Data processing: software development, installation, and management inventions 01/08

20080028362 - Retracement data processing method and apparatus and retracement data evaluation method and apparatus: This invention is to automatically carry out the retracement of the knowledge. Therefore, this method is executed by a computer having a retracement data storage storing a target type of a past project, data concerning a scale of the past project, a specific phase of the past project, data concerning... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080028363 - Method and apparatus for creating a custom workflow: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for creating a custom workflow which facilitates performing repetitive processes by aggregating application-screens. During operation, the system receives a request from a client to open an application-screen for an application. In response to the request, the system opens the application-screen. Next,... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080028364 - Model based testing language and framework: A model based testing framework is provided that can be incorporated into and used to supplement existing testing approaches. Via annotation of custom attributes and requirements, the framework provides the ability to author models in the same language as code (e.g., test code) that interacts with the model. Optionally, the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080028365 - Creation and management of service composition candidates for a service model: An apparatus, system, and method to facilitate the creation and management of service composition candidates in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). In one embodiment, the method includes receiving user input pertaining to a composition candidate associated with service candidates in a SOA service model, and updating the SOA service model based... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080028366 - Computer program generation system and method thereof: An computer program generation system (100) for creating a computer program includes: (a) a recorder module (103) capable of recording data comprising actions of a user of one or more applications; (b) a storage module (112) to store predefined portions of source code; and (c) a code generation module (105)... Agent: Walter P. Opaska Bryan Cave LLP

20080028367 - Method to reverse read code to locate useful information: A method for reverse reading a computer program code to locate useful information includes receiving a selection of a line of the computer program code from a user, extracting one or more variables from the line of the computer program, searching the computer program code for one or more other... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080028368 - Managing software revisions for servers in an infrastructure: A method and system manages revisions of software code for one or more servers in an infrastructure. An indication of the version of the code currently residing with one of the servers is transmitted to the infrastructure. An indication of the version of the code currently residing with the infrastructure... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080028369 - Method and program for monitoring execution state of program: Item values associated with an execution state of a program executed on a computer are collected in detail while suppressing the computer load. When reducing the interval for collecting values of one item to be monitored, the interval for collecting values of items other than that item is increased. If... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080028370 - Simultaneous viewing of multiple tool execution results: Facilitating analysis is disclosed. A master track comprising one or more previously recorded inputs to one or more computer system components is played. Two or more sets of instrument output are received, each set generated during at least a corresponding portion of the playback of the master track. At least... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Apple Computer, Inc.

20080028371 - Method and system for using application development data to instantiate support information: Systems and methods are disclosed for using application development data to instantiate support information and for providing the support information instantiated using the application development data. An exemplary method for providing support information instantiated using application development data includes monitoring the application during run time to detect fault notification points... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080028372 - Fixed point dependency determination: A system, method and media for a method for resolving dependencies given a first package and a first type, comprising determining one or more anti-dependencies for the first package; and compiling a first one of the anti-dependencies if at least one of the following is true: 1) the first anti-dependency... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080028373 - Method and apparatus for performing conditional compilation: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates performing conditional compilation. The system operates by analyzing programming language source code prior to compilation to locate a preprocessing directive that specifies a condition to be evaluated, and also identifies source code to be conditionally included during compilation of... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080028374 - Method for validating ambiguous w3c schema grammars: A method for generating XML (Extensible Markup Language) parsers, including: parsing an input document with a generated parser where the generated parser is generated by a three-stage compilation of an XML Schema, where in a first stage the XML Schema is read and modeled in terms of abstract schema components,... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080028375 - Validator-driven architecture of an xml parsing and validating solution: A method for parsing a document in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format includes identifying data via the XML format, defining a tag set including a plurality of tags, defining a tokenizer that produces one token at a time, parsing the XML document via a parser, validating the XML document... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080028376 - Simple one-pass w3c xml schema simple type parsing, validation, and deserialization system: A method for validating simple type data in XML documents, the method comprising: identifying data via an Extensible Markup Language (XML); developing schema for specifying formal data typing and validation of element content in terms of data types; generating a parser for parsing the collection of elements in a first... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080028377 - Semiconductor device, memory circuit, and machine language program generation device, and method for operating semiconductor device and memory circuit: A semiconductor device has an arithmetic processing circuit provided with an arithmetic circuit and a control circuit and a memory circuit provided with a ROM and a RAM, where the arithmetic processing circuit and the memory circuit are connected to each other through an address bus and a data bus,... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080028380 - Localized, incremental single static assignment update: A computer-implemented method for performing code optimization on source code is provided. The computer-implemented method includes generating a first control flow graph and a first single static assignment graph from the source code. The computer-implemented method also includes generating a first dominator tree from the first flow control graph. The... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080028379 - Using a virtual stack for fast and composable stack cutting: Embodiments of a system and method for facilitating the use of stack cutting to be used in programming languages in a safe fashion even when composed with constructs that require destructor operations are described. For stack-based operations that require resolution through destructor operations (such as transactions, synchronization operations, deallocations, unlock... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080028378 - Utilizing prior usage data for software build optimization: In one embodiment, a computer system packages a first set of data objects into a first software build. The computer system evaluates at least a portion of the usage of the first software build in accordance with usage training scenarios. The computer system monitors the evaluation of the first software... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20080028381 - Optimizing source code for iterative execution: An embodiment of the present invention provides an optimizer for optimizing source code to generate optimized source code having instructions for instructing a central processing unit (CPU) to iteratively compute values for a primary recurrence element. A computer programmed loop for computing the primary recurrence element and subsequent recurrence elements... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20080028382 - Dynamic optimization of prepared statements in a statement pool: An apparatus, program product and method dynamically optimize prepared statements resident in a statement pool to permit subsequent reuses of such statements to utilize the optimized representations of such statements. The optimization of pooled statements may be performed responsive to the tracked usage of the statements in a statement pool,... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080028383 - Architecture cloning for power pc processors: A method for implementing architecture cloning including: constructing a program call graph in a link phase of interprocedural analysis to model calling relationships between one or more procedures in a program; analyzing the program call graph to obtain information about the program; analyzing the program to identify the one or... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20080028384 - Interconnection interface for flexible online/offline deployment of an n-layered software application: A method is disclosed for producing a software application which has at least two layers, including a processing layer and a process layer, wherein each layer is encapsulated and hence platform-independent in terms of execution, and the encapsulated layers communicate with each other via an application programming interface. A system... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080028385 - Apparatus and methods for updating firmware: A method for updating firmware comprises executing a native operating system change management program that acts cooperatively with a firmware update package to update a firmware program in the information handling system. An apparatus comprises an information handling system running an operating system. An operating system change management program in... Agent: Andrea E. Tran Pramudji Wendt & Tran, LLP

20080028386 - Transmission apparatus and method of automatically updating software: A first determining unit determines whether a first software installed in a communication control unit is compatible with a second software installed in a transmission apparatus. A second determining unit determines whether a communication control by the communication control unit is interrupted by an update of the first software. An... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080028387 - Update data transmission method, computer program for practicing the method, host device and firmware writing system: The time required to send firmware update data to a printer or other peripheral device is shortened without changing the communication speed. A server sequentially reads records of source data in a first format, deletes blocks of consecutive blank data that are contained in the object data in records of... Agent: Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C.

20080028390 - Creating multiplatform customized install packages for software installation: Methods, systems and computer program products for multi-platform installation of a customized install package (CIP). In one embodiment of the invention, a multi-platform component installation package is provided which includes components sufficient to assemble complete installation images for installation onto different specified target systems of respective different platform types, and... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080028389 - Filtering a list of available install items for an install program based on a consumer's install policy: An install program is enabled for a user to configure at least one location of at least one policy system that is to be accessed via a network to gather at least one install policy, where the install policy specifies a policy for filtering out a selection of install items... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20080028391 - Minimizing user disruption during modification operations: A reboot reduction infrastructure may be used by applications to make installing modifications as unobtrusive as possible.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20080028388 - System and method for analyzing packed files: A system and method for analyzing executable files on a computer is described. The method in one embodiment includes initiating, with an operating system of the computer, execution of a loader-process; loading, using the loader-process, code of a first executable file into an executable-memory of the computer; and executing the... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080028392 - System and method for facilitating installing software: A system and method for facilitating installing software includes steps and means for identifying whether the phase of a software installing process changes and, responsive to the identifying a change in the phase of the software installing process, executing an additional task of the current phase of the software installing... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080028393 - Simulated installation and operation of a diagnostic imaging device at a remote location: A method for simulating operation or installation of a diagnostic imaging device which is displayed on a display device at a customer location without having the imaging device located at the customer location and using a server which is located remote from the customer location and a network connecting the... Agent: Moonray Kojima

20080028394 - System and method for automatic installation and maintenance of hardware and software in a distributed computer system: A system and a method are disclosed for automatic installation and maintenance of hardware and/or software in the system nodes of a distributed computer system, in particular in a distributed automation system, comprising a system installation and/or system maintenance tool that can be activated from every system node of the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080028396 - System and method for automatic installation and maintenance of hardware and software in a distributed computer system: The invention relates to a system and a method for automatic installation and maintenance of hardware and/or software in the system nodes (SK) of a distributed computer system, in particular in a distributed automation system, comprising a system installation and/or system maintenance tool (WZ), wherein the system installation and/or system... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080028395 - User experience and dependency management in a mobile device: A method, system, and device supporting installation of updates to software and/or firmware in memory of an electronic device. The updates may be accompanied by advertising, promotional and information content that is dynamically displayed to a user during processing of the update in the electronic device. The update information may... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080022257 - Business process execution language (bpel) application generator for legacy interfaces: A method for capturing and converting legacy applications into a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) model supporting a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), the method comprising: starting a recorder for recording the legacy applications; mapping the plurality of variables of the legacy applications to a plurality of fields and to a... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080022258 - Custom database system and method of building and operating the same: A process for performing a software task is detailed that includes preparing readable programming computer code and storing the computer code within the storage of a computer system in uncompiled form. The computer code is compiled to machine code in response to an executional call for the code. The machine... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080022259 - Automatic conversion of a textual language into a graphical program representation: Automatic conversion of textual program code to graphical program code is performed. The method automatically translates the given functionality of a textual program code into executable graphical program code, corresponding to the same functionality. The method includes a parsing routine that generates a syntax tree and code generation routines, which... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080022260 - Method for accessing internal states of objects in object oriented programming: A method provides an annotated language extension for the class of an object, the extension identifying an internal state that may be exposed via simple accessor methods. The extension could apply to an entire object type, or to a specific state within the object. Annotations that can be added to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080022261 - Method and apparatus for analyzing error conditions in a massively parallel computer system by identifying anomalous nodes within a communicator set: An analytical mechanism for a massively parallel computer system automatically analyzes data retrieved from the system, and identifies nodes which exhibit anomalous behavior in comparison to their immediate neighbors. Preferably, anomalous behavior is determined by comparing call-return stack tracebacks for each node, grouping like nodes together, and identifying neighboring nodes... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080022262 - Uncoverage tool: Indication of uncoverage information allows tests to be tailored to target those uncovered code units with the most potential to increase coverage of a program. A tool examines coverage information of a program to identify code units of the program that were not covered by test data used to exercise... Agent: Sun Microsystems, Inc. C/o Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

20080022264 - Automatic conversion of text-based code having function overloading and dynamic types into a graphical program for compiled execution: Automatic conversion of textual program code to graphical program code is performed. The method automatically translates the given functionality of a textual program code into executable graphical program code, corresponding to the same functionality. The method includes a parsing routine that generates a syntax tree and code generation routines, which... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080022263 - Identifying the origin of application resources: A tool is provided for translation verification testing of various forms of translatable objects in an installed application. The tool attaches tags to a select set of translatable objects. In general, the tags attached to the translatable objects identify the source of the tag. This enables the component of the... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20080022266 - Applying deferred refactoring and api changes in an ide: A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for managing changes to a library in a Producer IDE is presented. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of compiling user source code in a consumer's workspace using at least one class from an original class library to produce a user's executable... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080022265 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating and using object modules: Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating and using object modules are described According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for compiling program source code components for use in an execution environment including a structured data storage system (SDSS) providing at least part of the execution environment for the... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20080022267 - Method and system for dynamically composing distributed interactive applications from high-level programming languages: The present application is directed to a method and system for dynamic composition of distributed interactive applications from high-level programming languages. A typical system includes a system processor and a system data store (SDS) in communication with the system processor (120). The methods described herein may execute upon any suitable... Agent: Weatherly Kerven & Seigel LLC

20080022268 - Dependency checking and management of source code, generated source code files, and library files: A computer-implemented method can include a first compiler pass that reviews code for dependences and a second compiler pass that does a multithreaded compilation of the code which respect to the dependencies.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080022269 - Method and apparatus for building executable computer programs using compiled program libraries: A program which is linked or bound by reference (referenced program) into one or more other programs supports multiple valid export signatures, each corresponding to a respective version of the referenced program. When a program is built, it records the current signature of each referenced program it is bound to.... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080022270 - Case structure replacement in a data flow diagram: System and method for generating a data flow diagram. A first case structure may be specified. Each case of the first case structure that includes a respective plurality of input bound data flow nodes may be partitioned into one or more data flow diagram portions. The first case structure may... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080022271 - Apparatus, system and method for modular distribution and maintenance of non-\"object code only\" dynamic components: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for modular distribution and maintenance of non-“object code only” (OCO) dynamic components. OCO components comprise compiled executable modules. Non-OCO components comprise user readable and/or editable components. The modular distribution of non-OCO components comprises updating a skeleton data set comprising text and component fields... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080022272 - Compatibility determination apparatus and method for electronic apparatus: Compatibility determination apparatus and method can properly determine compatibility between elements in an electronic music apparatus. When a reproducing program holds version information indicating, for example, that the own version of the program is 4.0 and music contents of versions 1.0 and 2.0 are reproducible by the program, and a... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080022273 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and software updating method thereof: A broadcast receiving apparatus, includes: a storage part which stores a plurality of software therein; a signal receiver which receives a broadcast signal comprising at least one updating information corresponding to the software; a user selection part which is provided to select the updating information; and a controller which controls... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080022274 - Method and system for pre-installation conflict identification and prevention: A system, method and computer program product for performing pre-installation conflict identification and prevention are disclosed. The method includes, in response to determining that a user wants to perform a conflict check for the application for the installation, contacting a remote server over a secure connection across a network and... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080022275 - Method for installing a software program on a computer: To provide a method and system allowing an easy and user adapted installation of a software program on a computer it is proposed to store (24) changes of configuration files and/or addendum files within a predetermined folder. These configuration and/or addendum files are used for executing the software program. Further... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080022276 - System and method for deploying application programs having a browser: A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an application program and for receiving application data, a service sector for deploying the application program and for providing the application data to the business sector in accordance with... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080016488 - Output styling in an ide console: A method of formatting source code in an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) environment includes the steps of: selecting a source statement in an IDE; associating a style sheet definition with a selected source statement; applying the style sheet definition to the selected source statement to format a display of the... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080016489 - Virtual os computing environment: Multiple, semi-independent virtual operating system (OS) environments coexist within a single (OS) such that a change made in one environment does not affect the main OS or any other environment. In this way each virtual OS environment appears to be an independent OS for the applications running within it. The... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20080016490 - Enhanced statistical measurement analysis and reporting: Project information relating to a project is received, the project information identifying a project type, an authorized write entity, and an authorized approval entity, and a valid metric is selected based at least on the project type, the valid metric measuring an aspect of performance of the project. Base measures... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080016492 - Modeled types-attributes, aliases and context-awareness: Modeled Types allow a developer to define attributes and/or code when defining a new type. When the Modeled Type is used, specific values may be assigned to the attributes. The consumer of the values of the attributes can be the type itself by executing the logic during application execution, or... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080016491 - Multimedia scripting: Disclosed are methods and systems for multimedia scripting, including evaluating a script at runtime and invoking a process for editing multimedia in dependence upon the script. Multimedia may include a still image and video images. Multimedia scripting may also include accepting text entered into a text-input graphical user interface as... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20080016493 - System level function block engine: A function block engine, a block execution list and a parameter and/or variable storage space being resident in a memory supporting the engine. The function block engine may execute a program according to a list of function blocks identified in the block execution list to design and construct and circuit... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080016494 - Software ics for high level application frameworks: An object oriented computing system, comprising objects with semanticless, dynamically linkable inputs and outputs; and an event communication framework providing automated, pattern-based, fully distributable events... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080016496 - Methods for performining cross module context-sensitive security analysis: A computer-implemented method for detecting program bugs in source code of a computer program that includes a plurality of source modules, each of the plurality of source modules including at least a set of subroutines, is provided. The method includes performing summary collection on subroutines of the plurality of source... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080016495 - Web activity highlighted in an ide environment: A computer program product stored on machine readable media and including instructions for providing a developer with enhancement information generated from usage information produced by software, includes instructions for: the software storing the usage information as a log file; obtaining the log file including usage information from a network resource;... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080016499 - Extensible execution language: A system and method for automated software testing includes defining a data model of an automated software test for a feature or business process being tested and then identifying an address for a function library at a local or remote location for executing the data model of the automated software... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20080016497 - Reachability analysis for program verification: An improved method for automatically improving the precision of an extrapolation operator used, for example, in software program verification in connection with the static analysis and model checking of the software programs which rely on fix-point computation. In particular, a new extrapolation-with-care-set operator, together with a method for gradually increasing... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, LLC (necl)

20080016498 - System and method for generating data sets for testing embedded systems: A system and method for providing seamless communication with threads executing on an embedded computer. Using a DAT system, a programmer can test the communication interfaces of a thread via either a scripting program, any COM-compliant program, or a graphical test utility. The DAT system automatically formats a block of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080016500 - Method and system for storing trace events in a database table: According to one embodiment, a method for storing trace events in a database table includes reading a group of parameters from the table. The group of parameters includes parameters indicative of the maximum number of records, the most recently added record, and the total number of records in the table.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080016501 - System and related methods for accessing management functionality through a command line utility: A command line utility is described that overlays the management infrastructure of an enterprise to provide easier command options for administrators to effectively manage the enterprise. The primary intent of the command line utility is to facilitate management of the environment without requiring administrators to write scripts or navigate a... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080016502 - Extended correlation methods in a content transformation engine: In one embodiment, a system for accumulating and correlating data. The system comprises a plurality of silos each having raw data and a plurality of feedlets that transform the raw data into a plurality of high value data feeds. The system also has at least one fuselet that receives the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080016503 - System and method for analyzing data: A system and method provide the ability to construct lexical analyzers on the fly in an efficient and pervasive manner. The system and method split the table describing the automata into two distinct tables and splits the lexical analyzer into two phases, one for each table. The two phases consist... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080016504 - Dynamically programmable electronic data collection system combining declarative programming and native coding: Systems and methods provide a dynamically updateable mobile client in communication with a server by generating one or more application resources; generating native code to run on a mobile client device to log the driver work flow; transmitting the application resources and the native code to the mobile client device;... Agent: Tran & Associates

20080016505 - Hierarchical modular software packages and associated development tool: A hierarchical modular software development tool provides a graphical user interface to allow development of hierarchical module software components. The software development tool allows graphical creation of a software component processing hierarchy and then generates a software component using this specified processing hierarchy. The packages developed using this tool are... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080010629 - Shareable, bidirectional mechanism for conversion between object model and xml: The concept of “renderers” and “translators” is introduced in connection with bidirectional conversion between object models and XML. A renderer embodies the logic responsible for mediating the parser specific APIs for reading and writing XML. It utilizes a plurality of translator objects, which embody the mapping information needed to convert... Agent: Ibm Corporation (syl-rsw) C/o Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP

20080010630 - Mapping of virtualized setup-free applications for a computing system: A setup-free software application and related operating techniques are described herein. The setup-free application is contained within a package file that does not appear as a program file to the computing system. When the package file is opened, the computing system virtualizes the “installation” of the setup-free application without copying... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080010631 - System and method for deploying and managing intelligent nodes in a distributed network: According to methods, apparatuses, and computer program products described by way of non-limiting examples presented herein, a computer system operates as an intelligent node in a distributed network. In one or more embodiments, the installation and execution of a node operating computer program product (“node software”) on a computer system... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080010632 - Processing large sized relationship-specifying markup language documents: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to processing markup language documents and provide a method, system and computer program product for processing large relationship-specifying markup language documents. In an embodiment of the invention, a method can be provided for processing large relationship-specifying markup language... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080010633 - Knowledge representation language and knowledge processing environment: Described is a knowledge representation language and knowledge processing environment. Embodiments described include an environment for storing, retrieving, transmitting, and reasoning over knowledge. Knowledge is represented using three basic elements: (1) there are concepts, which represent objects or ideas; (2) there are relations, which represent structures and describe the roles... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20080010634 - Framework for integrated intra- and inter-loop aggregation of contiguous memory accesses for simd vectorization: A method, computer program product, and information handling system for generating loop code to execute on Single-Instruction Multiple-Datapath (SIMD) architectures, where the loop contains multiple non-stride-one memory accesses that operate over a contiguous stream of memory is disclosed. A preferred embodiment identifies groups of isomorphic statements within a loop body... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080010635 - Method, apparatus, and program product for improving branch prediction in a processor without hardware branch prediction but supporting branch hint instruction: A compiler includes a mechanism for improving branch prediction in a processor that supports a branch hint instruction. The compiler receives a sequence of instructions, wherein the sequence of instructions comprises a loop. This loop sequence employs an hbr instruction to avoid the misprediction penalty of the taken branch to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010637 - Pictbridge printer firmware upgrades via camera: A system for upgrading firmware in a PictBridge printer is provided. The system comprises: (i) a PictBridge printer having an embedded computer system; and (ii) a digital camera for communicating with the embedded computer system. The camera contains a firmware upgrade for the embedded computer system.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080010636 - Pictbridge printer firmware upgrades via memory stick: A system for upgrading firmware in a PictBridge printer is provided. The system comprises: (i) a PictBridge printer having an embedded computer system; and (ii) a memory stick for communicating with the embedded computer system. The memory stick contains a firmware upgrade for the embedded computer system.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080010638 - Safety controller and method for loading a new operating program onto the safety controller: The invention relates to a safety controller and to a method for loading a new operating program onto such a safety controller. The safety controller has an input module for automatically reading process signals, a failsafe signal processing module for automatically processing the process signals, and a failsafe output module... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C