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Data processing: software development, installation, and management October patent listing 10/08

20080263503 - System, method, and software for facilitating business object development testing: The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and software for developing or testing business objects. The method includes identifying at least one of a plurality of business objects in a development environment, parsing the identified business objects to determine various graphical views with at least one of the graphical views... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080263504 - Using code analysis for requirements management: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that allow project requirements to be associated with underlying code elements. A particular software project is analyzed to generate a list of code elements contained in the particular software project. Input is received from a user of a requirements management application to associate one... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080263505 - Automated management of software requirements verification: An exemplary system for electronically managing requirements for software development includes a projects module, a requirements module, a mapping module and a verification module. The projects module is configured to establish a software development project. The requirements module is configured to define requirements for the project based on requirements information... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080263507 - Action-based in-process software defect prediction software defect prediction techniques based on software development activities: An action-based in-process software defect prediction (ABDP) applies classifying records of a performed action to predict whether subsequent actions cause defects in a project. A performed action is previously defined herein as an operation performed based on tasks in Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) of the project. Rather than focusing on... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20080263506 - Analytical software design system: An analytical software design system arranged to receive informal system design specifications and to convert them into verified design specifications for use in creating source code and carrying out implementation testing of the source code is described. The system comprises a verified black box specification generator arranged to process the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080263510 - Apparatus and method for supporting model-driven development: In a model editing apparatus, a model transformation function transforms SM (source model) 0 into TM (target model) 0, and generates TDM (transformation dependency model) 0. Moreover, when an SM editor generates SM1 by updating SM0, the model transformation function transforms SM1 into TM1 and generates TDM1. When a TM... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20080263509 - Method and apparatus for application patterns and applications genearation: A method and apparatus for defining and creating generic context-related application patterns, and for defining and creating specific applications based on the application patterns. The method and apparatus include defining generic user interface preferably through interfacing specific environments, and content retrieval preferably through interfacing specific systems, such as enterprise systems.... Agent: Soroker-agmon Advocate And Patent Attorneys

20080263508 - Name-based identifiers of model elements: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to implementation of textual names as the actual identifiers of elements of models. A structured system provided for constructing the textual names so as to be unique in a specific context. In one embodiment, namespaces are added to a name as a mechanism for... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080263511 - System and method for software delivery: A computer system and method for software delivery that include articles of manufacture having two or more installed, functional software applications organized in a protoset, the protoset configured to enable creation of one or more subsets (also called reduced metasets) from the two or more installed, functional software applications, each... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20080263513 - Event firing node for asynchronously passing events from a graphical data flow program to a statechart: A system and method for creating a graphical program operable to asynchronously pass one or more trigger events to a statechart. The graphical program may include a first node which is operable to asynchronously send one or more trigger events to a statechart. For example, in some embodiments the first... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263514 - Model-based view parts and reusable data source configurations: Further, a request for second data associated with a second object instantiation of the component to populate the second widget is received, the configuration is identified based on the second widget, the requested second data is received based on the data source, the data source interface, the input parameters, and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080263512 - Statechart development environment with embedded graphical data flow code editor: One embodiment of the invention comprises a system and method enabling a guard condition for a statechart to be defined using graphical data flow code. Another embodiment of the invention comprises a system and method enabling an action for a statechart to be defined using graphical data flow code. The... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263515 - Automatically generating a graphical data flow program from a statechart: A system and method for automatically generating a graphical data flow program from a statechart are disclosed. The statechart may be created in a graphical manner in response to user input, e.g., in response to the user arranging state icons on a display and creating interconnections representing transitions among the... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263517 - Efficiently developing encoded instructions by tracking multiple unverified instances of repetitive code segments: A development environment tracks code sections which have been copied and pasted into a code module from a source code section which has not been subjected to certain verifications. In one aspect, if an error in a copied section is later found during a verification process, the programmer is allowed... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080263516 - Statechart development environment with a plurality of user-selectable event modes: Various embodiments of a system and method enabling a user to create a statechart and select an event mode for the statechart are disclosed. The statechart may be created in a graphical manner in response to user input and displayed on a display. A graphical user interface enabling a user... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263518 - Software documentation manager: A computer-implementable method and system for managing software code documentation is disclosed. The method receives computer software code and documentation selected by a user and inserts one or more association keys in the selected code and one or more association keys in the selected documentation. The association keys are used... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080263519 - Dynamic configuration files: A dynamic nature is added to configuration files so that various types of dynamic functions can be performed within them. Variables are utilized within the configuration files. Thus, it is possible to have parameters specified in one configuration file and a formula to which the parameters will be applied in... Agent: (saul-rsw) Patent Docketing Clerk IBM Corporation (saul-rsw) C/o Saul Ewing LLP

20080263522 - Common debug adaptor: Software developers working on multi-language systems with various debug tools (BPEL, AE, Java, etc.) can use a common debug adaptor (CDA). The CDA implements a method of debugging in a multi-computer program language environment. The method includes registering various debug tools associated with different programming languages in the multi-computer program... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080263521 - Debugging a statechart using a graphical program: System and method for configuring wires in and/or debugging a statechart. The statechart may be created or displayed on a display and may include a plurality of state icons connected by wires. The state icons may represent states and the wires may represent transitions between the states. One or more... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263520 - Method for visually indicating preceding and succeeding source code lines that are executed in a graphical debugging environment: A method for visually displaying an indicator for preceding and succeeding source code lines being executed within a graphical debugging environment. The method includes displaying within a GUI source code lines for a segment of currently examined source code, displaying a visual indicator that is associated with a presently examined... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20080263523 - Method for testing engineering software: There is described a method for testing engineering software for at least one switching device, with the engineering software being installed on a computer with at least one interface, with a first interface being provided for communication between the engineering software and switching device. To significantly reduce the software development... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080263524 - Method and system for state machine translation: A state machine program is generated from a state machine. The state machine has states, transitions and events. A basic structure for the state machine program is generated. The basic structure has therein a structure that operates in non-final states. A statement is generated within the structure for detecting an... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080263525 - Method and system for detecting vulnerabilities in source code: A method and system of detecting vulnerabilities in source code. Source code is parsed into an intermediate representation. Models (e.g., in the form of lattices) are derived for the variables in the code and for the variables and/or expressions used in conjunction with routine calls. The models are then analyzed... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080263526 - Multilingual software testing tool: A software product testing system may include a knowledge base with a data set that includes multiple possible actions and, for each action, language-specific format rules for inputs and outputs associated with the action. The software product testing system may include a test case generator that selects a test case... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080263527 - Processor emulation using speculative forward translation: A method and apparatus for processor emulation using speculative forward translation are disclosed. A potential candidate for forward translation is identified from one or more portions of target system code. A priority for forward translation is assigned to the potential candidate. It is determined whether the potential candidate is a... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20080263528 - High-level language, architecture-independent probe program compiler: A high-level language, architecture-independent probe program compiler is disclosed. A base program is executable by one or processors, and has one or more breakpoints. A probe program is associated with each breakpoint and is also indirectly executable by the one or more processors. The probe program is independent of the... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080263529 - Method and apparatus for dynamic code optimization: A method and an apparatus that optimally compile a source code for a data transformation operation in response to a request from a run-time application are described. A current state of the run-time application is included in the request. The application executes a non-optimized library routine for the data transformation... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080263530 - Method and system for automated code conversion: A method and system for converting application code into optimized application code or into execution code suitable for execution on a computation engine with an architecture comprising at least a first and a second level of data memory units are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises obtaining application code,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080263531 - Automatic runtime control binding: Binding can automatically take place between controls and information sources at runtime. This minimizes an amount of code that is to be generated by a user and thus can lower errors from the code. In addition, some wizards that allow binding without code writing can become problematic since some information... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080263536 - Controlling a gui display for a plug-in: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for controlling a GUI display for a plug-in in an application supporting plug-ins. Embodiments include receiving, at run time, in the application from the plug-in a request to display a GUI object; responsive to the request, retrieving an XML representation of the... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080263532 - Data updating method and electric device using the same: A data updating method and an electric device using the same are provided. The data updating method is for updating a first software file set of a mobile device adapted to be electrically connected to the electric device. The electric device has an updating program code for performing the data... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080263533 - Implementation of patches by a processing unit: A method and a circuit of execution, by a processing unit, of at least one patch of at least one first program stored in a first non-reprogrammable non-volatile memory, the patch being stored in a second memory, and wherein: each current address of an instruction of the first program provided... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080263535 - Method and apparatus for dynamic application upgrade in cluster and grid systems for supporting service level agreements: Methods and systems are provided for conducting maintenance such as software upgrades in components and nodes within a computer network while maintaining the functionality of the computer network in accordance with prescribed performance parameters. A balance is achieved between the rate of performing a desired system upgrade and the necessary... Agent: George A. Willinghan, Iii August Law Group, LLC

20080263534 - Method, apparatus, and program product for autonomic patch deployment based on autonomic patch risk assessment and policies: An automatic patch deployment system is provided that deploys a patch according to an assessed risk and a policy. The policy may specify actions to be taken to deploy the patch for different categories of risk. The automatic patch deployment system receives a patch notification, an assessment of the risk,... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080263537 - Programming framework for closed systems: Mechanisms are disclosed that allow for platform abstraction of a computing platform using a programming framework. The programming framework allows application programs to interact with different platforms in an identical manner by abstracting the platform. The application uses identical instructions to the programming framework across different platforms, with the programming... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080263538 - Image forming apparatus, program updating system, and program updating program: In order to shorten the unusable time, the MFP can communicate with a server storing a plurality of kinds of update programs together with update information for each of a plurality of kinds of functions, and includes a flash memory to store an execution program, a function execution portion to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080263540 - Image forming apparatus, program updating system, and program updating program: To shorten the unusable time, the MFP can communicate with a server storing plural kinds of update programs together with update information including updated states of plural kinds of functions, and includes a flash memory to store an execution program, a function execution portion to execute the execution program and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080263539 - Software updating system, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium and program: It is made possible to update software appropriately. When additional software is installed, update management data for the additional software is generated. When the update management data for the additional software is attached to the additional software in advance, that data is used. If the update management data is not... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080263541 - Computer-readable recording medium for recovery of software: A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for effectively restoring a previous status of a storage device which stores information of basic software, application software and setting data therefor in a computerized numerical controller when replacing the storage device. The recording medium stores a software recovery program for requiring an... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080263542 - Software-firmware transfer system: A software and/or hardware transfer system is provided including: reading hidden computing device identification; reading computing device identification; and installing or uninstalling software only when the hidden computing device identification and the computing device identification from the computing device match or the hidden computing device identification is blank.... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20080263543 - On-demand active role-based software provisioning: Automated software provisioning based upon a set of role definitions for a user of a configurable device such as a computer or personal digital assistant. The present invention may be realized as an enhancement or extension to currently available software distribution tools which are used to distribute software to remote... Agent: Robert H. Frantz

20080263503 - System, method, and software for facilitating business object development testing: The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and software for developing or testing business objects. The method includes identifying at least one of a plurality of business objects in a development environment, parsing the identified business objects to determine various graphical views with at least one of the graphical views... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080263504 - Using code analysis for requirements management: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that allow project requirements to be associated with underlying code elements. A particular software project is analyzed to generate a list of code elements contained in the particular software project. Input is received from a user of a requirements management application to associate one... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080263505 - Automated management of software requirements verification: An exemplary system for electronically managing requirements for software development includes a projects module, a requirements module, a mapping module and a verification module. The projects module is configured to establish a software development project. The requirements module is configured to define requirements for the project based on requirements information... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080263507 - Action-based in-process software defect prediction software defect prediction techniques based on software development activities: An action-based in-process software defect prediction (ABDP) applies classifying records of a performed action to predict whether subsequent actions cause defects in a project. A performed action is previously defined herein as an operation performed based on tasks in Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) of the project. Rather than focusing on... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20080263506 - Analytical software design system: An analytical software design system arranged to receive informal system design specifications and to convert them into verified design specifications for use in creating source code and carrying out implementation testing of the source code is described. The system comprises a verified black box specification generator arranged to process the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080263510 - Apparatus and method for supporting model-driven development: In a model editing apparatus, a model transformation function transforms SM (source model) 0 into TM (target model) 0, and generates TDM (transformation dependency model) 0. Moreover, when an SM editor generates SM1 by updating SM0, the model transformation function transforms SM1 into TM1 and generates TDM1. When a TM... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20080263509 - Method and apparatus for application patterns and applications genearation: A method and apparatus for defining and creating generic context-related application patterns, and for defining and creating specific applications based on the application patterns. The method and apparatus include defining generic user interface preferably through interfacing specific environments, and content retrieval preferably through interfacing specific systems, such as enterprise systems.... Agent: Soroker-agmon Advocate And Patent Attorneys

20080263508 - Name-based identifiers of model elements: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to implementation of textual names as the actual identifiers of elements of models. A structured system provided for constructing the textual names so as to be unique in a specific context. In one embodiment, namespaces are added to a name as a mechanism for... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080263511 - System and method for software delivery: A computer system and method for software delivery that include articles of manufacture having two or more installed, functional software applications organized in a protoset, the protoset configured to enable creation of one or more subsets (also called reduced metasets) from the two or more installed, functional software applications, each... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20080263513 - Event firing node for asynchronously passing events from a graphical data flow program to a statechart: A system and method for creating a graphical program operable to asynchronously pass one or more trigger events to a statechart. The graphical program may include a first node which is operable to asynchronously send one or more trigger events to a statechart. For example, in some embodiments the first... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263514 - Model-based view parts and reusable data source configurations: Further, a request for second data associated with a second object instantiation of the component to populate the second widget is received, the configuration is identified based on the second widget, the requested second data is received based on the data source, the data source interface, the input parameters, and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080263512 - Statechart development environment with embedded graphical data flow code editor: One embodiment of the invention comprises a system and method enabling a guard condition for a statechart to be defined using graphical data flow code. Another embodiment of the invention comprises a system and method enabling an action for a statechart to be defined using graphical data flow code. The... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263515 - Automatically generating a graphical data flow program from a statechart: A system and method for automatically generating a graphical data flow program from a statechart are disclosed. The statechart may be created in a graphical manner in response to user input, e.g., in response to the user arranging state icons on a display and creating interconnections representing transitions among the... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263517 - Efficiently developing encoded instructions by tracking multiple unverified instances of repetitive code segments: A development environment tracks code sections which have been copied and pasted into a code module from a source code section which has not been subjected to certain verifications. In one aspect, if an error in a copied section is later found during a verification process, the programmer is allowed... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080263516 - Statechart development environment with a plurality of user-selectable event modes: Various embodiments of a system and method enabling a user to create a statechart and select an event mode for the statechart are disclosed. The statechart may be created in a graphical manner in response to user input and displayed on a display. A graphical user interface enabling a user... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263518 - Software documentation manager: A computer-implementable method and system for managing software code documentation is disclosed. The method receives computer software code and documentation selected by a user and inserts one or more association keys in the selected code and one or more association keys in the selected documentation. The association keys are used... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080263519 - Dynamic configuration files: A dynamic nature is added to configuration files so that various types of dynamic functions can be performed within them. Variables are utilized within the configuration files. Thus, it is possible to have parameters specified in one configuration file and a formula to which the parameters will be applied in... Agent: (saul-rsw) Patent Docketing Clerk IBM Corporation (saul-rsw) C/o Saul Ewing LLP

20080263522 - Common debug adaptor: Software developers working on multi-language systems with various debug tools (BPEL, AE, Java, etc.) can use a common debug adaptor (CDA). The CDA implements a method of debugging in a multi-computer program language environment. The method includes registering various debug tools associated with different programming languages in the multi-computer program... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080263521 - Debugging a statechart using a graphical program: System and method for configuring wires in and/or debugging a statechart. The statechart may be created or displayed on a display and may include a plurality of state icons connected by wires. The state icons may represent states and the wires may represent transitions between the states. One or more... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263520 - Method for visually indicating preceding and succeeding source code lines that are executed in a graphical debugging environment: A method for visually displaying an indicator for preceding and succeeding source code lines being executed within a graphical debugging environment. The method includes displaying within a GUI source code lines for a segment of currently examined source code, displaying a visual indicator that is associated with a presently examined... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20080263523 - Method for testing engineering software: There is described a method for testing engineering software for at least one switching device, with the engineering software being installed on a computer with at least one interface, with a first interface being provided for communication between the engineering software and switching device. To significantly reduce the software development... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080263524 - Method and system for state machine translation: A state machine program is generated from a state machine. The state machine has states, transitions and events. A basic structure for the state machine program is generated. The basic structure has therein a structure that operates in non-final states. A statement is generated within the structure for detecting an... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080263525 - Method and system for detecting vulnerabilities in source code: A method and system of detecting vulnerabilities in source code. Source code is parsed into an intermediate representation. Models (e.g., in the form of lattices) are derived for the variables in the code and for the variables and/or expressions used in conjunction with routine calls. The models are then analyzed... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080263526 - Multilingual software testing tool: A software product testing system may include a knowledge base with a data set that includes multiple possible actions and, for each action, language-specific format rules for inputs and outputs associated with the action. The software product testing system may include a test case generator that selects a test case... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080263527 - Processor emulation using speculative forward translation: A method and apparatus for processor emulation using speculative forward translation are disclosed. A potential candidate for forward translation is identified from one or more portions of target system code. A priority for forward translation is assigned to the potential candidate. It is determined whether the potential candidate is a... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20080263528 - High-level language, architecture-independent probe program compiler: A high-level language, architecture-independent probe program compiler is disclosed. A base program is executable by one or processors, and has one or more breakpoints. A probe program is associated with each breakpoint and is also indirectly executable by the one or more processors. The probe program is independent of the... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080263529 - Method and apparatus for dynamic code optimization: A method and an apparatus that optimally compile a source code for a data transformation operation in response to a request from a run-time application are described. A current state of the run-time application is included in the request. The application executes a non-optimized library routine for the data transformation... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080263530 - Method and system for automated code conversion: A method and system for converting application code into optimized application code or into execution code suitable for execution on a computation engine with an architecture comprising at least a first and a second level of data memory units are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises obtaining application code,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080263531 - Automatic runtime control binding: Binding can automatically take place between controls and information sources at runtime. This minimizes an amount of code that is to be generated by a user and thus can lower errors from the code. In addition, some wizards that allow binding without code writing can become problematic since some information... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080263536 - Controlling a gui display for a plug-in: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for controlling a GUI display for a plug-in in an application supporting plug-ins. Embodiments include receiving, at run time, in the application from the plug-in a request to display a GUI object; responsive to the request, retrieving an XML representation of the... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080263532 - Data updating method and electric device using the same: A data updating method and an electric device using the same are provided. The data updating method is for updating a first software file set of a mobile device adapted to be electrically connected to the electric device. The electric device has an updating program code for performing the data... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080263533 - Implementation of patches by a processing unit: A method and a circuit of execution, by a processing unit, of at least one patch of at least one first program stored in a first non-reprogrammable non-volatile memory, the patch being stored in a second memory, and wherein: each current address of an instruction of the first program provided... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080263535 - Method and apparatus for dynamic application upgrade in cluster and grid systems for supporting service level agreements: Methods and systems are provided for conducting maintenance such as software upgrades in components and nodes within a computer network while maintaining the functionality of the computer network in accordance with prescribed performance parameters. A balance is achieved between the rate of performing a desired system upgrade and the necessary... Agent: George A. Willinghan, Iii August Law Group, LLC

20080263534 - Method, apparatus, and program product for autonomic patch deployment based on autonomic patch risk assessment and policies: An automatic patch deployment system is provided that deploys a patch according to an assessed risk and a policy. The policy may specify actions to be taken to deploy the patch for different categories of risk. The automatic patch deployment system receives a patch notification, an assessment of the risk,... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080263537 - Programming framework for closed systems: Mechanisms are disclosed that allow for platform abstraction of a computing platform using a programming framework. The programming framework allows application programs to interact with different platforms in an identical manner by abstracting the platform. The application uses identical instructions to the programming framework across different platforms, with the programming... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080263538 - Image forming apparatus, program updating system, and program updating program: In order to shorten the unusable time, the MFP can communicate with a server storing a plurality of kinds of update programs together with update information for each of a plurality of kinds of functions, and includes a flash memory to store an execution program, a function execution portion to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080263540 - Image forming apparatus, program updating system, and program updating program: To shorten the unusable time, the MFP can communicate with a server storing plural kinds of update programs together with update information including updated states of plural kinds of functions, and includes a flash memory to store an execution program, a function execution portion to execute the execution program and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080263539 - Software updating system, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium and program: It is made possible to update software appropriately. When additional software is installed, update management data for the additional software is generated. When the update management data for the additional software is attached to the additional software in advance, that data is used. If the update management data is not... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080263541 - Computer-readable recording medium for recovery of software: A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for effectively restoring a previous status of a storage device which stores information of basic software, application software and setting data therefor in a computerized numerical controller when replacing the storage device. The recording medium stores a software recovery program for requiring an... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080263542 - Software-firmware transfer system: A software and/or hardware transfer system is provided including: reading hidden computing device identification; reading computing device identification; and installing or uninstalling software only when the hidden computing device identification and the computing device identification from the computing device match or the hidden computing device identification is blank.... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20080263543 - On-demand active role-based software provisioning: Automated software provisioning based upon a set of role definitions for a user of a configurable device such as a computer or personal digital assistant. The present invention may be realized as an enhancement or extension to currently available software distribution tools which are used to distribute software to remote... Agent: Robert H. Frantz

20080256508 - Hybrid spreadsheet/workflow design and execution environment: The present invention provides a user-friendly visual programming and modeling environment with a spreadsheet interface. The invention allows the creation of complex software applications and programs in real-time. A user with no programming skills can easily develop software programs. A hybrid workflow diagram and execution environment is created using a... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080256509 - Pattern-based programming system for automatic code generation: e

20080256510 - Method and system for generating automatically distributable clients of application servers: A process is disclosed for generating clients for distributed applications, in which a server part is implemented by an application server. These clients automatically locate and use the services carried out and offered over a network by a specific installation of an application server. The generated clients can thus be... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080256511 - Hardware programming and layout design: The invention relates to programming hardware for useful data processing also used in the form of a suitable graphical editor. The inventive method consists in providing a plurality of modules (200), wherein each module can carry out at least one function for useful data processing, in defining the module connecting... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080256520 - Method for analyzing ffects of performance characteristics of an application based on complex configuration models: A method is provided for analyzing performance of a software application that is configured to contain a number of objects, wherein the application defines operations that include respective objects and relationships corresponding thereto. Performance costs are assigned to respective objects and to their corresponding relationships, and a total cost is... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080256521 - Apparatus and method for partitioning programs between a general purpose core and one or more accelerators: An apparatus and method for partitioning programs between a general purpose core and one or more accelerators are provided. With the apparatus and method, a compiler front end is provided for converting a program source code in a corresponding high level programming language into an intermediate code representation. This intermediate... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080256522 - Automobile controller, software generation method and software generation system thereof: Accordingly, the processing description part 180 can be layered in an easy to understand manner, and thus person-hours for software modification can be localized when hardware or the control method is modified. Furthermore, execution speed of applications can be increased and the necessary capacity of the storage device can be... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080256523 - Computerized data warehousing: A system and method for transforming data from a first format to a second format. A pre-existing set of software instructions may be used to transform the data from the first format to the second format. A user may document a set of format parameters for the first format of... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20080256524 - Method and system for improving memory access performance: The present invention relates to a computing system which includes a processor and a memory. It also includes a memory access optimizer which is arranged to affect memory access of a program during runtime execution of the software. The program includes a plurality of application elements, each comprising a text... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080256525 - Automated firmware restoration to a peer programmable hardware device: Provided are techniques for restoring firmware. A first programmable hardware device determines that a second programmable hardware device needs a valid firmware image, retrieves a copy of the valid firmware image from an external memory, and sends the valid firmware image to the second programmable hardware device via a private... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080256526 - Automated firmware restoration to a peer programmable hardware device: Provided are techniques for restoring firmware. A first programmable hardware device determines that a second programmable hardware device needs a valid firmware image, retrieves a copy of the valid firmware image from an external memory, and sends the valid firmware image to the second programmable hardware device via a private... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080256527 - Method of generating firmware update file, method and apparatus for updating firmware by using the firmware update file: Provided are a method of generating a firmware update file which restrictively allows a firmware update for a corresponding hardware model, and a method and apparatus for updating firmware using the firmware update file. By generating a data body including program codes of firmware to be updated, generating a data... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080250385 - Automating the deployment of applications: Techniques are provided for automatically building and deploying applications from a developers' workstation to an MFP. An integrated development environment (IDE) executes a script that causes (a) source code files to be compiled into executable code, (b) the executable code to be packaged into an application, and (c) the application... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080250386 - Display and management of a service candidate inventory: An apparatus, system, and method to facilitate the display and management of service candidates in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a user request for an inventory of service candidates in a SOA service model, and providing a user interface displaying the service candidate inventory.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080250387 - Client-agnostic workflows: The subject mater herein relates to computer software and client-server based applications and, more particularly, to client-agnostic workflows. Some embodiments include one or more client-agnostic workflow application interaction models and one or more device specific transformation services. Some such embodiments provide one or more of systems, methods, and software embodied... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080250388 - Pagelets in adaptive tags: A tag in first web application code can be interpreted to indicate a pagelet web application. Code from the pagelet web application can be inserted into a page of the first application.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080250389 - Systems, methods and apparatus for developing and maintaining evolving systems with software product lines: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which an evolutionary system is managed and viewed as a software product line. In some embodiments, the core architecture is a relatively unchanging part of the system, and each version of the system is viewed as a product from the product line. Each... Agent: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

20080250390 - Method for declarative semantic expression of user intent to enable goal-driven stream processing: A method for constructing a stream processing requests so that a stream processing application satisfying the stream processing request can be assembled, includes: inputting a stream processing request, wherein the stream processing request includes a goal that is represented by a graph pattern that semantically describes a desired stream processing... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080250391 - Communication terminal apparatus: A Java application is started, the started Java application instructs a Flash bridge section 16 to start a Flash file via an application managing section 15, and the Flash bridge section 16 transmits interaction information for causing the Flash file and the Java application to interact with each other while... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20080250392 - Content management system for computer software with dynamic traceability between code and design documents: A content management system (CMS) for computer software provides automatic notification and correlation of changes in a design document with corresponding code, and provides automatic notification and correlation of changes in the code with one or more corresponding design documents. Traceability rules are defined that correlate which portions of the... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20080250393 - Service assembly architecture: A multi-user communications service is configured by: setting up a choreography linking a plurality of user process control flows and a multi-user service configuration process; receiving via the choreography at the multi-user service configuration process requests from the plurality of user process control flows for access to the multi-user communications... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080250395 - Method for producing documentation: A method for automatically producing documentation for a project, in which at least one architecture description which describes an architecture of the project having individual architecture elements, and detailed descriptions of the architectural elements are integrated using a configuration management tool.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080250394 - Synchronizing external documentation with code development: Documentation is automatically updated in response to the source code being modified without requiring human intervention. Elements within the source code are marked such that when changes are made to the marked elements within the source code, the documentation is updated to reflect the changes. Therefore, the code may continue... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080250396 - Transforming locks in software loops: An improved system and computer programming product for acquisition and release of locks within a software program is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a lock within a loop is transformed by relocating acquisition and release instructions from within the loop to positions outside the loop. This may significantly decrease unnecessarily... Agent: Greg Goshorn, P.C.

20080250397 - System and method for implementing software breakpoints in an interpreter: A method for implementing software breakpoints in a software program to be executed by a interpreter, comprising the steps of executing a look-up, in a main loop of the interpreter, the look-up function searching a list of breakpoint addresses to determine whether a breakpoint instruction is to be executed at... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (ott)

20080250398 - Device, method, and computer program product for outputting storage location of verification-target character string: An assigning unit included in a device assigns an ID to a verification-target character string. A mapping file creating unit creates a mapping file in which the ID is associated with location data that indicates a location of the verification-target character string. In addition, an encoding unit included in the... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080250399 - Evaluation and selection of programming code: A system for evaluating and selecting programming code is described. A first evaluator measures a first characteristic of a number of input binaries. The evaluator computes a number of first figures of merit for the input binaries, respectively. A binary selector compares the first figures of merit, and selects one... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080250400 - Method for system call interception in user space: A method, and system for intercepting a system call performed by a process and for executing processing in relation with the intercepted system call from user space. The method comprises a first step for setting up, in the executing process, a signal handler performing processing in relation with an interception... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080250401 - Tiling across loop nests with possible recomputation: Described is a technology by which a series of loop nests corresponding to source code are detected by a compiler, with the series of loop nests tiled together, (thereby increasing the ratio of cache hits to misses in a multi-processor environment). The compiler transforms the series of loop nests into... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080250402 - Systems and methods for updating field replaceable units: Systems and methods for updating at least one field replaceable unit (FRU) are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment the method may comprise generating a virtual image of a FRU ID for each FRU to be updated. The method may also comprise storing the virtual image separate from the FRU ID.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080250403 - Method and apparatus for generating firmware update file and updating firmware by using the firmware update file: Provided is a method of limiting updating of firmware by distinguishing between model code that represents a group of hardware having firmware program codes are compatible with each other and model code that identifies each hardware belonging to the group. The method includes generating a data body having firmware program... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080250404 - Radio communication device and radio communication system comprising same: Radiocommunication device comprising a starter software module suitable to allow a simplified radio link of the radiocommunication device with a local radiocommunication network and allow a downloading, by this simplified radio link, of an update of a use software module that is contained in the radiocommunication device and that is... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080250405 - Parallel installation: Installation of multiple servers with interdependencies is done in parallel steps, with each server advancing in sequence with other servers. When a second server is dependent on a first server during the installation process, the first server may finish a task and send a message to the second server to... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244505 - System and method for programming: The present invention provides an open system and method for collaborative development of object oriented computer applications. The system includes a Logic Builder website connected to the internet that stores programming logic and a plurality of classes. The Logic Builder website can be used to search object websites connected to... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20080244506 - System and method of designing instruction extensions to supplement an existing processor instruction set architecture: An automated processor design tool uses a description of customized processor instruction set extensions in a standardized language to develop a configurable definition of a target instruction set, a Hardware Description Language description of circuitry necessary to implement the instruction set, and development tools such as a compiler, assembler, debugger... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080244508 - Apparatus and method for generating spreadsheet function source code for use in a source code application: A computer-implemented method includes designating selected spreadsheet cells within a spreadsheet document. Spreadsheet function source code characterizing the functionality associated with the selected spreadsheet cells is generated. The spreadsheet function source code is incorporated into a source code application.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080244507 - Homogeneous programming for heterogeneous multiprocessor systems: Systems and methods establish communication and control between various heterogeneous processors in a computing system so that an operating system can run an application across multiple heterogeneous processors. With a single set of development tools, software developers can create applications that will flexibly run on one CPU or on combinations... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080244509 - Method and apparatus for application enabling of websites: A novel method of application enabling of a web page at least includes: a) via a World Wide Web browser, connecting to a website targeted for application enabling; b) generating browser-compliant end-user code for the rendering of a web page on an end-user device; c) rendering a web page associated... Agent: Gregory P. Gadson, Esq.

20080244510 - Visual creation of object/relational constructs: Visual controls such as drag and drop are utilized to create object-oriented constructs from corresponding relational constructs, for instance. Similarly, an object-relational map can be generated between the relational constructs and the created object-oriented constructs to facilitate interaction across disparate programmatic models.... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080244511 - Developing a writing system analyzer using syntax-directed translation: A method for developing a writing system analyzer. In one implementation, a writing system may be represented in syntax-directed translation. The syntax-directed translation representation of the writing system may be compiled to generate a writing system analyzer. In one implementation, the writing system may be represented in syntax-directed translation by... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244512 - Code optimization based on loop structures: Instructions that have no dependence constraint between them and other instructions in a loop of a critical section may be moved out of the critical section so that the size of the critical section may be reduced. A flow graph of a program including the critical section may be generated,... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080244513 - Method of operating a data processing system: A method of operating a data processing system comprises running a source code editor, displaying source code in a graphical interface of the source code editor, and displaying a summary box, the summary box comprising a list of one or more aspects affecting the source code. The system is configured... Agent: Patent Ingenuity, PC

20080244515 - Program-generating device and method, program for implementing the program-generating method, and storage medium: A program generating device configured to be capable of reducing an operation burden on the user who has conventionally been required to extract portions to be changed from a script. A script acquiring section acquires script information for execution of a predetermined process. An attribute information-acquiring section acquires attribute information... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080244514 - Scriptable object model for network based services: A scripting model may include links to web based services by including an interface associated with each web based service. The interface may perform various functions used to exchange information with a web based service, such as discovery, addressing, connection, configuration, authentication, and other functions. The web based service may... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244516 - Variable capture in object oriented languages: Systems and methods facilitate variable capture with respect to closures in object oriented programming languages. In particular, multiple copies of closure variables are generated such that lifetime of variables is defined by variable scope. However, if a previous version of a variable exists, a newly created variable is initialized with... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080244517 - Horizontal and vertical filtering of multi-domain business application models: This disclosure relates to methods, systems, and software for horizontal and vertical filtering of business application models. Such software may identify a first modeling domain and a second modeling domain for a business application. The software can then apply a filter to at least the first modeling domain to determine... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080244519 - Identifying, correcting and displaying application website and device compatibility issues: A method of identifying, correcting and displaying application website and device compatibility issues is disclosed. An agent framework is started that host compatibility agents. The compatibility agents are used to analyze an operating system user such as a device, an application or an update. The results of the compatibility agents... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20080244518 - Telecom business-oriented taxonomy for reusable services: A method, system, and computer program product for a management and development framework of shared business service assets within a common services oriented architecture strategy are provided. The framework comprises a multi-dimensional business oriented taxonomy that is aligned with organizational business services requiring software support. The framework affords advantageous placement... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080244520 - Device and method for automatically configuring software: An automatic program configuring apparatus capable of facilitating maintenance management of a storage device even when software components stored therein increase in number is disclosed. The apparatus includes a database unit storing software configuration information and software components corresponding to individual items of software component arrangement information which are organized... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080244521 - Product allocation interface: A computer-implemented framework and method for maintaining product allocation data objects comprising a plurality of product allocation data objects, a plurality of software modules, an interface for the software modules, and a plurality of computer-applications, wherein the product allocation data objects are representative of product allocations for several participants within... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080244522 - Apparatus and method for identifying contextual changes in source code: An apparatus for identifying a contextual change to a source code file, in a development environment, the apparatus including: a detector component for detecting a modification to the source code file; a requester component for retrieving a previous version of the modified source code file; a parser component for parsing... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080244523 - Program test system: An improved automated software testing system provides the ability to generate and reuse test cases over multiple platforms. Keywords and natural language are used in test case creation, simplifying the process for non-technical business users. Business users can write test cases without scripts. Test cases can be generated even before... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20080244524 - Program test system: An improved automated software testing system provides the ability to generate and reuse test cases over multiple platforms. Keywords and natural language are used in test case creation, simplifying the process for non-technical business users. Business users can write test cases without scripts. Test cases can be generated even before... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20080244525 - Test automation using virtual machines: Techniques are described that perform software testing using virtual machines on dedicated or underutilized available computing devices. One or more virtual machines are identified as being sufficient to perform a test and availability of the one or more virtual machines is determined. The test is then executed on the one... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244528 - Auto-generation of provider functionality: Described are systems and methods for implementing auto-generation of provider functionality. An approach is discussed regarding exposing a management surface of an application by using a system of informational tagging on existing code in the application. The informational tagging can include a set of classification techniques using attribution.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080244526 - Dynamic learning in redesigning a composition of web services: Business processes are constructed and/or modified utilizing system knowledge including a folksonomy that stores information regarding a group of services usable by composition applications that collects system monitored services usage information and user inputs. In one aspect, candidate services are recommended and/or automatically updated/replaced, which can implement aspects of a... Agent: Stevens & Showalter, L.L.P.

20080244529 - Profile normalization in an autonomic software system: There is provided an autonomic software system and method for normalizing a profile collected for an executing application to account for one or more actions applied to the executing application after the profile was collected, comprising: predicting an impact of applying the one or more actions to the executing application... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080244527 - Tooling for implementing business processes using web services: Business processes are implemented using a collection component for storing system knowledge comprising usage history and user input relative to activities within community of users, where the system knowledge comprises at least a folksonomy. At least one of a user client component interacts with the data collection component to enable... Agent: Stevens & Showalter, L.L.P.

20080244530 - Controlling tracing within compiled code: Tracing within a processing environment is controlled. Trace directives are automatically included within code being compiled in order to control where one or more traces begin and end within the code. The trace directives provide a framework for mapping traces to well understood boundaries of the code.... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20080244531 - Method and system for generating a hierarchical tree representing stack traces: A system and method are provided to generate a hierarchical tree representing stack traces. In one embodiment, stack trace elements in a plurality of stack traces relating to profiling of an application executing at a first virtual machine are identified, the stack trace elements relating to profiling events being detected... Agent: Sap/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080244534 - System and method for troubleshooting software configuration problems using application tracing: A software system is disclosed which facilitates the process of tracing the execution paths of a program, called a client or application. Trace data corresponding to selected system resources that interact with the execution of the application is collected during the tracing operation and stored in an application signature. A... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080244533 - System for and method of capturing performance characteristics data from a computer system and modeling target system performance: A system for, method of and computer program product captures performance-characteristic data from the execution of a program and models system performance based on that data. Performance-characterization data based on easily captured reuse distance metrics is targeted, defined as the total number of memory references between two accesses to the... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski Market Square

20080244532 - Testing system, and a method and computer program for testing a system management program: A testing system for a reverse client-server system management program comprises a server connected to one or more recipient devices and emulating devices through one or more repeaters. The recipient devices act as targets for the management program and the emulating devices emulate one or more of the recipient devices,... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080244535 - Logging and replaying input/output events for a virtual machine: Methods for logging and replaying input/output (I/O) events for a virtual machine (VM). The I/O events may be asynchronous or synchronous. In particular, one embodiment is a computer-implemented method for logging input/output (I/O) events for a virtual machine, the method including: executing the virtual machine from a checkpoint; and logging... Agent: Vmware, Inc.

20080244536 - Evaluating static analysis results using code instrumentation: A computer-implemented method for evaluating software code includes receiving from a static analysis of the software code a warning indicating a respective location in the software code of a potential bug and a possible execution path leading to the potential bug. Responsively to the warning, instrumentation is added to the... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20080244537 - Method and system for customizing profiling sessions: A system and method are provided to customize profiling sessions. In one embodiment, a profiling session at a first virtual machine is initiated, the profiling session including tracking a profiling event occurring at threads, each thread having associated semantical information corresponding to a plurality of profiling entities. A request from... Agent: Sap/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080244538 - Multi-core processor virtualization based on dynamic binary translation: A processor virtualization abstracts the behavior of a processor instruction set architecture from an underlying micro-architecture implementation. It is capable of running any processor instruction set architecture compatible software on any micro-architecture implementation. A system wide dynamic binary translator translates source system programs to target programs and manages the execution... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080244539 - Enabling analysis of software source code: A source code clarification system is described. In various embodiments, the source code clarification system receives clarified source code and transforms the clarified source code into standard source code or object code that implements asynchronous components. The standard software source code can contain expressions for enabling asynchronous communications. The clarified... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080244541 - Code translator and method of automatically translating modeling language code to hardware language code: The present invention provides a method of automatically translating modeling language code to hardware language code and a code translator. The modeling language code is parsed to extract values associated with predetermined ones of a plurality of constructs to generate parsed modeling language code; and a transformation block is applied... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080244540 - Method and system for assembling information processing applications based on declarative semantic specifications: A method for assembling an information processing application, includes: inputting a plurality of component descriptions, wherein each of the component descriptions includes a graph pattern that semantically describes an applicability condition of a component and a graph pattern that semantically describes an inclusion effect of the component; inputting a processing... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080244542 - Soap service-oriented systems and methods: A service-oriented computer programming language is disclosed. The language includes keywords and operators that enable simple definition and invocation of SOAP services. In operation, a linkable data entity can be associated with one or more SOAP services dynamically, such that the SOAP services associated with the linkable data entity at... Agent: Zarian Midgley & Johnson PLLC

20080244543 - Pairing of spills for parallel registers: A system can include an analyzer module configured to analyze spill code generated by a register allocator to determine that register spill instructions can be paired, wherein paired register spill instructions relate to corresponding register locations in each of a first register set and a second register set and that... Agent: Ibm Austin Iplaw (dg)

20080244544 - Using hardware checkpoints to support software based speculation: Hardware checkpoints may be used to mark software-based speculation regions. An instruction may be provided at the beginning of a speculation region and at the end of the speculation region. If an exception occurs during the speculation region, a hardware rollback may be occurred. The hardware rollback rolls back to... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080244545 - Method for determining a close approximate benefit of reducing memory footprint of a java application: Changes in performance in a Java program are deduced from information related to garbage collection events of the program. Assumptions are made about the system, the application and garbage collection, and changes in performance that will result from modifying the program are deduced.... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080244547 - Method and system for integrating profiling and debugging: A system and method are provided to integrate profiling and debugging. In one embodiment, a profiling infrastructure is generated, the profiling infrastructure having profiling components capable of performing profiling sessions. An integrated infrastructure is generated by associating the profiling infrastructure with a debugging infrastructure, the debugging infrastructure having debugging components... Agent: Sap/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080244546 - Method and system for providing on-demand profiling infrastructure for profiling at virtual machines: A system and method are provided to employ a profiling infrastructure to perform profiling. In one embodiment, a communication between a first virtual machine at a server and a second virtual machine at a client is established, wherein the communication is established via a profiling infrastructure. An application at the... Agent: Sap/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080244548 - Profile normalization in an autonomic software system: There is provided an autonomic software system and method for normalizing a profile collected for an executing application to account for one or more actions applied to the executing application after the profile was collected, comprising: predicting an impact of applying the one or more actions to the executing application... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080244549 - Method and apparatus for exploiting thread-level parallelism: According to one example embodiment, there is disclosed herein uses partial recurrence relaxation for parallelizing DOACROSS loops on multi-core computer architectures. By one example definition, a DOACROSS may be a loop that allows successive iterations executing by overlapping; that is, all iterations must impose a partial execution order. According to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080244550 - Dynamic dll cycle resolution: Deterministically resolving cycles in a library tree is disclosed. Resolving cycles supports certain processes such as safe library initialization. Cycles in the library tree are identified; at least one soft link in each identified cycle is identified; and the at least one soft link in each identified cycle is broken.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080244551 - Parallel dll tree initialization: A parallel processing method and apparatus for initializing libraries is disclosed. Libraries for an application are identified, an initialization order for the libraries is determined, and the libraries are initialized in asynchronous stages. The initialization order is determined by forming a library tree of the libraries' references and determining a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080244554 - Method and system for updating digitally signed active content elements without losing attributes associated with an original signing user: A method and system for updating digitally signed active elements without losing attributes associated with an originally signing user. An updating entity determines the identity of an originally signing user from the original digital signature of an active content unit to be updated. Privileges associated with the original active content... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software David A. Dagg, Esq.

20080244553 - System and method for securely updating firmware devices by using a hypervisor: A system, method, and program product is provided that receives and processes a firmware update at a computer system. The computer system is executing a hypervisor and one or more guest operating systems, and the firmware update corresponds to a hardware device accessible by the computer system. The hardware device... Agent: Lenovo - Jvl C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20080244552 - Upgrading services associated with high availability systems: Service upgrade methods and systems for HA applications are described. System level and application level techniques for routing service requests before, during and after service upgrades are illustrated.... Agent: Ericsson Canada Inc. Patent Department

20080244555 - Bundling software updates: In one implementation, a method is provided for bundling software updates for an enterprise. According to the method, the software updates are received, stored in a database, and associated with the bundle. At one or more predetermined checkpoints, the method checks for additional software updates and, if additional software updates... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080244556 - Prevention of exploitation of update rollback: The exploitation of rolling back a system configuration to a previous system configuration is prevented by querying the update status of the system and comparing the received response with an expected response. If the comparison indicates that the update version of the system is older than the expected update version,... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080244558 - Content downloading in a radio communication network: A network element and method for transferring software content from a radio communication network to a network element includes associating a unique identifier for the element with the content. Content is first transferred to the element. Connectivity between the network and element is then verified. If connectivity is verified after... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080244557 - Knowledge management system and method for implementing management software using the same: A knowledge management system (KMS) and a method for implementing management software using the KMS are provided. In the present method, a network configuration module is used for obtaining a domain name of a network connecting the knowledge management system and network configuration data of a plurality of peripheral hosts... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080244559 - Acquisition and control system: An acquisition and control system for use with devices installed in an underground well, comprising: an installation designer, a data server including a database of device specific and installation-specific data; an application builder; and a control and acquisition system; wherein the installation designer comprises a system for defining a hardware... Agent: Victor H Segura Schlumberger Technology Corporation

20080244560 - Forms conversion and deployment system for mobile devices: A method and system for automatically converting forms generated using a desktop forms development tool to be compatible with mobile devices, for deploying the converted forms to the mobile devices, and for running converted forms on the mobile devices is provided. A forms system provides a conversion component, a deployment... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080244561 - Host bus adaptor driver and operating system installation method: A host bus adaptor driver for installing an operating system in an I/O device unit from a system device. The connection of a single path and a single disk unit to the destination of installation is guaranteed at the time of installing an operating system in the I/O device unit... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080244562 - Method of identifying and checking software installation requirements: The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for discovering and checking software installation requirements. In a preferred embodiment, the method begins by parsing and reading the installation requirements already stored in a text file. Once all the requirements have been checked and it is determined that... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080244564 - Bookmark and configuration file for installation sequence: A bookmark file is stored in persistent storage and is updated as various tasks are completed during an installation process. The bookmark file may be read when an installation process is started so that the installation process may continue from a point after the last successfully completed task, if the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244563 - Dynamic configuration environment for setup: A setup or installation operation is divided into discrete task components, each of which has a data input. The data input may be in the form of an information file that is populated by user input, discovery routines, or from predefined data. When an installation is successfully completed, the information... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244565 - Dynamic software installation and configuration: A setup workflow may be defined in a complex workflow manner that may have branching, error compensation, and relationships defined between a software product to be installed and previously installed or future products that may be installed. As a setup workflow operates, a remote device may be contacted for an... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244566 - Method for installing a printer driver on an end user's computer: s

20080244567 - Portable printer driver: In accordance with the devices, systems and methods described herein a portable printer driver may be automatically uploaded and installed by using a helper application when a portable drive or portable memory device is coupled to a host. The portable printer driver and helper application may be stored on the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP