Data processing: software development, installation, and management inventions 02/07

20070044066 - Embedded multi-language programming: Multiple programming languages can be embedded and supported within a single source. Programs nested with syntax from a plurality of languages (e.g., C#, SQL, XML . . . ), among other things, enable users to avail themselves of advantageous aspects of different languages for particular tasks. Language services that provide... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070044067 - System and method for generating distributed information systems: An architecture for developing a distributed information system comprises a service definition tool for generating service protocols as a service definition. Each service protocol includes a plurality of messages. The messages include incoming messages and outgoing messages. Each message carries a plurality of data fields. A component development tool generates... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070044068 - Using a visual, object-oriented methodology to describe an apparatus: A method for describing an apparatus is provided whereby visual and objected-oriented tools are used to provide a description of the relevant parts of the apparatus as well as their relationship to each other.... Agent: Maad Abu-ghazalah

20070044069 - Development system with methodology providing optimized message parsing and handling: A development system with methodology providing optimized message parsing and handling is described. In one embodiment, for example, a computer-implemented method is described for improved processing of certain types of messages, the method comprises steps of: loading metadata at design time, the metadata characterizing a particular message type; based on... Agent: John A. Smart

20070044070 - Apparatus, system, and method for java bean delta generation: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for generating a delta across like java bean components. The apparatus includes a store module, a comparison module, and a delta module. The store module stores a first java bean on a client. The comparison module compares a second java bean to the... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070044072 - Automatically generating a graphical data flow program based on a circuit diagram: A method and system configured to: (a) display a first diagram including a first icon in response to input selecting the first icon; (b) associate the first icon with a first hardware device in response to input selecting the first hardware device from a set of hardware devices; (c) associate... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070044071 - Efficient configuration of hardware devices in a graphical dataflow programming environment: A method and system configured to: (a) display a first diagram including a first icon in response to input selecting the first icon; (b) associate the first icon with a first hardware device in response to input selecting the first hardware device from a set of hardware devices; (c) associate... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070044073 - Spatial iteration node for a graphical program: A system and method for creating a distributed application using graphical programming techniques are disclosed. The distributed application may comprise a first graphical program and a second graphical program, where a host computer system executes the first graphical program, and a plurality of remote computer systems or computing devices each... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Myertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070044074 - Method and language for process expression: A programming language for representing processes as strings of symbols has a syntax delimiting places in a symbol string. A convention associates delimited places in symbol strings. An invocation construct instantiated as an invocation string has at least (i) an invocation destination list of delimited places comprising a complete set... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070044075 - Method for analysis of source code and display of corresponding output through a marking scheme: Described is receiving a segment of source code, analyzing the source code based on a performance metric, wherein the performance metric relates the source code to corresponding machine code and displaying a marked version of the source code, wherein the marked version corresponds to a value of the performance metric.... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070044076 - Dynamic filtering of a navigation path to a set of minimums: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to filtering technical documentation and provide a method, system and computer program product for rapid filtering technical documentation. In one embodiment, a data processing system for dynamically filtering technical documentation can include a rapid filter coupled to a... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070044077 - Infrastructure for verifying configuration and health of a multi-node computer system: A verification infrastructure uses a verification tool with a user interface with which a user may interact to verify an application and/or its platform. The user may enter the same set of commands to verify instances of the application on different platforms. Furthermore, the verification tool is data driven in... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070044078 - Virtual testing in a development environment: System and method for developing a measurement program that performs a measurement function. A measurement program is created in a development environment in response to first user input, possibly including configuring a physical unit under test (UUT) with one or more parameter values. The measurement program includes icons that visually... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070044079 - A system and method for compiling a description of an electronic circuit to instructions adapted to execute on a plurality of processors: A method for verifying electronic circuit designs in anticipation of fabrication by compiling a hardware description to instructions for processors which are scalably interconnected to provide simulation and emulation, having deterministically scheduled transfer of circuit signal values among the large number of circuit evaluation processors and scheduled and assigned instructions... Agent: Patentry

20070044081 - Application-responsive markup language parser: A markup language parser processes markup language data and provides processed data to an application. A reader is configured to tokenize the markup language data and store resulting tokens in a buffer associated with the reader. A scanner is configured to create string objects based on the tokens and to... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070044080 - Structure initializers and complex assignment: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates constructing and initializing an object within a single expression. An interface component can receive data related to an object that has at least one property associated therewith. A syntax component can combine a construction of the object and... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070044084 - Disjunctive image computation for sequential systems: A symbolic disjunctive image computation method for software models which exploits a number of characteristics unique to software models. More particularly, and according to our inventive method, the entire software model is decomposed into a disjunctive set of submodules and a separate set of transition relations are constructed. An image/reachability... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20070044083 - Lambda expressions: The subject disclosure pertains to lambda expressions and the employment of such expressions in imperative and/or object-oriented computer programming languages. Lambda expressions can be employed in conjunction with methods (e.g., arguments, assignment . . . ) to provide a more concise and functional manner of code specification. Further, lambda expressions... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070044082 - Method and computer system for software tuning: Method and computer system for software tuning. A computer system stores variables (210) for storing at least one threshold value for at least one parameter (P1) influencing the performance of a software application (200) with regards to a specific task. A threshold evaluator (220) compares (430) the at least one... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070044085 - Integrated software for managing add-ons: Retrieval software and add-on collection software are integrated to provide a computer user information on add-ons attempting to instantiate, or alternatively, install, on the user's computer system. The retrieval software, i.e., software for locating and retrieving information from networked information services, uses information from data the collection software, i.e., software... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070044086 - Software architecture for displaying information content from plug-in modules in a user interface: A user interface application, such as a sidebar application or web page, receives content from a set of plug-in modules. The user interface handles the display of the content and manages any user interaction with the content, thus abstracting these features from the plug-in modules. The plug-in modules may thus... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070044087 - Method of upgrading software through download in t-dmb terminal: A method of upgrading software through a software download in a T-DMB terminal includes the steps of confirming, by the T-DMB terminal, an announcement message containing information for announcing when the software is downloaded by receiving a T-DMB signal and analyzing a plurality of fast information groups (FIGs), determining whether... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070044088 - Method for installing at least user software, and a road paver: A method for installing user software in a host system unit (Z) of an electronic control system of a construction machine, in particular of a road paver (F), the user software and, in addition, in some cases, parameter-base data, completely stored in an external removable storage medium (W) which is... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070044093 - Event boxcarring of rfid information sent from rfid edge server: An RFID edge server using an application server allows for improvements in an RFID system.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070044094 - Jmx administration of rfid edge server: An RFID edge server using an application server allows for improvements in an RFID system.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070044090 - Packaging of epcis software: An RFID edge server using an application server allows for improvements in an RFID system.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070044089 - Packaging of rfid software at edge server: An RFID edge server using an application server allows for improvements in an RFID system.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070044091 - Rfid edge server with in process java connector to connect to legacy systems: An RFID edge server using an application server allows for improvements in an RFID system.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070044095 - Rfid edge server with security plug-ins: An RFID edge server using an application server allows for improvements in an RFID system.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070044092 - Rfid edge server with socket multiplexing: An RFID edge server using an application server allows for improvements in an RFID system.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070044096 - Digital broadcasting system and software downloading method thereof, and broadcasting signal receiving device and software downloading method thereof: Methods and apparatuses for downloading software from a digital broadcasting system to a broadcasting signal receiving device are provided. A broadcasting signal is transmitted by a broadcasting base station that includes software update data and medium information to access another provision medium that provides the software update data. The broadcasting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070044097 - System and apparatus for and method of downloading a program, image formation apparatus, and computer product: Programs for executing downloading of a program are stored in an area, i.e a non-rewritable boot area, of a rewritable flash EEPROM. Control programs for the apparatus are stored in the remaining area of the EEPROM. The programs for executing the downloading of the program, which are in the boot... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038974 - Software analysis tool: A tool for analyzing software. The tool identifies calls to framework components made from within one or more application programs. The information may be processed to indicate usage of framework components. This usage information may be aggregated over a pool of application programs to derive statistical usage information for each... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070038976 - System and method for software application development using virtual path mapping: A development-oriented split-source directory structure, that can be used with an application server and which solves a number of the problems associated with traditional Enterprise Archive (EAR) files. In particular, the split-source directory structure presents a clean separation between human-readable source files stored in a source control system and generated... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070038975 - Systems, methods and computer program products for safety checking executable application programs in a module: An application program for a central processing unit of a computer module is developed. Source code for the application is written and debugged. The source code for the application program is then compiled and assembled, to provide an executable application program. The executable application program is loaded into the computer... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070038978 - Layered type systems: The subject disclosure pertains to layering of a plurality of type systems. A development environment and language compilers can support multiple data models and their type systems in the same program. Elements of a program such as expressions can then be associated with several types from the multiple type systems.... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070038977 - Software development tool using a structured format to generate software code: Systems and methods are provided for the automated development and implementation of software using parameter-based requirements. Such systems and methods may include acquiring terms usable to create a parameter-based requirement, in which each of the terms contains at least one attribute, and storing a glossary containing the terms. The systems... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070038979 - Method and system for transparently controlling the behavior of service methods in a service oriented architecture: A method and system for transparently controlling infrastructure service methods in a service oriented architecture by enabling a higher level application component that is a consumer of infrastructure services to be alerted both before and after an infrastructure service is executed, by either that component or from an external source,... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software Steubing Mcguinness

20070038981 - System and method for multi-threaded resolver with deadlock detection: A system, method and media for allowing a first thread exclusive access to the first type; resolving the first type to a first stage by the first thread; and creating a first version of the first type based on the resolving. This abstract is not intended to be a complete... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070038980 - System and method for multi-threaded resolver with versioning: A system, method and media for allowing a first thread exclusive access to the first type; resolving the first type to a first stage by the first thread; and creating a first version of the first type based on the resolving. This abstract is not intended to be a complete... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070038982 - Method and process to automatically perform test builds or translated files for a software product: A method, apparatus, and computer program instructions for automatically performing test builds of natural language translated files for a software product. When a translated file is received from a translator, a test build of the translated file is executed in a translation test build environment, wherein the translation test build... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070038983 - Systems and methods for enterprise software management: Methods and systems consistent with embodiments of the present invention receive information reflecting dependencies between software modules, and monitor the software modules for changes using the received information reflecting the dependencies. The information may be derived from dependency data in the software modules.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070038984 - Methods for generating code for an architecture encoding an extended register specification: There are provided methods and computer program products for generating code for an architecture encoding an extended register specification. A method for generating code for a fixed-width instruction set includes identifying a non-contiguous register specifier. The method further includes generating a fixed-width instruction word that includes the non-contiguous register specifier.... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070038985 - Syntactic program language translation: The subject disclosure pertains to computer programming languages and translation or conversion thereof. Rather than a complicated semantics preserving translation or conversion from a first source language to a second target language, the conversion can be one of syntax. The conversion can be accomplished, for example, via employment of a... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070038986 - Automation of java application using enhanced late-bound support: A Java/COM bridge provides enhanced late-bound COM-to-Java support. The Java/COM bridge allows a COM application to make a late bound call to a Java class in a Java application wherein the late bound call contains a parameter indicating that the Java class should not be instantiated. The Java/COM bridge returns... Agent: Walter W. Duft

20070038987 - Preprocessor to improve the performance of message-passing-based parallel programs on virtualized multi-core processors: Provided is a complier which optimizes parallel processing. The complier records the number of execution cores, which is the number of processor cores that execute a target program. First, the compiler detects a dominant path, which is a candidate of an execution path to be consecutively executed by a single... Agent: Ido Tuchman

20070038988 - Method and apparatus for providing class hierarchy information for function devirtualization: A class hierarchy graph defining the baseclass-subclass relationship between classes in an object-oriented program is built by analysis of the intermediate representation of the program produced by a compiler front end. This representation includes virtual tables for classes that include virtual functions and type structure information for the classes provided... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070038989 - Java lifecycle model for bd-discs: An optical storage carrier is loaded with applications implemented as Java objects that enable interactive services, e.g. gaming, interactive A/V content playback, web browsing. Each Java object includes at least three methods for setting the application in an inactive state, a paused state or an active state. The carrier is... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070038990 - Method, apparatus and article to load new instructions on processor based devices, for example, automatic data collection devices: Methods, apparatus and articles facilitate the loading of a set of new instructions to replace set of existing instructions on a processor based device, for example an automatic data collection device. For example, a new operating system may replace an existing operating system using an executable that disables interrupts and/or... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070038991 - Method and apparatus for managing patchable software systems: A method or corresponding apparatus manages deployment of a software patch (“patch”) by creating a given patch comprising at least one file and associating information with the given patch that prevents other patches from being installed over the given patch. In one some embodiments, patches are no longer delivered directly... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070038994 - Java application framework for use in a content delivery network (cdn): An application deployment model for enterprise applications to enable applications to be deployed to and executed from a globally distributed computing platform, such as an Internet content delivery network (CDN). According to the invention, application developers separate their Web application into two layers: a highly distributed edge layer and a... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20070038993 - Method of identifying and checking software installation requirements: The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for discovering and checking software installation requirements. In a preferred embodiment, the method begins by parsing and reading the installation requirements already stored in a text file. Once all the requirements have been checked and it is determined that... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070038992 - Reflective, xml-based framework for the construction of common application launchers: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for installing computer applications executes installation actions that are common from one implementation to the next using user-supplied, application-specific details for each installation. The teachings involve parsing an XML file to determine attributes of a user interface and attributes of the installation... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070038995 - System and method for navigating beans using filters and container managed relationships: A system and method for navigating relationships between beans using filters and container managed relationships are provided. With the system and method, filters are specified in the relationship definition of a deployment descriptor of a bean. The filters generate additional predicates to the WHERE clauses in SQL SELECT statements generated... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070033567 - Managing reusable software assets: In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A software asset, as used herein, refers to a set of one or more related artifacts that have been created or harvested for the purpose of applying that asset repeatedly in subsequent development environments. A... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20070033568 - System and method for managing product customization: Systems and methods for managing the customization of products can be implemented to facilitate the cooperative efforts of sellers, buyers, and producers of customizable products through a common, loosely coupled, remote system. This system may be implemented via a web-based software system as a hosted solution or as an easily... Agent: Gregory J. Krabacher

20070033569 - Client/server web application architectures for offline usage, data structures, and related methods: Client-server architectures for allowing web applications to operate even when the client and server are disconnected. Exemplary architectures include a local web engine associated with a local cache which can be separate from a browser cache and browser application. Exemplary data structures include web documents having one or more control... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070033571 - Dynamic work center: Methods and apparatuses enable providing an action center in which to perform work. The action center is generated as a modeled software application that provides dynamic access to data and one or more callable services with which to perform an activity related to the data. The dynamic access is provided... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070033570 - Method and system for transforming a process flow: The invention provides a solution for generating a target process flow based on a source process flow of a different model format. In particular, for each element in the source process flow that maps to multiple elements in the target process flow, a container element is created in the target... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070033573 - Dynamic creation of object classes: An object class (Class1) in a computer system is dynamically created by creating a global generic class (GenericClass) having two possible members, wherein at least one member is an instance of a generic class (GenericAttribute, GenericMethod), and by instantiating the global generic class.... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070033572 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for adaptively generating code for a computer program: A program feature set is compared to a processor feature set. The comparison may be performed in response to restoring the program onto a system or requesting its execution. The processor feature set represents zero, one or more optional hardware features supported by the processor, whereas the program feature set... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070033574 - System and method for representation of object animation within presentations of software application programs: A system and method for representing object animation, such as the movement of mouse pointers, within presentations based on software application programs or other information displayed by a computer system is disclosed herein. In one aspect the method is directed to representing animation of a mouse pointer object during creation... Agent: Dallas Office Of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070033575 - Software for linking objects using an object-based interface: An object-based computer software application for generating medical documents includes the use of metadata objects to represent user-interface components and medical objects based on the metadata objects. In addition, patient data objects are generated from medical objects as selected by a user. The metadata objects, medical objects and patient data... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Financial Center

20070033577 - Method and apparatus for debugging program code: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for debugging program code. In particular, a method for implementing data breakpoints using virtual memory support is described. During execution of the program code, virtual memory addresses for translation to physical addresses are provided to a directory of page translations. If the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070033576 - Symbolic execution of object oriented programs with axiomatic summaries: Symbolic execution identifies possible execution paths of a computer program or method, each having certain constraints over the input values. The symbolic execution also records updates of memory locations, e.g. updates of the fields of symbolic objects in the heap of an object oriented program, involving a description of the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20070033578 - System and method for improving virtual machine performance using an offline profile repository: A system, method, and computer readable medium, for automatically improving performance of, and optimizing, a program based on on-line profile data of the program and profile data (302) collected across multiple runs of the program and stored in a persistent off-line repository (114). The method includes executing a program in... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20070033579 - System and method for searching for multiple types of errors in file following translation into a new natural language: A system and method is provided wherein a software file or packaged set of files, originally prepared in one natural language, is sent to a translator for translation into another natural language. The translated file or files is then delivered back from the translator, to an automated error checking tool.... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070033580 - Transformation of an asynchronous transactional messaging language into a web services compatible language: Instructions in an asynchronous transactional messaging language are transformed into instructions that are compatible with the web services. In one embodiment, the asynchronous transactional messaging language is XLANG/s, and the web service languages are the web services description language (WSDL) and the simple object access protocol (SOAP). A programmer simply... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070033581 - Situation sensitive memory performance: The present invention presents a non-volatile memory system that adapts its performance to one or more system related situation. If a situation occurs where the memory will require more than the allotted time for completing an operation, the memory can switch from its normal operating mode to a high performance... Agent: Parsons Hsue & De Runtz, LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20070033582 - Transforming a flow graph model to a structured flow language model: The invention provides a solution for transforming a flow graph model to a structured flow language model. In particular, the nodes in the flow graph model are traversed, and each node is mapped to an activity in the structured flow language model. When a node comprises a branch point, the... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070033583 - Method and device for adaption of functions for controlling operating sequences: A method and a device for adaptation of functions for controlling operating sequences, the functions accessing at least one global variable of at least one program for control and this global variable being assigned address information which is located in at least one memory means, this address information of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070033584 - Application update methods and mobile communication devices utilizing the same: An application update method implemented in a mobile communication device. First, a menu of applications is displayed on the mobile communication device. A request for adding one new application listed on the menu to the mobile communication device is received. Component information indicating components blocks of the application is automatically... Agent: Quintero Law Office

20070033585 - Electronic appliance: An image forming apparatus is so structured that the version information of firmware stored in an EEPROM of an apparatus main body is compared with the upgrading information on the firmware, the upgrading information containing different pieces of upgrading information for different levels of urgency of upgrading and being stored... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070033587 - Independently installable component for measurement device: An installation device for installing a functional component for a measurement device, wherein the installation device is adapted to install the functional component for the measurement device using resources independent of other functional components installed or installable for the measurement device.... Agent: Perman & Green

20070033586 - Method for blocking the installation of a patch: A method, apparatus and computer instructions are provided for blocking the installation of a patch. A patch management system is used to recognize files with a selected indicator. A selected indicator may be an identifier distinguishing the file such as size, checksum, name, or a current timestamp. The files with... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070033588 - Generic download and upload functionality in a client/server web application architecture: The present invention relates generally to client-server architectures for allowing generic upload and download functionality between a web application at a server and a client. One exemplary method includes sending a download/upload request to a web application at the server, where the download/upload request specifies at least one file to... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070028207 - Work flow management system, work flow management apparatus and method: A work flow management system, a work flow management apparatus and a management method capable of managing the work flow through a plurality of devices are provided. The work flow management system includes a work flow management apparatus, and the desired job history information included in the job history information... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070028208 - Runtime generative programming method and system: A real time code generator which automates the manufacture of software components and software systems based on a method for the runtime configuration and generation of text documents and software components. The text documents and software components are automatically generated within a defined domain through the use of generative tools.... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070028209 - Architecture that extends types using extension methods: Architecture that extends existing types including constructed and sealed types using extension methods. Extension methods are static methods that can be invoked using instance method syntax. Extension methods are declared by specifying the keyword “this” as a modifier on the first parameter of the methods. Extension methods have all the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070028210 - Dynamically typed unsafe variance: A program execution engine that facilitates generic type variance verification is provided. The execution engine receives a program executable in the form of intermediate language (IL). The program executable can be based on code that includes expression(s) with generic type(s) which have been identified as requiring variance verification (e.g., covariance... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070028211 - Interpreter security mechanism: The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to an interpreter security mechanism that minimizes security risks associated with interpreting a script written with a scripting language. The interpreter security mechanism recognizes a marker that indicates a beginning for a set of non-interpreted lines. Upon recognizing the marker, the interpreter... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070028212 - Extending expression-based syntax for creating object instances: Syntax for creating object instances utilizing expressions instead of statements. A syntax component facilitates extension of conventional object-creation-expression syntax. An initializer component provides for initialization of a newly-created entity via object and collection initializers. The initializer component provides initialization of the newly-created entity utilizing an object initializer where the object... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070028214 - Method and system for creating culture-sensitive controls for global applications: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for dynamically creating a culture-sensitive control for a global application using reusable culture-sensitive components. In one embodiment, a system is provided which comprises a presentation unit, which functions as an interface between the system and the global application's console, to... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070028215 - Method and system for hierarchical namespace synchronization: Disclosed are techniques for synchronizing software objects in one namespace with software objects in another namespace. When a change is detected in the first namespace (such as the addition, deletion, or movement of a software object), only as much information as is needed to characterize the change is sent to... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070028213 - Method, system and computer program for tracking software development: A solution (300) for tracking computer software development (for example, based on UML diagrams) is proposed. In the solution of the invention, a completion coefficient is associated (312) with each activity concerning the development process (to indicate the effort required to complete it). The activities are organized into a tree... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070028218 - Apparatus, system, and method for a software test coverage analyzer using embedded hardware: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a software test coverage analyzer using embedded hardware, An assignment module is included to assign one or more ranges of code within a routine of computer code. An instruction identification module is included to store an identifier for each instruction executed in... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070028220 - Fault detection and root cause identification in complex systems: A system and method for detecting anomalies and identifying root causes of anomalies in a system are disclosed. The system includes anomaly detection agents trained to detect anomalies. The anomalies are known anomalies occurring in the system. The anomaly detection agents are interfaced with components of a tested system, and... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070028219 - Method and system for anomaly detection: A system and method for detecting anomalies in a system are described. The system incorporates a diagnostic agent. The diagnostic agent identifies a current operational region of the system and determines current performance based on a local model of normal system performance in that region.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070028216 - Systems and methods for embedded application test suites: Systems, methods and media for testing computer programs in response to a program upgrade or installation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer executes software to detect when an upgrade or an installation occurs. When an upgrade or installation occurs the computer initiates a test of one or more applications... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070028217 - Testing software using verification data defined independently of the testing code: Systems, methods, data structures and software for testing software, in which the testing code and the verification data are independent from each other A variation map may specify one or more testing (e.g., automation) modules, and may specify the verification data to apply to the testing module(s). For example, the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070028221 - Information converter and a method for transforming information: An information converter that includes: an input for receiving non-structured information transformation specification and a processor. The processor is adapted to (i) convert the non-structured information transformation specification to a structured information transformation specification; (ii) generate information transformation code responsive to the structured information transformation specification; and (iii) associate a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070028223 - Compiler supporting programs as data objects: A compiler supporting a language in which selected semantic objects are represented as data objects. The data objects may be used in multiple ways to expand the capabilities of the programming language. Data objects may be passed to applications and used to create executable instructions for that application. In this... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070028222 - Free/outer variable capture: This disclosure concerns various manners and mechanisms to capture and interact with free/outer variables or parameters. The capture of such variables, among other things, enables the code to become mobile to facilitate transmission to and execution by various systems or sub-systems. Transmission can be accomplished, for instance, by generation of... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070028225 - Method and apparatus for preemptive monitoring of software binaries by instruction interception and dynamic recompilation: A method of executing a program in a controlled environment includes initiating execution of an operating system with which the program is adapted to execute, inserting redirection logic at the beginning of the program, and executing the program such that the redirection logic is executed. A current instruction pointer is... Agent: Ip Strategies

20070028224 - Program initiation methods and embedded systems utilizing the same: An embedded system comprises a storage device, a main memory, and an operating system (OS). The storage device stores executable files, data files, and at least one dependency tag of an application which have been installed on the embedded system. The dependency tag records relationships between the application and related... Agent: Quintero Law Office

20070028227 - Code development system and method: A system for programming a programmable device includes a data processing system adapted for linking to the programmable device and to a remote system for compiling code for the programmable device and software residing on the data processing system, the software including instructions for entering source code, transmitting the source... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070028226 - Pattern detection preprocessor in an electronic device update generation system: A generator for generating an update package for efficiently updating the software and/or firmware in an electronic device, and a method for operating such a generator are disclosed. An embodiment of the disclosed invention may produce a compact update package comprising a set of instructions that may be executed within... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070028228 - Software upgrades with user advisement: Methods, apparatuses, and products are disclosed for software upgrades that include storing an upgrade on a computer, the upgrade having semantics for disparate configurations of computers; determining on the computer whether the upgrade can be effected concurrently; and, if the upgrade cannot be effected concurrently, advising a user of the... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20070028232 - Image forming apparatus driver having authority of printing, method of installing the same, and method and apparatus to print document using the same: An image forming apparatus driver having a printing authority, a method of installing the same, and a method and apparatus to print a document using the same includes an account information reading unit to read account information of a currently logged-in user, and a printing data generating unit to generate... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070028230 - Method and system for creation of operating system partition table: A system and method for automatically selecting and configuring storage devices according to an abstract partition table definition as part of a scripted operating system installation. The system has a deployment server in data communication with the one or more computers via the communication network. The deployment server has a... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070028229 - Method and system for dynamic generation of computer system installation instructions: An automated system generates installation instructions for software installation on a multiple machine cluster system. Pre-configured instruction modules gather information about the components on the system to be installed. From this information, an instruction installation scenario is created for each machine in the cluster system. From this scenario, the system... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20070028234 - One click deployment: Techniques are provided for deploying applications hosted by an application service provider. An application in a first environment is automatically deployed to a second environment in response to receiving a request over a network from the party for whom the second environment is being hosted. The first environment may be... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070028231 - System and method for start menu and application uninstall synchronization: A system and method is provided to track events related to shortcuts. These events include moving shortcuts from one location (menu) to another location (menu), renaming a folder in which a shortcut resides, and changing the name of a shortcut. Changes related to shortcuts generate operating system events. The system... Agent: Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20070028233 - Traffic control software lock and method: A method and system deploys software modules for on-street traffic control computers by selectively unlocking preloaded modules of the software. A host firm builds or acquires the on-street traffic control computers and preloads locked versions of software modules provided by a software partner firm. When a customer wishes to purchase... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070028235 - Method and device for distributing av content in download type file format: A method of embedding copyright management information in AV content distributed in a downloadable file format is provided. In the MP4 file format, which is a format for distributing downloadable files, content data is separated by code into a general stream and an IPMP-controlled media stream. A box for embedding... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070028236 - File transfer system: A method of obtaining a file from a remote processing system via a browser application implemented using a processing system. The method includes causing the browser application to display an indication of available files, generate a download instruction in response to the selection of an available file and supply the... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP