application programs on resources stored in data stores: System and method for analyzing the impact of interactions of application programs with resources stored in a data store. A method of the invention receiving a selection of the application programs from a user. The interactions of the resources by the selected application programs are identified. The method also determines... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20060282832 - Calculating module runtimes on multiple platforms: Runtimes of a plurality of modules executed on at least two platforms may be determined by appending a start event to a stack of events when each module is executed on a first platform. The appended start event may be closed when execution of the corresponding executed module is terminated.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20060282831 - Method and hardware node for customized upgrade control: A method and hardware node for carrying out a customized upgrade process of an application module or a platform module is provided. Modules interested in receiving notifications about upgrade processes register their interest with an upgrade manager. The manager is then provided with a set of instructions, such as a... Agent: Alex Nicolaescu Ericsson Canada Inc.

20060282833 - Apparatus and method for managing firmware of removable media device: A method for managing firmware of a removable media device, which includes detecting a key value of the removable media device, checking whether or not the detected key value is stored on a computer that the removable media device is connected to, determining if a version of firmware stored on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060282834 - Software uninstallation system, method and computer program product: A system, method and computer program product are provided for uninstalling software on a computer. In use, a plurality of software products identified on a computer is displayed. Further, a first user instruction to uninstall at least a portion of at least one of the software products from the computer... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20060277523 - Annotations for tracking provenance: A system, method and media for automatically relating documents, comprising selecting a first element in a first document; selecting a second element based on the first element; annotating the second element in a second document with an annotation and wherein the annotation refers to the first element. This abstract is...

20060277525 - Lexical, grammatical, and semantic inference mechanisms: A mechanism is provided for inferring a computer user's intent in developing computer system code. Specifically, an inference mechanism is provided that can infer a user's intent at least on three levels: a lexical level, a syntactic level, and a semantic level. The inference mechanism employs various rule-based and heuristic-based...

20060277524 - Redundant updatable firmware in a distributed control system: A redundant firmware update of a processor node in a distributed control system involves the storage of a first primary code image in a first memory space and a first backup code image in a second memory space prior to receiving an electrical communication of a second primary code image...

20060277526 - Calling of late bound functions from an external program environment: The present invention is directed toward automatically integrating a late bound program language into an external environment. The external environment may be an early bound environment, a late bound environment or some combination thereof. Associated with the late bound program environment is a modular execution engine and an interface mechanism,...

20060277528 - Constraining source code and objects for analysis tools: A source container for use in a computer system executing problem determination tools in an integrated environment across a computer network, the source container comprising a list of pathways to a plurality of source files and module objects. A software development may create the source container independently or within the...

20060277527 - Non-destructive debugging for add-ins: Methods and systems for debugging add-ins using a non-destructive approach. Add-ins are hosted, not stand-alone components, that run in a host application. The add-ins are loaded into an isolated environment so they can be debugged and stopped without affecting the host application. This prevents termination of the host application at...

20060277529 - Compiler apparatus: A compiler apparatus, which can perform software pipelining optimization that has a considerable effect of reducing the number of execution cycles taken to complete a loop process, converts a source program into a machine program for a processor which is capable of parallel processing. The compiler apparatus is composed of:...

20060277530 - Data hiding in compiled program binaries for supplementing computer functionality: Bit reductions in program instructions are achieved by determining the set of bit patterns in bit locations of the instructions. If only a subset of bit patterns is present in the instructions, they may be represented by an index value having a smaller number of bits. The index value may...

20060277532 - Method and apparatus for converting program code with access coordination for a shared resource: A dynamic binary translator 19 converts a subject program 17 into target code 21 on a target processor 13. For a multi-threaded subject environment, the translator 19 provides a global token 501 common to each thread 171, 172, and one or more sets of local data 502, which together are...

20060277533 - Register and active element machines: commands, programs, simulators and translators: In an embodiment, instructions in a computer language are translated into instructions in a register machine language. The instructions in the register machine language are translated into active element machine instructions. In an embodiment, an active element machine may be programmed using instructions for a register machine....

20060277531 - System and method for source code analysis: The invention includes a tool for creating hypertext enabled documents based on one or more source code files wherein calls to programs, subprograms, or functions are hyperlinked to corresponding code sections the tool may also add documentation to explain interrelationships among code components and variables. Furthermore, a user may access...

20060277534 - Evaluation of a temporal description within a general purpose programming language: A translation module translates a temporal description into a temporal expression. The translation module is adapted to translate a temporal description in the form of an extended syntax or a preprocessing macro to the temporal expression. The temporal expression includes a native expression of a general purpose programming language. The...

20060277539 - Constraint injection system for immunizing software programs against vulnerabilities and attacks: A constraint is inserted into a program to address a vulnerability of the program to attacks. The constraint includes a segment of code that determines when the program has been asked to execute a “corner case” which does not occur in normal operations. The constraint code can access a library...

20060277537 - Deployment of containers and container extensions in a modular code runtime platform through a runtime platform extension point: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to deploying components in a modular code runtime environment and provide a method, system and computer program product for deploying containers and container extensions in a modular code runtime environment, such as the Eclipse integrated development environment. In...

20060277535 - Downloading software applications: An application descriptor describing an application available for download and including a first data element having a first data portion; a second data element identifying the application; and a plurality of third data elements, each of which has an individual locale identifier portion and a second data portion related to...

20060277538 - Dynamic process recovery in a distributed environment: Methods for providing dynamic process recovery that supports recovery of event driven services. The present invention addresses situations where a service-hosting process fails as well as all of the services which were running in that process. To recover from this scenario, the present invention restarts the services a different process...

20060277536 - Non-visible remote control of console session: Methods and systems are provided for remote control of a client computer. In one implementation, a method for remotely controlling a client computer is provided. The method includes receiving a command at a client computer from a remote user, the command operable to allow a remote user to control a...

20060277540 - Employing a mirror probe handler for seamless access to arguments of a probed function: A method and system for accessing, from a mirror probe handler, a value to be associated with an argument of a function. The mirror probe handler and the function are defined with identical prototypes and compiled with identical linkage conventions. The mirror probe handler is executed after initiating execution of...

20060277541 - Relocatable component file format: Executable code and data are stored in a relocatable component file format (RCFF) to allow dynamic loading of executable code and data at runtime into memory accessible by a processor running an application program. A component manager manages access to the RCFF component and stores additional information within the RCFF...

20060277542 - System and method for creating a customized installation on demand: A customized VM image, for example of Linux software, is created by allowing a user to select packages that the user is interested in installing. During the process, the user is informed if two of the packages that were selected will not be interoperable at run-time. The user is then...