Data processing: software development, installation, and management inventions 06/08

20080155492 - Development tool for creating converged applications that include sip and web components: A software development environment including a set of SIP tools and a set of Web tools. The SIP tools are configured to create software able to execute upon a SIP server. The Web tools are configured to create software able to execute upon a Web server. The software development environment... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.a.

20080155493 - Method for ensuring unique identification of program elements across multiple executions: Method for allowing invariant identification of selected objects displayed during the execution of an object oriented application, by another application. According to the proposed method, a tag generator is determined, for uniquely tagging each of the selected objects and then the tag generator generates a plurality of different and unique... Agent: Kevin D. Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber, P.c.

20080155494 - Method for mapping the structure of a complex software product: To allow simplified illustration of the complex technical relationships for a complex software product, provision is made for the structure of the complex software product to be mapped, in at least one embodiment, using an at least three-dimensional system matrix. In this context, the latter is generated by the variables... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080155495 - Methods and apparatus for modeling a workflow process in an offline environment: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for designing business processes without being connected to a process server. Using the methods and apparatus herein, users can fully model a business process, business entity, or business policy without being connected to a process server, or in an offline mode.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080155498 - Apparatus for automatically converting numeric data to a processor efficient format for performing arithmetic operations: A compiler (or interpreter) detects source language instructions performing arithmetic operations using a fixed point format (preferably packed decimal). Where the operation can be performed without loss of precision or violation of other constraints of the source language, the compiler automatically converts the operands to a floating point format (preferably... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept. 917

20080155497 - Framework for code generators: Embodiments of the invention provide a dictionary, which may be modified by a developer, that provides a mapping of the generation routine to be performed and a pointer or identifier of the generator employed for the specified generation routine. As will be appreciated, embodiments of the invention may employ a... Agent: A. Bruce Clay Ibm Corporation T81/062

20080155496 - Program for processor containing processor elements, program generation method and device for generating the program, program execution device, and recording medium: A program for execution by a computer that includes a plurality of processor elements, the program comprising: a parallel execution program part to assign the plurality of processor elements one-to-one to a plurality of program parts so that the plurality of program parts are executed in parallel with each other;... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080155499 - Specifying user defined or translator definitions to use to interpret mnemonics in a computer program: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for specifying user defined or translator definitions to use to interpret mnemonics in a computer program. A mnemonic is processed in the computer program having a user defined definition and a translator definition. The mnemonic is interpreted according to the user... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080155500 - Method for automatic generation of schema mapping application code: A method for automatic generation of schema mapping application code. The method includes loading a code generation tool with source and target schemas. The method further includes defining the mapping specification between the source and the target. The method proceeds by triggering the code generation tool. Afterwards, the method proceeds... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ibm Tuscon Division

20080155501 - System and method for revising an electronic draft: Disclosed is a system for revising an electronic draft having a first format. This system includes an extraction unit adapted to extract a part of the data of the electronic draft requiring revision, a transformation unit adapted to transform the extracted data into a second format, a first transmitting unit... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080155502 - Method and process for handling partially translated scripts: A method, article, and system to implement software that manages script execution, and more particularly to providing a method, article, and system for handling the output and translation of text strings. The scripting environment of the present invention can detect when the user may encounter text strings that have yet... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ibm Rsw

20080155504 - Method and system for automated merging of multiple versions of a software component for an application: A method and system provides a merging process that provides an algorithm for processing the results of multiple versions of a software component or file such that further filtering of the changes can be automated to the extent that they reduce development time (and in some cases, errors). The method... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080155503 - Metrics to evaluate process objects: A method and system to evaluate process objects for acceptability for use. New metrics that measure both object components and their relationships are used. The method selects metrics for the process objects that measure both the components and their relationships, compares measurements of the selected metrics with corresponding metric norms,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080155505 - Method and system that provides an interactive debugging session: A computer program product is disclosed. The computer program product includes a computer useable medium having a computer readable program. The computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to receive user specific data for a debugging session. The user specific data includes a location for an... Agent: Patent Ingenuity, Pc

20080155507 - Method for auditing compliance of an electronic platform and/or a computer program present on said platform, and device and computer program corresponding thereto: A method is provided for auditing compliance of an electronic platform, referred to as the platform being tested, and/or a computer program being tested, which is present on the platform being tested. The method includes the following steps: transmitting the same data set, via an auditing device, to the platform... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080155506 - Xml export from and import into a debugger: A system includes a debugger in a processor-based system. The processor-based system further includes a module to serialize data associated with the debugger into an XML format. The system also includes a module to export the serialized data out of the debugger.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080155508 - Evaluating programmer efficiency in maintaining software systems: Quality of modularization of source code is tested using different perspectives such as a structural modularity perspective, an architectural modularity perspective, a size perspective, and a similarity of purpose perspective. A history of changes in modularization may be kept such that the degree to which given source code is well-modularized... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20080155509 - Operating system monitoring setting information generator apparatus and operating system monitoring apparatus: Disclosed is an operating system monitoring setting information generator apparatus including: a monitoring setting information management unit configured to store monitoring setting information used for monitoring of an operating system monitoring apparatus; a monitoring setting information output unit configured to generate a monitoring setting information file including the monitoring setting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080155510 - Platform independent binary instrumentation method: Embodiments of the present invention provide for platform independence, low intrusiveness, and optimal memory usage of the binary instrumentation process by means of employing one procedure (interceptor function) implemented in a high-level programming language to intercept an arbitrary number of functions or blocks of code. Each time a function or... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080155512 - Method of generating and utilizing debug history: The present invention is generally directed towards providing a method, system and article of manufacture for generating and utilizing debug history to improve the debugging process. By providing facilities to store and retrieve debug history records for given events, the present invention allows developers to debug code more efficiently by... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080155511 - System and method for detecting events in computer code using interval values simulation: A method, system, and program for static analysis of source code by simulation of source code execution. The invention performs a simulation of subroutine source code execution while tracking the associated data values in the specific data formation of intervals during the simulation. When the data flow reaches a predetermined... Agent: Hulsey Ip Intellectual Property Lawyers, P.c.

20080155514 - Method and system for graphical user interface testing: A method and system are provided for testing a graphical user (GUI) (204). The method includes applying a test step (208, 222) to a GUI under test (204) and finding a control in the GUI under test (204) to which the test step is to be applied. A model (210)... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080155515 - Method and system for graphical user interface testing: A method and system are provided for testing a graphical user (GUI) (204). The method includes providing a pattern (230) of a collection of generalised interface object types and searching an interface (204) or a model (210) of an interface for instances of collections of interface objects matching the pattern... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080155513 - Method for testing connectivity of software applications hosted on networked computers: A method for verifying the connectivity of software applications hosted on networked computers. The connectivity of hosted function applications to be loaded into networked computers is verified and validated using quasi-hosted function applications that simulate the communications functions (i.e., connectivity) of those hosted function applications. The quasi-hosted function applications are... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.c.

20080155516 - System and program product for porting code utilizing a portable execution environment: A system for porting code from a native platform to a non-native platform is provided which utilizes a non-native, platform-specific layer of code and a platform-neutral layer of code. The platform-neutral layer substantially emulates the native platform of ported code and provides a platform-neutral interface to the ported code. Together,... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.c.

20080155517 - Generating rule packs for monitoring computer systems: Improved systems and methods for developing rule packs can include receiving monitoring rules specified in a markup language, and combining them to produce a rule pack. Combining processes can leverage product development processes such as Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), thereby allowing any number of developers to work on the same... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080155518 - Methods and apparatus for tokenizing workflow process objects: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for tokenizing workflow process objects. Using the methods and apparatus herein, users can create business processes that contain several variable components. This allows business process designers to save time by designing template business processes whose processes change based on the environment that they... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080155519 - Code translator: A method of automatically translating modelling language code to hardware language code including: parsing the modelling language code to extract values associated with predetermined ones of a plurality of constructs; and populating, in a predetermined manner using the extracted values, empty fields of one or more predetermined templates wherein the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080155520 - Peer-to-peer overlay graph construction: Systems and methods for constructing and maintaining a peer-to-peer overlay graph are disclosed herein. The systems and methods include adding a node to the overlay graph. Adding the node includes choosing an edge that is not connected to the node, breaking the edge and connecting the node to broken edge... Agent: Mg-ip Law, Pllc

20080155521 - System, method, apparatus and computer program product for providing memory footprint reduction: An apparatus for providing memory footprint reduction for classes of an application programming interface includes a comparing element and a set selection element. The comparing element may be configured to receive a reference class file and one or more modified class files for each of a plurality of classes and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080155524 - Firmware updating and extending method for application specific integrated circuit: Without directly changing the fixed code masked in a read-only memory, the updatable code is stored in a programmable memory such as the flash memory in advance. When a corresponding procedure is to be executed, the updatable codes are first loaded into the random access memory. When the procedure is... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080155522 - Method and system for customer support: An embodiment generally relates to a method of software support. The method includes receiving a request for assistance for a selected device and analyzing an associated fault log for the selected device, where the associated fault log logging at least one fault. The method also includes determining at least one... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080155525 - Synchronization patterns for mobile applications: An object-oriented synchronization pattern for synchronizing a mobile application and a corresponding enterprise application is provided herein. The synchronization pattern uses service invocations to convey application state differential from the mobile device to the enterprise server and object-based database synchronization for conveying application state differential from the enterprise to the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080155523 - System and method using transformation nodes with enhancement layers: Methods and systems to include transformation nodes in a business system are provided. A transformation node may provide controlled redundancy of data within the business object hierarchy. Transformation nodes may store data from core nodes without persistency, and permit different data presentation modes than for the core nodes. When a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080155526 - Point in time rollback and un-installation of software: Systems and methods for providing point in time rollback and un-installation of software within computer networks are disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of elements which perform data migration operations and a rollback and un-installation manager which monitors the elements and software installations. Upon detection of a software installation, the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080155527 - System and method for optimizing changes of data sets: A system and method for generating an update data set to be sent to remote terminals. The update data set comprises operators describing differences between two data sets, so that a remote terminal is able to transform an old data set into a more recent data set. The system comprising... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080155528 - Method for downloading data files to a group of clients via a proxy with a limited storage: A method is described for downloading a plurality of files to a group of clients from an outside source via an intermediate memory IM having a limited capacity. The method comprises monitoring a current condition of each of the clients to determine there-among a starving client SC being the client... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080155531 - Data processing apparatus and control method thereof: To install in a simple operation a resource to control a device set up at a desired position, the present invention specifies position information indicating the installed position of the device, obtains device information indicating the device installed to the installed position corresponding to the specified position information, obtains storing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080155530 - Method for displaying text messages, terminal and program for implementing said method: Disclosed is a system and method for customizing the display of text messages received by a communications terminal, such as a cell phone. The method includes downloading and installing at least one display module that controls animated rendering of a received text message with a predefined animation; recording at least... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080155529 - Portable storage device, system and method for automatic software installation: A portable storage device, a system, and a method for an automatic software installation, the portable storage device including: an interface to connect to an external device to transmit and/or to receive data to/from the external device; a memory to store a setup program to install, in the external device,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080155532 - Method for providing an image of software installed on a computer system: A method for providing an image of software installed on a computer system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of deconstructing the image into at least one portion and creating at least one module from the at least one portion of the image. The deconstructing step can include the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080155533 - Remote installation performance over management controllers in monolithic and modular systems: A method and system are provided for installing software code on a remote information handling system (RIHS) comprising a management access controller (MAC). A remote management station (RMS) is implemented to manage the RIHS by communicating with its MAC over a network connection. The RIHS is initially booted by selecting... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080155534 - System and methods for applying social computing paradigm to software installation and configuration: A method for installation and configuration of a software product includes installing a software product and determining configuration settings of the software product based upon a social network of peers. A system for installation and configuration of at least one software product includes at least one client install package capable... Agent: Cahn & Samuels, LLP

20080148219 - Process automation system and method having a hierarchical architecture with multiple tiers: In addition, advanced report generation techniques are described below in which the report generation process is logically separated into a data gathering stage and a report generation stage. The data gathering stage extracts certain specified properties and diagnostic information from each job step. The extracted information is then stored in... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080148220 - System infrastructure structure formulation supporting system and supporting method: A system infrastructure structure formulation supporting method in which based on quality requirements, formulated examples of system infrastructure structures up to the present are grouped into a database for storing the system infrastructure structures, then being stored into a group management area in advance. At the time of a new... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080148221 - Dynamic multi-context delta view for merging structured data in a visual merge tool: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to visual merging of structured data and provide a method, system and computer program product for a dynamic multi-context delta view for merging structured data in a visual merge tool. In one embodiment of the invention, a method... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080148224 - Method and apparatus for automatically converting numeric data to a processor efficient format for performing arithmetic operations: A compiler (or interpreter) detects source language instructions performing arithmetic operations using a fixed point format (preferably packed decimal). Where the operation can be performed without loss of precision or violation of other constraints of the source language, the compiler automatically converts the operands to a floating point format (preferably... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept. 917

20080148222 - Programmable automatic triggering system and apparatus: Programmable automatic triggering system and apparatus include a programmable automatic triggering system and automatic triggering apparatus. The programmable automatic triggering system includes a menu display module and a program code generating module. The menu display module has one or more menu control instructions and each menu control instruction corresponds to... Agent: Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd

20080148223 - System for defining a declarative language: A system is disclosed for generating source code for implementing a declarative language. A first set of information defining at least one data entity for use in a new declarative language may be received, the at least one data entity having an associated type. A second set of information defining... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080148225 - Measuring quality of software modularization: Quality of modularization of source code is tested using different perspectives such as a structural modularity perspective, an architectural modularity perspective, a size perspective, and a similarity of purpose perspective. A history of changes in modularization may be kept such that the degree to which given source code is well-modularized... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20080148226 - Apparatus, method, and computer readable medium thereof for generating and utilizing a feature code to monitor a program: Apparatus, method, and computer readable medium for generating and utilizing a feature code to monitor a program are provided. The program is run in a secure environment at the beginning. The program calls a function through an application program interface. A return address of the application program interface is used... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080148227 - Method of partitioning an algorithm between hardware and software: A method of partitioning an algorithm between hardware and software includes accepting a user defined algorithm specified in a source code, identifying worker methods and feature extraction methods within the user defined algorithm, replacing worker methods in the source code with hardware logic, replacing feature extraction methods with a combination... Agent: Schox Plc

20080148229 - Automated source code generation: Automated source code generation is presented. Processing uses a parser call back function to identify relevant HTML tags in an HTML file. Processing extracts HTML tag information from the relevant HTML tags and stores the HTML tag information in a variable table. A user may configure the variable table to... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080148228 - Computer scripting engine to extract and execute steganographically hidden scripts in carrier scripts: A scripting engine causes a computer to perform operations. The scripting engine includes a first script interpreter that executes a carrier script. A steganographic decoder extracts a hidden script that is steganographically coded in the carrier script. A second script interpreter executes the hidden script. The carrier script may include... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080148231 - Computer-implemented system for analysis, administration, control, management and monitoring of a complex hardware/software architecture: A method for execution in a computer network of several node computers and a plurality of program components, which are distributed instanced on one of the node computers and with predetermined input parameters for addressing a functionality of this program component and with predetermined output parameters after its execution, in... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080148230 - System and method for managing hierarchical software development: The disclosure provides systems, methods, and software for facilitating hierarchical software development. One solution comprises software operable to identify a first software package of a first software layer that is associated with a second software package of a second software layer. The software creates a temporary package interface for the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080148233 - Computer method and apparatus for referencing files in a software configuration management system: A software configuration management method and apparatus provide a respective workspace for each developer. Each workspace (i) defines a subject software configuration as being developed by the respective developer, and (ii) has a respective file area holding shared files and private files corresponding to the subject software configuration. A team... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds

20080148234 - Data synchronization mechanism for change-request-management repository interoperation: Computer method and apparatus for managing software configuration repositories are disclosed. In a plurality of repositories each repository holds a respective set of change-request objects. One of the repositories in the plurality is a primary repository, and the other repositories are working repositories. In the primary repository, there is a... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds

20080148232 - Method and apparatus for managing selective and subtractive merges in a software configuration: Method and apparatus for managing software configurations include a version history member representing changes between versions of artifacts forming different configurations of a subject software program. Indicated in version history member is any selective merge between artifact versions. Also indicated in the version history member is any subtractive merge between... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds

20080148235 - Runtime inspection of user interfaces: Runtime inspection of user interfaces a software application is provided. After a given software application launches, a user interface inspection system records any hierarchy of or relationship between user interface components, and records attributes of various UI components contained in an inspected user interface, for example, placement location of individual... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080148237 - Debugging method and apparatus for developing telecom-class service based on model driven: A debugging method and apparatus for developing telecom-class service based on model driven. It is achieved to combine the debugging information of the code debugger and the model display to complete the graphics context debugging of the telecom-class service based on model driven through inversely searching the diagram element according... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080148236 - Test device, method, and computer readable medium for deriving a qualified test case plan from a test case database: A test device, connecting to a test case database, derives a qualified test case plan from the test case database, a method and a computer readable medium are disclosed. The test device comprises a rule module, a selection module, and a modulation module. The rule module is adapted to setting... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080148238 - Runtime analysis of a computer program to identify improper memory accesses that cause further problems: Runtime analysis of a computer program can be performed. An improper memory access to a memory location can be detected during runtime of the computer program. A record of the improper memory access can be stored during runtime. A subsequent error condition in the computer program can be detected during... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.l.c.

20080148239 - System and method for integrated logging and tracing functions in an enterprise network: An integrated tracing and logging system for an enterprise network. One embodiment of the integrated logging and tracing system has an object-oriented architecture which includes a controller class with two sub-classes: a tracing sub-class and a logging sub-class. Instances of the tracing sub-class (tracing modules) are associated with specified program... Agent: Sap/blakely

20080148240 - Method and apparatus for call stack sampling to obtain information for analyzing idle states in a data processing system: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for sampling call stack information. Monitoring for an event is performed during an execution of a plurality of threads by a set of processors. A portion of the plurality of threads is identified based on a policy to form a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080148241 - Method and apparatus for profiling heap objects: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for profiling objects. A set of data addresses for a set of objects is identified in response to detecting an event involving a set of objects. A determination is made as to whether any of the set of objects are... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080148242 - Optimizing an interaction model for an application: An interaction model for an application includes patterns which represent interactions between a client and an application. To determine whether the patterns accurately represent activity of the application, and to determine whether additional patterns are appropriate, the application is exercised. Requests to the application are analyzed to determine whether they... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20080148243 - Benchmark synthesis using workload statistics: A synthetic benchmark for a computer program and a method and computer program product for creating a synthetic benchmark for a computer program. The synthetic benchmark is created using statistical information that is collected about an executing program, and some hints about the machine on which the benchmark will be... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080148244 - Cluster computing support for application programs: A computer cluster system comprising a plurality of nodes and a software package comprising a user interface and a kernel for interpreting program code instructions is provided. In one embodiment, a cluster node module is configured to communicate with the kernel and other cluster node modules. The cluster node module... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080148245 - Simultaneous static analysis on disparate resource types: A system and method is provided for offering simultaneous or concurrent static analysis on a software product or software project where the software product or project comprises disparate resource types, such as the Java® technology or C/C++programming language. A key part of the invention is a framework allowing analysis “providers”... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080148246 - System and method for redundant array copy removal in a pointer-free language: A system and method for redundant array copy removal in a virtual machine (VM), or other runtime environment, and particularly for use in a system that includes a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). In pointer free languages array copy operations are common and time consuming. Embodiments of the present invention enable... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080148247 - Software testing optimization apparatus and method: A method to optimize software testing is disclosed. The method includes generating a set of software testcases for testing a software product, creating a testcase coverage matrix comprising testcase identifiers corresponding to the set of testcases and source code line identifiers corresponding to the lines of source code tested thereby,... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080148248 - Automatic software maintenance with change requests: System-level information is retrieved from a remote system and a request is automatically sent to an update agent for a list of software updates for the remote system. The request includes the retrieved system-level information. The update agent provides a list of available software updates that is filtered based at... Agent: Sap/blakely

20080148249 - System and method for setting software option of numeric control device: A system and method for setting a software option of a numeric control device, by which a user cannot set the options without permission and a cost regarding option configuration may be recovered by a maker. A maker PC generates option setting data for setting bit information to one or... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080148250 - Update package generation employing matching technique with controlled number of mismatches: A generator of update packages with a matching component employs a matching technique that allows matching of programs that have been relocated to (compiled for) different memory segments. In relocated programs, the code remains the same, while the pointers assume different values, and the matching component is able to allow... Agent: Kevin Borg Mcandrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.

20080148251 - Update package generation based on analysis of bank dependency: Aspects of the present invention may be seen in an electronic device network that employs a generator to generate update packages and a corresponding update agent in the electronic device to update its firmware/software. The generator may employ bank order dependency analysis techniques to determine optimum bank orders. The generator... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080148252 - Electronic device, system and method for updating software online: Techniques related to updating software (e.g., firmware, code or applications) in an electronic device or system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an updating communication program is retained a micro control unit (MCU). When needed, the updating communication program is executed by the MCU to download... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Agency

20080148253 - Automatic software license reconciliation: Reconciling an installed software application with a software license. A discovery agent is deployed to each computing device at a user site, and each deployed discovery agent identifies information associated with access to the installed software application on the respective computing device. The identified information is aggregated to determine a... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP (msft)

20080148254 - Utilizing partition resource requirements from workload estimation to automate partition software configuration and validation: A method and apparatus for utilizing partition resource requirements to automate computer partition configuration. Partition resource requirements that are collected by a workload estimator include the type and version of software that is to be run on each partition of the system and the minimum hardware resources needed for each... Agent: Martin & Associates, Llc

20080148255 - Autonomic auto-configuration using prior installation configuration relationships: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for installing software in a network data processing system. An event is detected in the network data processing system indicating that a software module is to be installed in a set of data processing systems in the network data processing system. A configuration of... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080141213 - Flexible interconnection system: An interconnection system, a method for interconnecting different components and/or applications and a corresponding product are disclosed. In addition to a presentation layer, a business layer, a communication layer and a control layer, the framework system of at least one embodiment includes an instance which is intended to detect the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080141214 - Method and system for comparative community based analytics: The present invention provides for tracking time spent on various activities in a software development project by one or more users working on the project. The present invention also stores this data to derive metrics and best practices. The metrics and best practices are compared with project data to analyze... Agent: Triangle Patents, P.l.l.c.

20080141215 - Computer readable medium and methods for filtering a dynamic comparison model: A method for filtering a dynamic comparison model includes the steps of determining a plurality of differences between a first model and a second model, and displaying each of the plurality of differences between the first model and the second model to a user via a display. The method also... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20080141216 - Compiling method and storage medium therefor: A compiler includes a register allocator for allocating registers for instructions in a program to be compiled, and a code generator for generating object code based on the register allocation results performed by the register allocator. The register allocator allocates logical registers for instructions in the program to be compiled.... Agent: Ference & Associates Llc

20080141217 - Operating environment monitor for medical device programming: A programming system for an electronic medical device (EMD) is described. The programming system, as described in this disclosure, comprises a host computer, such as a general purpose computer in an in-clinic computer network, executing a software platform that provides an operating environment with which a user can interact to... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20080141218 - Module facility for java script language: A system and method of retrieving a module in a JavaScript language application includes receiving a called module name, examining a table of executed modules to determine if the called module name is included in the table of executed modules, executing the called module if the called module name is... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080141219 - Multiple inheritance facility for java script language: A system and method of creating a class with multiple inheritance including invoking a create class function, creating new function, creating list of prototypes and a list of superprototypes, creating a new prototype, storing a result in list of prototypes, creating a new superprototype, storing the new superprototype in the... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080141220 - Robot control software framework in open distributed process architecture: An open distributed processing structured robot control software architecture is enclosed, which makes it possible to manufacture a user-oriented robot through combination of independent heterogeneous functional modules. The invention involves an open software framework for integrated operation and production of distributed software of the modules, and an autonomous robot control... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.c.

20080141221 - Using recorder technology to find defects in software applications: Using recorder technology for finding defects in software applications by capturing software and/or user-driven events in a computing system. In one implementation, recorder technology is employed in a software defect reporting tool for reporting customer feedback related to software defects or bugs. The recorder can be utilized to capture events... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080141222 - Techniques for debugging computer programs involving multiple computing machines: Techniques for debugging a computer program that includes multiple modules executing on multiple machines include receiving, at a unifying component, first data from a first machine. The first data indicates debugging information generated by the first machine. Second data is also received at the unifying component from a second machine.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080141224 - Debug information collection method and debug information collection system: In a software distribution unit, a binary-code analysis unit determines a total set of insertion positions at which probes can be inserted into software. A binary-code change unit determines the population of insertion positions of probes to be inserted into the software and the number of insertion positions of probes... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080141223 - Mock source program generation program, method and apparatus: This information processing method is to provide a technique enabling to easily and accurately estimate the performance improvement effect for each correction method for the parallel processing program. This information processing method includes: identifying an execution time other than a communication time for each process by using communication history data... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080141225 - Method for migrating files: A “File Updater” adds an additional feature to the Classpath Identifier that automatically displays a JAR file in a first environment, and copies the JAR file from the first environment to a second environment whenever a required JAR file is missing in the second environment, or if the required JAR... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rus) C/o Rudolf O Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20080141226 - System and method for controlling trace points utilizing source code directory structures: A system and method for controlling trace points utilizing source code directory structures. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a debug engine sets a debug level to a default debug level for an application to be debugged, wherein said application includes a collection of files organized within a... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080141228 - Method of pre-processing conditional region: Provided is a method of pre-processing a conditional region. By analyzing and designating code lines according to the present invention, when a conditional region included in a pre-processing region of an arbitrary file is compiled, the compiling can be efficiently performed, and when the arbitrary file is executed, an execution... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080141229 - Processor, program conversion apparatus, program conversion method, and computer program: The first, second, and third operating units 441 to 443 each perform a predetermined operation according to an instruction before a point of time partway through a clock cycle. When having performed a comparison operation, each operating unit outputs a result value to the condition flag operating unit 51. The... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.l.p. (matsushita)

20080141227 - Structured algorithmic programming language approach to system design: An algorithmic programming language approach to system design enables design, synthesis, and validation of structured, system-level specifications, and integrates system-level design into the rest of the design process. The algorithmic programming language design approach includes various techniques and tools, which can be used in combination or independently. For example, the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080141230 - Scope-constrained specification of features in a programming language: A method for scope-constrained specification of features in programming language is disclosed. In an implementation, the method includes modifying a parse tree of a grammar to allow registering of new nodes in the parse tree. A correct node to be utilized for the parse tree is determined and an output... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080141231 - Environment-independent software: A method for allowing at least one environment-independent application logic code to successfully communicate with at least one hardware component, the method comprising creating an interaction style code that interfaces with the hardware component, the interaction style code provided with an interaction style interface that is independent of properties of... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080141232 - Method and apparatus for executing software applications: Consumer electronic devices, such as e.g. high-definition movie players for removable storage media such as optical discs, may provide possibilities for advanced interactivity for the user, implemented as software applications. A question arising generally with such software applications is what the life cycle of such an application is, and who... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20080141233 - Presenting machine instructions in a machine-independent tree form suitable for post-link optimizations: A machine-independent representation of computer instructions can serve as a standard for machine instruction description that is suitable for post-link transformation tools, such as post-link optimizers, and for education of users. In one embodiment the instructions are presented as expression trees in a XML file. An optimizer operates on the... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman Ibm Corporation

20080141234 - Method and system for executing and configuring applications on the basis of a use environment: Methods are disclosed for creating and executing at least one application on the basis of a use environment. For the creation, a method of an embodiment includes: a set of modules is provided in which at least one functionality for creating the application is respectively implemented, functionalities required for the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080141235 - System and method for transparent hard disk drive update: Information handling system hard disk drive firmware updates are initiated on a hard disk drive without disrupting operations of the information handling system. A firmware update is copied in executable form to the hard disk drive's buffer and executed by the hard disk drive's controller without aborting queued tasks or... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080141236 - System to recover a failed flash of a blade service processor in a server chassis: A system for recovering a server blade, in a multiple server blade computer, that is lost during a flash update operation on a service processor in the server blade. Because of the flash update failure, the lost server blade is unaware of its location on a management pathway, which in... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080141237 - Software for managing data between a client and server: Various techniques and components are provided for managing data between a client and server. In one example embodiment, software is operable to receive an updated business object property at a server, process the updated property with a business object residing on the server, and communicate an updated business object from... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080141238 - Feature manager system for facilitating communication and shared functionality among components: The feature manager system for facilitating communication and shared functionality among components comprises a network of components, where one component receives or generates a request for a feature, searches its local system for the feature, and if the feature is not available locally, sends a request to a server component... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, Pllc

20080141239 - Downloading and upgrading terminal software over the air of a wireless device: The present invention relates to a communication device (9) and a method that are capable of downloading and upgrading terminal software of the device (9) over-the-air in a efficient and fail-safe manner. The method for providing such a communication device (9) with radio software from a server (1) via a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080141242 - Method and apparatus for delivering percepta: An apparatus and method for obtaining a storage medium with a deeply customizable set of installed content. Soft assets (e.g., programs, songs, videos, etc.) that form the content are selected from among a much larger set of preinstalled soft assets previously stored on storage media, such as disk drives. In... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20080141241 - Method and system for allowing an eclipse feature to create/remove/update program groups and shortcuts, via an eclipse install handler: A system and method for an Eclipse feature to create program groups and shortcuts is provided. The system and method include registering a global install handler and creating a properties file. The system and method also include specifying and installing at least one feature associated with the registered global install... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ibm Lotus

20080141240 - Verification of successful installation of computer software: A computerized method, program product, computer system, and a service to verify successful installation of computer software across a broadband bus, such as the Internet, onto an endpoint machine. First, the software module to be installed may be evaluated to determine what operating parameters of the endpoint machine may be... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c

20080141243 - System and method for generating a distributable software package: A system, method, and computer program product for generating a distributable software package, including loading a template/profile; loading at least one module; receiving configuration options over a network connection; and assembling a distributable software package according to the profile, template(s), modules, and the configuration options.... Agent: Docket Clerk, Dm/eds

20080141244 - Apparatus and methods for client-driven server-side installation: A server for automatically installing a required application responsive to a client device is described. The server comprises an interface agent arranged to receive a first signal from a client wireless device where the first signal comprises an identifier. A retrieval application is arranged to obtain an executable application corresponding... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080141245 - Extracting information from software: A method and implementing computer system are provided in which selected information is embedded within computer program structures without requiring separate bit strings. In an exemplary embodiment, the embedded selected information includes an identification of a licensed user together with a serial number of the associated licensed program. That information... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rvw)

20080134133 - Application generator for a dynamic medical object information base: Methods and systems are provided for generating source code from XML formatted device data sheets. Information is accepted from a user regarding whether data definitions, string tables and/or link tables are needed in a software project. Files are created corresponding to the data definitions, string tables and/or link tables. The... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080134132 - Developing software components based on brain lateralization: A software design process includes three elements—an object/component driven element, a situation/scenario driven element, and an arbitrator/communicator element that is logically interposed and serves as an intermediary between the object/component driven and the situation/scenario driven elements. Through an iterative communication process overseen by the arbitrator/communicator, software design can take place... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080134134 - Test driven architecture enabled process for open collaboration in global: A method for developing a software project includes identifying business cases and goals for the software project, defining a common interface architecture through which components of the software project are to be integrated, identifying software project components to be integrated over the common interface, defining high level requirements of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080134135 - Configurable pattern detection method and apparatus: Computer apparatus and method for detecting patterns in structured models, obtains a pattern specification of a subject pattern. The pattern specification (a) defines the subject pattern as a meta-class in a target domain, and (b) specifies one or more pattern roles as meta-properties of the subject pattern. Using the pattern... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds

20080134136 - Software model normalization and mediation: An apparatus, network and methods for software model derivation and normalization are provided. In one embodiment a meta-model is derived from a plurality of software applications. The meta-model is independent of any particular software application. A number of software models are derived each compliant with the meta-model. A customer specific... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080134137 - Software model skinning: An apparatus, network and methods for skinning normalized meta-model compliant software models are provided. In one embodiment a set of terminology is derived from a software application. A normalized meta-model compliant software model is derived from the application. A “skin” is derived that uses the terminology of the software application.... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080134140 - Integrated drug development software platform: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to a platform facilitating different drug development software programs. In one embodiment, the integrated software platform includes a graphical environment for creating, storing, and manipulating workflows. The workflows depict operations that are to be performed by certain functional objects, and the flow... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080134138 - Producer graph oriented programming and execution: A method and apparatus for producer graph oriented programming and execution. According to one aspect of the invention, a runtime is provided that interprets producer dependency declarations for methods. The producer dependency declarations identify at run time a set of zero or more producers, where a producer is a runtime... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080134139 - Simplified representation of xml schema structures: A software development system and method are provided. The system includes a transform component to convert a schema file into a simplified graphical data representation that coincides with a data representation associated with an underlying instance document. A viewing component displays the simplified graphical data representation.... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080134141 - Method and system for creating self-assembling components through component languages: A system for self-assembling software components is described herein. In one embodiment, a system includes a first and second set of language components, where each language component defines at least one part of language runnable on a computer by associating a piece of grammar of the language with at least... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080134142 - Dynamic language-based integrated development environment: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing an integrated development environment using a dynamic language. Input is received from a user in the form of a code command. Introspection is used to generate a list of one or more possible code command completion suggestions that are suitable completions for... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080134143 - Method for automatically selecting a software application: r

20080134144 - Application retargeting: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for retargeting applications to different types. A development environment is provided for writing software. Input is received from a user to write application logic for a project. The user selects an option to save the project as a particular type of project. The application... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080134146 - Controller for a machine with debug functionality: There is described a control device of a machine, an engineering system and a method for operating said control device. Said control device is used to control and/or regulate the machine and is used to carry out at least one user program which is used to at least perform one... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080134145 - Method for forecasting risks associated with software packages: A computer implemented method, a computer program product, and a data processing system are provided for forecasting risks associated with installing software packages. A software package is selected for installation on a data processing system. The number of updates issued for each software package within the package list is determined... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080134147 - System for monitoring a target application and method thereof: A system (100) for monitoring one ore more target application (192, 193) includes an application extender module (111) having a foreign communications module (114) to communicate a change in a first context in the one or more target applications to one or more foreign applications (190). The system also includes... Agent: Walter P. Opaska Bryan Cave LLP

20080134148 - Method and apparatus for tracing execution of computer programming code using dynamic trace enablement: A computer program is traced by associating a trigger with at least one code location, and upon encountering the trigger during execution, selectively enabling trace data collection data at subsequent traceable events. Preferably, collection of trace data is enabled only for procedure instances active (i.e., currently executing or on the... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept. 917

20080134149 - Managing breakpoints in a multi-threaded environment: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment determine whether to stop execution of a program at a breakpoint based on a previous value of a variable. In another embodiment, an attribute is applied to all breakpoints in a breakpoint group. The attribute includes data that is... Agent: Grant A. Johnson Ibm Corporation, Dept. 917

20080134150 - Method to examine the execution and performance of parallel threads in parallel programming: The present invention relates to compiler generated code for parallelized code segments, wherein the generated code is used to determine if an expected number of parallel processing threads is created for a parallel processing application, in addition to determining the performance impact of using parallel threads of execution. In the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ibm Austin

20080134151 - Compiler register allocation and compilation: Assigns suitable registers to a plurality of variables. A compiler converts a source program into instructions for a processor having: a simultaneously used variable acquisition section which obtains, with respect to each of a plurality of variables used in the source program, some of the other variables used simultaneously with... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.c.

20080134152 - Producer graph oriented programming framework with scenario support: Embodiments of a producer graph oriented programming framework with scenario support have been presented. In one embodiment, a request to evaluate potential impacts by a change on an application program is received. The application program includes a set of producers, each having at least an instance and a method associated... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080134153 - Inter language interoperability using a variant type: A container can be used to atomically convert types of values to pass the values between programs of different programming languages.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080134155 - System and method for interpreting a specification language file to implement a business system: A system controls operation of a business system having a processor, memory, and a hard drive. The system comprises a specification language file stored on a hard drive, the file containing specification language statements defining a state machine implementation of a business system, a parser for extracting specification language statements... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20080134154 - System for overriding intrepreted byte-code with native code: In a method of executing a program on an interpreted bytecode language, a plurality of interpreted bytecode modules (each having an associated name) is loaded. A pointer is directed from each method entry to a different interpreted bytecode module. A native code module library is loaded and includes a native... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080134157 - Approach and system for process execution of an integrated telecom platform: An approach for process execution for an integrated telecom platform including the following steps: (a) The process execution module loads the process dynamic link library according to the set process parameters; (b) process execution module dispatches process creating function to create the corresponding process data structure duplicate according to the... Agent: Eric Chan

20080134156 - Methods and apparatus for analyzing software interface usage: Methods and apparatus for analyzing the interface usage and requirements within software applications. In one embodiment, the interfaces comprise application programming interfaces (APIs) used with Java-based software, and the apparatus comprises a computer program that analyzes file paths (or classpaths) containing one or more files comprising Java bytecode. The names... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates Attorney Of Record

20080134158 - Stream processor with compiled programs: A stream processing platform that provides fast execution of stream processing applications within a safe runtime environment. The platform includes a stream compiler that converts a representation of a stream processing application into executable program modules for a safe environment. The platform allows users to specify aspects of the program... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080134159 - Disambiguation in dynamic binary translation: In a dynamic binary translator, selecting a code segment for load-store memory disambiguation based at least in part on a measure of likelihood of frequency of execution of the code segment, heuristically identifying one or more ambiguous memory dependencies in the code segment for disambiguation by runtime checks based at... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080134160 - Software fault injection in java enterprise applications: A method and system for injecting exceptions into a JAVA enterprise application during execution of the JAVA enterprise application is disclosed. The Java enterprise application includes multiple Enterprise JAVA Bean (EJB) classes. The EJB classes include one or more EJB methods. Each EJB is scanned for exceptions, and corresponding interface... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080134161 - Producer graph oriented programming framework with undo, redo, and abort execution support: A method and apparatus for providing native undo, redo, and abort execution abilities of a runtime is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a runtime to run object-oriented source code with producer dependency declarations for methods, wherein a producer is an instance and a method of that instance, wherein... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080134163 - Incremental transparent file updating: A system and method to protect a target file from data damage wherein a wrapper application transparently intercepts a write call operative to affect the target file and stores the pertinent data in a delta file. Occasionally the target file is backed up in a temporary file and then updated.... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080134162 - Methods and systems for delivering software: Methods and systems for software delivery are described. In one embodiment, an extension definition catalog structure is defined and can be used to select one or more software extensions for incorporation on a computing device. At least one software extension is identified using a uniform resource name and, for the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080134164 - System and method for automatically upgrading functionalities in a distributed network: The invention relates to a system and to a method for automatically providing system software which is filed in software packets, for system nodes which are arranged in a distributed network, in particular in a distributed automatic system. The inventive system comprises at least one system diagnosis tool which analyses... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080134166 - Method and system for upgrading the software of a telecommunication terminal, in particular of a video telephone, and related computer program product: A method of upgrading the software of a terminal of a telecommunication network, in particular a wired video telephone, includes the steps of periodically sending a first signal from the terminal to a service center via an intelligent network, the first signal including a service access code containing information related... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080134167 - Method for representing description language and data structure to update pump tool, ipmp tool updating method and client apparatus using the same: The present invention relates to a language representation method and data structure for updating an IPMP tool, a method for updating an IPMP tool using the same and a client apparatus using the same in protection and management of multimedia contents, by which the IPMP tool can be represented dynamically... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080134165 - Methods and apparatus for software provisioning of a network device: Methods and apparatus for provisioning or updating software over a network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable network, and each particular client device (e.g., set-top box) on the network is identified by an address or other unique descriptor. A version association file stored on a server or downloaded... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates

20080134168 - Server apparatus, manufacturing apparatus, group management system, information processing method, and storage medium: The present invention transmits upgrade information as appropriate from a server apparatus to one or more manufacturing apparatuses for performing a predetermined semiconductor process on processing target substrates. A server apparatus is provided with an upgrade information receiving portion that receives upgrade information, which is information for upgrading an execution... Agent: Masuvalley & Partners

20080134170 - Dynamic intervention with software applications: A system for teaching a learning objective is provided. The system includes a software application comprising an application logic component and that provides a user view and a facilitator view. An intervention control is arranged to interface directly with the application logic component. A method is also disclosed for teaching... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080134169 - Utility for optimizing required memory for distribution in embedded systems: A method and apparatus for optimizing required memory of an embedded system. The method may include identifying one or more applications to be installed on a target embedded system, and estimating the amount of memory required for the operation of the embedded system. The method may further include comparing the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080134171 - Computer system and a program install method thereof: A computer system including plural computers, a management console for installing a program in the computers and a storage subsystem coupled to each computer and management console. The storage subsystem includes a first storage unit shared by the computers and plural second storage units corresponding to the computers. The first... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.