Data processing: software development, installation, and management inventions 08/07

20070204257 - Software operation modeling device, software operation monitoring device, software operation modeling method, and software operation monitoring method: The software operation modeling device includes a function call order obtaining unit and a model generator. The function call order obtaining unit obtains or estimates an issuing order of function calls executed in each of specific events in the course of executing software. The model generator statistically grasps a co-occurrence... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070204258 - Method of invoking inlined method and java virtual machine using the method: Provided is a method of invoking an inlined method and a Java virtual machine using the method. The method includes, when a first method is invoked, generating a frame comprising information that is needed for execution of the first method, and, when a second method that satisfies a predetermined condition... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070204259 - Protection domains for a computer operating system: A protection domain system is implemented to provide protection for applications executing in a computing environment. Protection domains are allocated system resources and may contain executing tasks. The protection domain system may allow tasks to access resources in other protection domains to which attachments have been made. Attachment is transparent... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070204260 - Program transformation system: The present invention provides a program transformation system that generates object programs each adapted to an actual operating state and most suitable for satisfying performance requested by a programmer. The program transformation system includes a compiler that generates object programs from a source program in accordance with optimization instruction information,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070204261 - Robust software library wrapper method and apparatus: A method includes a step of executing a software function using a set of test arguments and obtaining a result corresponding to each of the set of test arguments, each result indicating one of a set of robust and non-robust results, a subset of test arguments corresponding to robust results.... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070204262 - Facilitating the automated testing of daily builds of software: Automated testing of software builds having updated signature required modules, such as plug and play devices, is facilitated. A build (e.g., a daily build) of the software is performed, which includes one or more updated signature required modules. These modules are included within the build, even though the modules are... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesitti P.C.

20070204263 - System for remote loading of objects or files in order to update software: A system for remote loading of objects or files in order to update software includes operating system architecture that calls for different tasks to be broken down into software modules that are connected to one another by dynamic links or are composed of executable subroutines that have main dependence links... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070204264 - Method and system of programming at least on appliance to change state upon the occurrence of a trigger event: An automation system for programming appliances having programmable controllers, programmable devices and trigger devices that communicate over a communication link. The user programs the programmable devices by placing the programmable controller in its training mode, activating the trigger device to generate a trigger signed and places select programmable devices in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070198968 - System and method and apparatus for using uml tools for defining web service bound component applications: A system and method is provided for generating a software application including a plurality of components, a first set of the components having metadata descriptors expressed in a structured definition language for defining configuration information of the software application and a second set of the components being expressed as a... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Suite 1600

20070198969 - Heuristic assembly of a component based application: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to wiring components in a component based application and provide a method, system and computer program product for heuristically assembling components in a component based application. In one embodiment, a data processing system configured to assemble component based... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070198970 - Program testing method and testing device: A testing device for testing a system configured of an application and a set of execution-environment-dependent resources used by the application includes a DI container for injecting one resource set (EUT) into an application for which a test is executed via an application interface, the resource set being a candidate... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20070198972 - Extensible metadata: Systems and methods for extensible metadata are described. In one aspect, source code is compiled to generate an assembly. During assembly generating operations, metadata and extensible metadata is emitted into the assembly. The extensible metadata describes standard and non-standard metadata that presents an extension to the standard metadata.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070198971 - Reconfigurable processing: A method of producing a reconfigurable circuit device for running a computer program of moderate complexity such as multimedia processing. Code for the application is compiled into Control Flow Graphs representing distinct parts of the application to be run. From those Control Flow Graphs are extracted basic blocks. The basic... Agent: Gallagher & Kennedy

20070198973 - Computer-implemented method, system, and program product for deployment time optimization of a distributed application: A computer-implemented method, system, and program product for optimizing a distributed (software) application are provided. Specifically, a configuration of a target computing environment, in which the distributed application is deployed, is discovered upon deployment of the distributed application. Thereafter, based on a set of rules and the discovered configuration, one... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070198974 - Apparatus and method for creating a real-time class package to class archive file mapping index: According to the preferred embodiments, an apparatus and method is described for creating a real-time class package to class archive file mapping index that improves the performance of a class loader to load needed classes in an object oriented programming environment. In preferred embodiments, the class loader includes a mapping... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070198975 - Dependency notification: Communication devices that include one or more software components can determine whether a software component is missing, notify a computer server of a software component determined as missing, and request a download of the missing software component to the device.... Agent: Potomac Patent Group, PLLC

20070192759 - Diagram editing apparatus: A diagram editing apparatus includes a group establishing unit for establishing groups to which the model elements edited by a model element editor belong, respectively, and a structure space diagraming unit for determining an inclusion relationship among the groups established by the group establishing unit, and for displaying a structure... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070192760 - Debugging of master documents: The present invention relates to debugging of document templates or master documents used in the automated generation of customised documents.... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070192761 - Method for adding integrity information to portable executable (pe) object files after compile and link steps: A method and apparatus for adding integrity information to portable executable object files after compile and link steps is described. In one embodiment, the invention is a method. The method includes compiling and linking a portable executable file with a data section for aiding in integrity measurement of a measured... Agent: Michael J. Mallie Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070192762 - Method to analyze and reduce number of data reordering operations in simd code: A method for analyzing data reordering operations in Single Issue Multiple Data source code and generating executable code therefrom is provided. Input is received. One or more data reordering operations in the input are identified and each data reordering operation in the input is abstracted into a corresponding virtual shuffle... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20070192764 - An application comprising a network setting: The invention relates to an application comprising a network setting. The invention provides an application comprising code for running in a mobile station platform, including one function involving connection over a network. The application further comprises information referring to network settings. In one embodiment, said information is dependent of a... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070192763 - Method and system for scheduling application of software updates: Method and system for scheduling application of a software update on a mobile electronic device at a definite time that is convenient for a user. In one aspect, a mobile electronic device comprises a wireless interface adapted to receive a software update, a user interface adapted to receive a scheduling... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20070186209 - Software modeling: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, to realize a software model are described. A plurality of process components characterizing software implementing a respective and distinct business process is defined, and each of the process components defining a respective service interface for interacting with other process components. The plurality of... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070186210 - Instruction set encoding in a dual-mode computer processing environment: Provided is an instruction set for a dual-mode computer processing environment that includes instructions divided into multiple instruction groups. The instructions include mode-specific fields, common fields, and group-specific fields. Also a method for encoding an instruction set in a dual-mode computer processing environment is provided. The method includes dividing the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070186211 - Dynamic software enhancement parameters: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for accepting user input defining a first additional parameter to a first source code component, the first source code component not being modified. Accepting user input defining a first modification to the first source code component, the first modification dependent on the first... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070180424 - Device, system and method for accelerated modeling: Briefly, embodiments of the invention provide, for example, devices, systems and methods for accelerated modeling. A method may include, for example, defining a domain-specific language (100) usable in a modeling environment (700) and having a dynamic component and a static component, the dynamic component able to affect a behavior of... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070180425 - Method and apparatus for extensible utility network part types and part properties in 3d computer models: One embodiment of the invention provides a method for extending a schema of network parts types and part type attributes hard-coded by a CAD application. The network parts may be used to compose a CAD model. Users may extend the network part schema by adding an attribute or property for... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070180426 - Design of self-adapting meta descriptors based on real use scenarios and experiences: Provided is a method for generating an on-demand, custom runtime solution to a user or business's computing needs A library of software components corresponding to different computing tasks of a business situation is created. Each software component is associated with one or more meta descriptors. The software components and related... Agent: Greg Goshorn, P.C.

20070180427 - Dynamic reconfiguration of inputs based on contextual focus: In one embodiment, a focus on an focus item associated with a controllable item is determined. For example, the focus may be moving a pointer over an focus item displayed on a display. One or more functional actions for the controllable item are then determined based on the focus being... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070180428 - Observable data collection and analysis: An observable behavior data collection and analysis system including at least two database collection modules and an analysis module. The database collection module(s) include a parameter storage module, an observable behavior data prompt module, an observable behavior data collection module, a collection phase assignment module, and a server storage module.... Agent: George Mason University Office Of Technology Transfer, Msn 5g5

20070180429 - Context based code analysis: Embodiments provided a formalized set of intermediate analysis contexts that are relevant for analysis checks of target code. Such intermediate analysis context may include, but are not limited to, the development phase of targeted code, the type or state of the targeted code, a source manipulating the targeted code, a... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070180430 - Decision support tool for interleaving review software testing: A computer-implemented method for reviewing software includes monitoring a review session held by one or more reviewers for locating errors in a computer program, and automatically detecting a suggestion-triggering event in the monitored session. A suggested action predicted to increase a likelihood of locating the errors is determined based on... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070180431 - Maintaining coherent synchronization between data streams on detection of overflow: Trace data streams are generated for tracing target processor activity. Various trace data streams are synchronized using markers called sync points. The sync points provide a unique identifier field and a context to the data that will follow it. All trace data streams may generate a sync point with this... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070180435 - Method for implementing applications in processor-controlled facilities: A processor platform (HW) of a processor-controlled facility (PC) is configured such that independent partitions (P1, P2) can be set up, with an operating system (OS1, OS2) being assigned to a partition (P1, P2) and at least one application (APP(OF,TEL)) being assigned to said operating system (OS1, OS2). The functional... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070180432 - Customization of client-server interaction in an internet application: The present invention includes systems and methods for customization of internet applications. Multiple levels of customization are applied to both static and functional aspects of user interface elements including, for example, tab-order, tab-over, immediate access keys, and hotkeys. Customization is also achieved with respect to searching over multiple user interfaces,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070180433 - Method to enable accurate application packaging and deployment with optimized disk space usage: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating a customized dependency library for use by an application. Execution of the application is monitored. Each dependency used by the application is identified during execution of the application. A customized dependency library is generated for the application containing only... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070180434 - Software support for dynamically extensible processors: A post-compilation tool can rewrite executable images produced by a compiler. The tool can add extension definitions, insert extension-trigger instructions, and add a security signature. Operating system software may be notified of extension capabilities when loading the executable image, and may proceed to load an appropriate processor extension. The operating... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070180436 - Seamless live migration of virtual machines across optical networks: Described are a network and method for performing live migration of a virtual machine (VM) executing at a source site to at least one destination site over an optical network. An application program executes on the VM on behalf of a client system. In the event of a VM migration,... Agent: Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

20070180437 - Method and apparatus for moving area operator definition instruction statements within control flow structures: A method and apparatus for use in compiling data for a program shader identifies within data representing control flow information an area operator definition instruction statement located outside the data dependent control flow structures. The method identifies within one of the data dependent branches at least one area operator use... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20070180438 - Stall prediction thread management: Thread switching prevents pipeline stalls when executing multiple threads. An analysis of a first thread identifies instructions capable of causing pipeline stalls. If pipeline stalls from the identified instructions are likely, thread switching instructions are added to the first thread in place of the identified instructions. Thread switching instructions direct... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070180439 - Dynamic application tracing in virtual machine environments: A method for dynamic application tracing in virtual machine environments comprises receiving an instrumentation request that includes an identification of a probe point at which instrumentation code is to be inserted within an application. The method may further comprise making a determination whether the instrumentation code meets one or more... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070180440 - Methods and apparatus for meta-architecture defined programmable instruction fetch functions supporting assembled variable length instruction processors: A computing architecture and software techniques are described which modifies the basic sequential instruction fetching mechanism of a processor by separating a program's control flow from its functional execution flow. A compiled sequential HLL program's static control structures are analyzed and a separate program based on its own unique instructions... Agent: Peter H. Priest Priest & Goldstein, PLLC

20070180441 - Method and system for avoidance of software conflict: A method/system for avoiding software conflicts, with library being divided into layer 1 to layer M and M≧1. The method including the following steps: before a program runs, prescanning calling functions of the binary executable code of the program and called functions that belong to libraries of layer 1 and... Agent: Ido Tuchman

20070180442 - Execution apparatus and method: An execution apparatus that executes a computer program executes the computer program and loads a class that is requested while the computer program is being executed. The loaded class is the class in response to the computer program that is being executed.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070180444 - External registration for function configuration within a client platform application: A method, system and computer program and method for modifying functionality of a computer program. In one embodiment, configuration files include configuration directives for removing and replacing computer executable codes. The configuration directives include code identifiers pointing to the computer executable codes for execution by the computer program. A lookup... Agent: Law Office Of Ido Tuchman (rsw)

20070180443 - Information-signal-processing apparatus, functional block control method, and functional block: This invention relates to an information-signal-processing apparatus etc. for performing a series of processing pieces by using plural functional blocks in response to any information signals, in which functions can be easily upgraded through version upgrading of the functional blocks. Control block 110 issues a common command and transmits it... Agent: William S Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070180445 - Download service for device drivers: Systems and methods for providing a download service for device drivers include a client and a driver download service. The client requests from the driver download service a location from which a driver for a device may be fetched. The driver download service responds with the location from which the... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070180446 - System and method for packaging updates: A system and method packages sets of information so that they may be used to install the set of information. The packaging is performed by one of several client computer systems using the set of information and metadata describing the set of information, requested from a server.... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.