Data processing: software development, installation, and management inventions 04/07

20070094636 - Systems and methods for facilitating media production: Various systems and methods for facilitating media production are disclosed herein. As just one example, a system is disclosed that includes a microprocessor based controller and a computer readable medium coupled to the microprocessor based controller. Software is included on the computer readable medium that is executable to receive a... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070094637 - System, method, and computer program product for enabling coexistence of related software: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for enabling the coexistence of related software by providing source code classes in a library system, then extracting some classes from the library system, refactoring each extracted class into a source that is required by a tooling agent, thereby... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070094638 - Systems and methods for creating reusable software components based on regulatory and policy documents to ensure compliance with the documents for integration with automated systems: A computer-assisted method for generating one or more reusable software components that can be invoked by an automated business process to make the automated business process compliant with a regulation is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the method includes the step of analyzing a document containing the regulation to extract... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070094639 - Preparing assembly languague source code: A method and data processing apparatus for assisting a user when preparing assembly language source code to be executed by a processor core is provided. The assembly language source code comprises a sequence of assembly language instructions. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an assembly language instruction entered by... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070094640 - System and method for controlling the scope of script library code: A script library includes a plurality of common blocks of code including code fragments defined by IF/THEN statements. Packages of parameters forming a data type including a scope parameter are provided in agents which, responsive to being triggered by schedule or menu, issue calls including said scope parameter to functions... Agent: Shelley M. Beckstrand Patent Attorney

20070094641 - Product configuration using configuration patterns: In a particular embodiment, configuration patterns are used to provide solutions to configuration problems that repetitively occur. Use of configuration patterns in connection with a configuration model has many benefits. A configuration pattern is a parameterized or otherwise easily extensible solution to that problem, such that the solution is reusable... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070094642 - Graphical program execution on a handheld computer: A system and method for deploying one or more graphical programs on a personal digital assistant (PDA). One or more selected graphical programs may be programmatically converted to an executable format that can be executed by the portable computing device. For example, the graphical programs may be initially represented as... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Conley, Rose & Tayon, P.C.

20070094644 - Programmable extended compression mask for dynamic trace: This invention provides trace address compression by comparing respective bytes of a current trace address with a stored comparison address. Only the least significant bytes of the current trace address that do not match the comparison address or are less significant than any section of the current trace address that... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070094645 - Programmable extended compression mask for dynamic trace: This invention provides trace address compression by comparing respective bytes of a current trace address with a stored comparison address. Only the least significant bytes of the current trace address that do not match the comparison address or are less significant than any section of the current trace address that... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070094643 - System and method for writing captured data from kernel-level to a file: According to one embodiment, a system comprises a file stored to a data storage device that is accessible to user space, and a kernel-level data capture tool, such as a kernel-level network tracing tool, that is operable to capture data and directly write the captured data to the file. According... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070094646 - Static single assignment form pattern matcher: The invention provides a method of processing a sequence of operands to produce compiled code for a target data processor, the method comprising the steps of: automatically analysing a source code to produce a fist representation of that code in single static assignment form; transforming the first representation into a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070094648 - Caching dynamically compiled code to storage: Dynamically compiled code is stored for future use by an emulator application. The emulator application may recall the previously compiled code rather than recompile the same code again. Recycling previously compiled code prevents unneeded code compilation, and saves valuable processing time and resources. Previously compiled code can be associated with... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20070094647 - Data interfaces: A computer-implemented system for accessing data stored in a computer-readable format comprises a data source indicator that identifies least one datum of a data source to be typed. The system also includes a type definition component that defines a strongly typed view of the at least one datum. Methods of... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070094649 - Method and apparatus for providing a compiler interface: A method of providing a compiler interface, the method comprising receiving compiler requirement data; selecting a machine in accordance with the compiler requirement data; and sending source code to the selected machine for compilation.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070094651 - Load balancing: Efforts to avoid time-outs during execution of an application in a managed execution environment may be implemented by monitoring memory allocation.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070094652 - Lockless scheduling of decreasing chunks of a loop in a parallel program: A loop can be executed on a parallel processor by partitioning the loop iterations into chunks of decreasing size. An increase in speed can be realized by reducing the time taken by a thread when determining the next set of iterations to be assigned to a thread. The next set... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070094650 - Method and system for optimizing source code: Methods, systems and apparatus for optimizing a source code are provided. Dependencies for each header file and source code file in the source code are identified for all possible compilation contexts. Certain dependencies can be classified into complete types and incomplete types or named references. Further, these incomplete type dependencies... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070094653 - Parameter storing method, parameter storage device, multi-body problem processing apparatus, and address generator circuit: The object of the present invention is the reduction of memory capacity in a multi-body problem processing apparatus. In a parameter storing method in multi-body problem processing for performing a molecular dynamics calculation for a plurality of particles existing in a three-dimensional space, parameters required to calculate a nonassociative force... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070094655 - Firmware filters and patches: Systems, devices, and methods, including program instructions, are provided for firmware filters and patches. One method embodiment includes executing extended firmware interface (EFI) program instructions to modify a firmware implementation underlying an interface and invoking the modified firmware implementation.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070094656 - Self-modifying copier for downloading executable code in a non-disruptive manner: A method and apparatus for achieving a non-disruptive code load in a digital electronic device utilizes a copier that modifies itself as it executes. A fixed data section might be left unmodified to preserve a trusted system state. The copier has two parts, a bootstrapper and a dynamic part. As... Agent: Beck And Tysver P.l.l.c.

20070094654 - Updating rescue software: The present invention causes rescue software to be updated when a secondary operating system is “booted” from a rescue disk. Aspects of the present invention may cause a computer to be “booted” using the rescue software when a user turns on a computer. Once the computer is booted using the... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070094657 - Method and apparatus for installing an application into a device: A method and an apparatus for installing an application into a device in communication with an implantable medical device (IMD) are provided. A boot sequence of the device is performed. A pre-installation configuration of the device is performed. The pre-installation configuration comprises locating a set-up key relating to a non-volatile... Agent: Cyberonics, Inc.

20070094658 - Method and apparatus for downloading software updates: In accordance with the present invention, a method and apparatus that provides software products for installation on a user terminal is provided. The method begins by receiving over a communications network a user selection that includes a choice of a plurality of user-selected software products to be downloaded. In response... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070089084 - Generic markup specified object descriptor for a modularized computing application: The invention includes a generic, markup specified object descriptor for a modularized computing application. The invention can include an extension to a modular computing application and a markup parser coupled to the extension. The markup parser can be enabled to process a generic, markup specified descriptor for an object. The... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070089086 - Information management and tracking system (imts): An information management and tracking system manages and tracks artifact data relating to the development of a process, the artifact data including data relating to development experiment parameters, results and products. The system includes a data management component and a process design environment for retaining data relating to the process... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070089085 - System and method for identifying and measuring adherence to software development requirements: A system and method for identifying and measuring adherence to software development requirements is presented. A software agent provides a user with product and technical questions. In turn, the user provides product and technical answers, or attributes, which are stored in a repository. A globalization plan generator uses the product... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20070089087 - Method for dynamically generating multiple views of three-dimensional models for utility networks: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus and article of manufacture for modeling a variety of three-dimensional (3D) utility networks constructed from individual network part elements. In one embodiment, users may construct a utility network by selecting and assembling a network of inter-connected parts, where each part is selected... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070089088 - Dynamically determining a buffer-stack overrun: Example embodiments provide for effectively executing a stack-walk and other operations by dynamically accessing information about the expected location of cookies on a stack. For example, a first function is executed that causes a stack-walk operation to occur. While performing the stack-walk operation, cookie location information for a cookie placed... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070089089 - System and method for developing and deploying a model-driven editor: A system and method for developing software using dynamic dual-mode model and data entry is presented. During development, a model developer uses a model window and an editor window to create a model-driven editor. The model window displays model data, and the editor window displays instances of the model data,... Agent: Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20070089090 - Method and system for protecting source code: The present invention relates to a method and a system for protecting source code, in particular source code containing intellectual property. Managed source code which is to be protected is deflected into a module in which native code is created for the source code. In addition, native facades are created... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070089091 - System and method for generating business process test elements: Systems and methods are provided for generating business process test elements for automated testing of business process application configurations. A business process application executes business processes, which are typically automated operations involving users and information systems, and are typically specific to a type of business. A business process test is... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070089092 - Method and system for autonomically prioritizing software defects: A method for autonomically prioritizing software defects may include applying at least one static analysis tool to a body of source code to generate a report in response to any perceived defects. The method may also include performing a delta analysis on a group of data that may include the... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC For Ibm

20070089093 - System and method of determining software maturity using bayesian design of experiments: A system and method for determining software maturity is disclosed. The method may include building an uncensored belief distribution from a set of observed test data, building a belief distribution based on one or more improvement factors, convoluting the uncensored belief distribution with the belief distribution on improvement factors to... Agent: Mr. Ronald E. Prass, Jr. Irving, Prass & Stelacone, LLP

20070089095 - Apparatus and method to trace high performance multi-issue processors: A system and method for program counter and data tracing in a multi-issue processor is disclosed. Instructions are traced in program sequence order. In one embodiment instructions are traced in graduation order from a reorder buffer. The tracing mechanism of the present invention enables increased visibility into the hardware and... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20070089094 - Temporal sample-based profiling: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to collect event information in a bucket during execution of code to form collected event information. The collected event information is written in a trace each time a period of time passes. The time period is associated with the event... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070089096 - System and method for continuous online safety and reliability monitoring: A system and method for generating instantaneous safety availability information relating to an instrumented function is described. In one embodiment, a time of a test performed on an instrumented function component of the instrumented function is received, and an elapsed time between the time of the test and a particular... Agent: Paul J. Van Dyk

20070089097 - Region based code straightening: An optimization mechanism in a compiler performs region-based code straightening to line up frequently executed basic blocks together based on profile directed feedback. The region-based code straightening lines up the basic blocks in order of execution sequence, but does not move infrequently executed basic blocks too far away from predecessors.... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070089098 - Paste by example: Dynamic tutorial generation for user help and user guidance in generating a property of an exemplar object is provided. The user identifies the exemplar object, the object or one of its properties is analyzed, user operations for producing the property of the object are determined, and the determined user operations... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group

20070089099 - Program conversion program, program conversion apparatus and program conversion method: A program conversion program, a program conversion apparatus and a program conversion method that conversions a program having different process according to the content of an argument into a program which facilitate the analysis are provided. The program conversion apparatus includes a dedicated call destination program generating unit that detects... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070089101 - Method of interpreting method bytecode and system operated by the same: A method, a system, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions for interpreting a method bytecode. The method bytecode is interpreted by determining whether a called method is a bottleneck method, generating an interpreter loop for the called method if the called method is the bottleneck method, and interpreting a bytecode... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070089100 - Visually oriented computer implemented application development system utilizing standardized objects and multiple views: A computer implemented application development (authoring) system permits objects (such as VBX custom controls) to be graphically inserted into the program under development by dragging and dropping associated icons into one of four views. The properties associated with the object may then be assigned settings. Development of a complete application... Agent: Lipton, Weinberger & Husick A Professional Corporation

20070089102 - System and method for analyzing software performance without requiring hardware: A system and method for analyzing software performance without requiring hardware is presented. A timing description generator logs instruction performance characteristics for each of the assembly code's instructions. The performance characteristics identify whether an instruction issued or stalled during particular instruction cycles. Once the timing description generator cycles through the... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20070089103 - Automatic software production system: An automated software production system is provided, in which system requirements are captured, converted into a formal specification, and validated for correctness and completeness. In addition, a translator is provided to automatically generate a complete, robust software application based on the validated formal specification, including user-interface code and error handling... Agent: Ronald Craig Fish, A Law Corporation

20070089104 - Method and system for managing heuristic properties: A computer implemented method, system and computer program product for managing heuristic properties for controlling an optimization transformation in a compiler or in other heuristically controlled software in a data processing system. A computer implemented method for controlling an optimization transformation in heuristically controlled software includes defining at least one... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070089105 - Method and system for reducing memory reference overhead associated with threadprivate variables in parallel programs: A computer implemented method, system and computer program product for accessing threadprivate memory for threadprivate variables in a parallel program during program compilation. A computer implemented method for accessing threadprivate variables in a parallel program during program compilation includes aggregating threadprivate variables in the program, replacing references of the threadprivate... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070089106 - Code outlining without trampolines: A system and method for optimizing compiler performance including outlining cold code at link time, rather than compile time, such that trampolines are not required. Branch instructions connecting a hot block to a cold block can be converted from a short branch distance limit to a longer branch distance limit,... Agent: Sun Microsystems, Inc. C/o Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

20070089107 - Database communication method: This invention provides a method of intercepting a call to a database, such as a DB2 SQL call in batch, CICS, and TSO environments, and routing the call to a DB2 subsystem running in another partition (LPAR) such as a Z/OS partition or another Z/OS mainframe and then transmitting the... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070089108 - Initialization and update of software and/or firmware in electronic devices: A system and method to effectively and efficiently update a version of firmware resident in a device memory is provided. A method of identifying one or more versions of firmware is provided by way of initializing a device memory with a known pattern. In addition, the amount of free unused... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070089109 - Retrieving data from an information carrier: The invention relates to a method of retrieving content data and instructional data from a storage medium, the content data having a format on the storage medium that is known to the instructional data, the instructional data having a format on the storage medium that is known to firmware, the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070089110 - Cache server at hotspots for downloading services: Remote site downloading of content to a hotspot occurs by way of a cache server which, when networked the hotspot, processes download, order proxies received from remote content provider servers or content user mobile devices. The cache server stores content files downloaded over the Internet from the content provider servers... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070083848 - System and method to facilitate design-time component discovery: A system and method for discovering the design time attributes of a component are provided. The invention includes a type descriptor that can access metadata associated with a component and report the metadata to a development tool. The invention further includes a custom type descriptor interface that can be implemented... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070083849 - Auto-learning ris/pacs worklists: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for generating an auto-learning worklist. The method includes tracking read case data. The method also includes automatically configuring a worklist based at least in part on the read case data. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for using... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070083850 - Template-driven approach to extract, transform, and/or load: System(s) and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that enable multiple executable ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) packages to be built based on a single template. The tools also enable multiple executable ETL packages to be altered by altering a single template and/or set of data parameters. In some embodiments the tools... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070083851 - Template-based multimedia editor and editing method thereof: A template-based multimedia editor and editing method are disclosed. The editor includes a template module, a material database, a converting mechanism, and a user interface. The template module has an interactive area and at least one template element. The template module includes at least one adjustable template parameter and the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer

20070083852 - Extended language specification assigning method, program developing method and computer-readable storage medium: An extended language specification assigning method assigns an extended language specification with respect to an object of a program, by analyzing candidates of the extended language specification, and automatically assigning an extended language specification with respect to an object based on the analyzed result.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070083853 - System and method for declarative validation rule editor: The present invention enables a three-pane page flow editor optimized for viewing and editing a page flow. It provides a visual representation of nodes and the connections among them, enabling the ability to read and edit connections between nodes in a local area of the page flow without the overlaps... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070083854 - Testing usability of a software program: Usability of a software program can be tested by generating a first electronic record of input events that a user executes with at least one input device during a test session. The operations comprise applying the generated first electronic record to a predictive model to generate a prediction for performing... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070083855 - Method and apparatus to enhance context for specific instances of output text in source files: A preprocessor places unique identifiers on each output phrase of a source code to produce a modified source code. Modified source code is exercised by test cases to produce a body of output images that are each added to digest files. A preprocessor character recognizes the images. This permits graphical... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070083856 - Dynamic temporal optimization framework: A temporal profiling framework useful for dynamic optimization with hot data stream prefetching provides profiling of longer bursts and lower overhead. For profiling longer bursts, the framework employs a profiling phase counter, as well as a checking phase counter, to control transitions to and from instrumented code for sampling bursts... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20070083857 - Transmitting trace-specific information in a transformed application: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for partitioning a program segment into at least a first stage and a second stage, determining a live set of variables and control flow information alive at a boundary between the first and second stages, and controlling the first stage to... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070083858 - Reconfigurable semantic processor: Data processors and methods for their configuration and use are disclosed. As opposed to traditional von Neumann microprocessors, the disclosed processors are semantic processors—they parse an input stream and direct one or more semantic execution engines to execute code segments, depending on what is being parsed. For defined-structure input streams... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070083859 - Software manufacturing factory: This invention discloses an automated software development system that includes an automated version control and evaluation processing platform for automatically evaluating a quality and value of a plurality of software changes and corresponding versions of a software system for automatically controlling an automated software development and change process of the... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20070083860 - Sku determination mechanism and api: Applications or operating system components requiring a SKU, or other indicator of an operating system, make a call to an API. The calling application passes an indicator of the most current version of an operating system known at the time of the application creation as an argument. This argument may... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070083861 - Managing a computer system with blades: Managing a computer system having a plurality of blades by detecting the presence of a new blade in the computer system; installing an operating system on the new blade; configuring the operation system; and copying a service that is running on an earlier detected blade to the new blade. Further... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20070079279 - Embedded device with software registry: A control device for electrical or electronic equipment, usually embedded, has a patch registry storing details of software fixes or “patches” that have been installed.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070079280 - Method and apparatus for generating pairwise combinatorial tests from a graphic representation: A method (200) of creating pairwise combinatorial test cases from system configuration data can include reading a graphic representation of the system configuration data (210, 230, 260). Within the graphic representation, parameters can be represented by nodes and parameter can be represented by flows linking the nodes. The method further... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070079282 - Browser based designer and player: A system for designing, deploying, and executing enterprise applications is provided. The system allows for rapid development and deployment of Web-based data-oriented applications. Multiple versions of the applications can exist simultaneously without conflicts. The applications may be web services enabled and process driven.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070079281 - Generating efficient parallel code using partitioning, coalescing, and degenerative loop and guard removal: Code is affine partitioned to generate affine partitioning mappings. Parallel code is generated based on the affine partitioning mappings. Generating the parallel code includes coalescing loops in the parallel code generated from the affine partitioning mappings to generate coalesced parallel code and optimizing the coalesced parallel code.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079283 - Program generation method and program product: There is provided with a program generation method, including: inputting a source program; inputting a memory protection policy in which functions included in the source program are classified into either of a plurality of domains each assigned an access control table; generating information which represents a relation between each global... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070079284 - Method of generating a guidance route to a target menu and image processing apparatus using the same: A method of guiding a menu, including storing route information generated based on hierarchical relationships of menus according to a tree structure, and displaying menu items using an on screen display and displaying a location and a function of a menu a user would like to find through a simulated... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070079285 - System and method for action output/page input mismatch detection and resolution: The present invention enables a three-pane page flow editor optimized for viewing and editing a page flow. It provides a visual representation of nodes/actions and the connections among them, enabling the ability to read and edit connections between nodes in a local area of the page flow without the overlaps... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070079286 - System and method for page flow editor: The present invention enable a three-pane page flow editor optimized for viewing and editing a page flow. It centers around a selected focal node in the page flow, shows details and allows editing in the vicinity of the node. It provides a visual representation of nodes and the connections among... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070079287 - Incorporating qualified, polymorphic, hedge-regular types into computer-programming languages: Systems and methods for incorporating qualified, polymorphic, hedge-regular types into computer-programming languages are disclosed. A programming language having such a type system, and a typing system for such a programming language are also disclosed. Also described is Haxell, an effort to completely integrate regular hedge pattern-matching into Haskell. Haxell is... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070079288 - System and method for capturing filtered execution history of executable program code: A method and system to validate executable program code are provided. The system comprises a custom handler residing on a target component, a validation tool residing on a host system, and a debug port on the target system to provide communication between the target component and the validation tool via... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079290 - System and method for dimensional explorer for performance test: The present invention enables a performance testing framework that enables multiple components working together to test a deployed application automatically in an unattended manner and to analyze the test results easily. At very high level, the performance framework can run performance tests on a tested system with one or more... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070079291 - System and method for dynamic analysis window for accurate result analysis for performance test: The present invention enables a performance testing framework that enables multiple components working together to test a deployed application automatically in an unattened manner and to analyze the test results easily. At very high level, the performance framework can run performance tests on a tested system with one or more... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070079289 - System and method for quick range finder for performance test: The present invention enables a performance testing framework that enables multiple components working together to test a deployed application automatically in an unattended manner and to analyze the test results easily. At very high level, the performance framework can run performance tests on a tested system with one or more... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070079292 - Management of watchpoints in debuggers: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a first application requests an operating system to monitor a memory address, and wherein the operating system generates a signal in response to an operation that affects the memory address. A second application receives the generated signal. The second application... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20070079293 - Two-pass mret trace selection for dynamic optimization: A first potential hot trace of a program is determined. A second potential hot trace of the program is determined. A common path from the first potential hot trace and the second potential hot trace is selected as the selected hot trace of the program.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079294 - Profiling using a user-level control mechanism: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a system that includes an optimization unit to optimize a code segment, and a profiler coupled to the optimization unit. The optimization unit may include a compiler and a profile controller. Further, the profiler may be used to request programming of... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070079296 - Compressing \"warm\" code in a dynamic binary translation environment: Selected regions of native instructions translated in a DBT environment from non-native instructions are compressed based on the independent compression of different fields of selected instructions using compression tables to reduce a length of selected fields. The regions of compressed instructions are stored and de-compressed into the native instructions during... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079295 - Mechanisms to support use of software running on platform hardware employing different endianness: Methods, software/firmware, and apparatus to support use of software running on platform hardware employing different endianness. In one embodiment, an endian byte order shim is implemented in a firmware stack to facilitate the use of software running on a computer platform having a processor employing an endianness that is different... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079297 - System and method for compiling a computer program: A system and method for compiling a computer program, and software for performing such compilation, are provided, the compilation process determining where to store the computer program in memory for subsequent retrieval by a data processing apparatus that is to execute the computer program. The method can be used to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070079298 - Thread-data affinity optimization using compiler: Thread-data affinity optimization can be performed by a compiler during the compiling of a computer program to be executed on a cache coherent non-uniform memory access (cc-NUMA) platform. In one embodiment, the present invention includes receiving a program to be compiled. The received program is then compiled in a first... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079299 - Method, apparatus and program storage device for representing eclipse modeling framework (emf) ecore models in textual form: A method, apparatus and program storage device for representing software models in textual form. A representation of a computer program selected from a group comprising a model and source code representing a model is provided. A counterpart to the selected representation of the computer program is produced.... Agent: David W. Lynch Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel

20070079300 - Splitting the computation space to optimize parallel code: Linear transformations of statements in code are performed to generate linear expressions associated with the statements. Parallel code is generated using the linear expressions. Generating the parallel code includes splitting the computation-space of the statements into intervals and generating parallel code for the intervals.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079305 - Alignment of variable length program instructions within a data processing apparatus: A compiler is provided for compiling program instructions in dependence upon a predetermined decoder input instruction alignment. The compiler comprises a program instruction sequence generator operable to process source code to produce a sequence comprising a plurality of program instructions for input to a decoder. At least one program instruction... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070079304 - Apparatus and method for dynamic binary translator to support precise exceptions with minimal optimization constraints: A method and apparatus for dynamic binary translator to support precise exceptions with minimal optimization constraints. In one embodiment, the method includes the translation of a source binary application generated for a source instruction set architecture (ISA) into a sequential, intermediate representation (IR) of the source binary application. In one... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079301 - Apparatus, system, and method for persistent user-level thread: Embodiments of the invention provide a method of creating, based on an operating-system-scheduled thread running on an operating-system-visible sequencer and using an instruction set extension, a persistent user-level thread to run on an operating-system-sequestered sequencer independently of context switch activities on the operating-system-scheduled thread. The operating-system-scheduled thread and the persistent... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070079302 - Method for predicate promotion in a software loop: A method and system for optimizing the execution of a software loop is provided. The method involves the determination of an edge in a critical recurrence cycle in the software loop. The edge is a dependency link between two instructions and contains a dependee and a dependent. The dependee is... Agent: Evalueserve C/o Portfolioip

20070079303 - Systems and methods for affine-partitioning programs onto multiple processing units: Systems and methods perform affine partitioning on a code stream to produce code segments that may be parallelized. The code segments include copies of the original code stream with conditional inserted that aid in parallelizing code. The conditional is formed by determining the constraints on a processor variable determined by... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070079306 - Object ordering tool for facilitating generation of firmware update friendly binary image: An object ordering tool analyzes output from a linker to determine ordering of code objects in first and second firmware binary images. The tool produces a linker script file used by the linker to link the code objects of the second firmware binary image in a more optimal order for... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd