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Data processing: software development, installation, and management May archived by USPTO category 05/09

20090138843 - System and method for evaluating software sustainability: A system and method for evaluating software sustainability are provided. The illustrative embodiments provide code scanning tools for identifying authors of portions of a software product and various attributes about the development, maintenance, and improvement of portions of the software product over time. This information may be correlated with organizational... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090138844 - Decorated model architecture for efficient model-driven application development: A method for implementing a model-driven architecture, including defining a principal model having a plurality of classes, references, attributes, and associations between any of the classes, the model configured to facilitate the automatic generation of at least one resource for use by a computer-executable application, where a change to the... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090138845 - Logical structure design surface: Embodiments are provided for displaying components for visually designing logical structures or macros. In one embodiment, a logical surface component is displayed which may include a design surface. The design surface may be utilized to display data which make up one or more macros. The design surface may be selected... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20090138846 - Extended macro recording: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for extending macro recordings. A request is received to record a macro in a macro-enabled application using an original recording engine. The request is intercepted, and the macro is recorded using a separate recording engine than the original recording engine. To record the macro... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090138847 - Optimized code generation by eliminating unused virtual function: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the object code size of an application that requires run-time dispatching of object oriented methods. The method comprises scanning an object file corresponding to the application for references to object oriented methods in a dispatch table that performs run-time object oriented... Agent: Venable LLP

20090138848 - Computer readable recording medium on which program converting process program is recorded, program converting method, and program converting apparatus: A general-purpose rewriting process (patch process) is provided. In a program code, a command statement execution place and initialization of a character string variable of an argument of the command statement execution place are detected, and a range to be replaced is extracted on the basis of the detected place.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090138849 - Enhanced prompting in a visual editor: A method of providing enhanced prompts in a visual editing environment is described. In an embodiment, these prompts may assist a programmer by identifying a set of possible decomposition cases following a decomposition statement relating to a variable. These possible decomposition cases are determined based on the variable's type. These... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090138850 - Processing device for extracting immutable entity of program and processing method: An unclassified, an immutable entity, a mutable entity, and a neutral entity as kinds of classes are provided. Then all of the classes of a parsed object-oriented program are initially classified as unclassified, and the classifications are changed based on at least a field information and at least parent-child information.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090138851 - Automated defect classification: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to defect classification for software development and provide a method, system and computer program product for automated defect classification in a software development tool. In an embodiment of the invention, a defect classification method can be provided. The... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090138852 - Managing sets of entities: Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, that implement a description language and a parser for a description language. A method includes receiving input including a specification of base items, a specification of contexts, and a specification of a selected context from the contexts. The method further includes... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20090138854 - Software error detection method, software module, database and system: A method of detecting errors in a software program when executed by a computer, is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: providing a database comprising a collection of errors occurring in the software program, each error being associated with a location in the software program code triggering the occurrence... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090138853 - System and method for debugging: A method, computer program product, and computing device for initiating a first instance of an application to be debugged. A second instance of the application to be debugged is initiated. A common command is simultaneously executed on the first and second instances of the application to be debugged.... Agent: Holland & Knight

20090138855 - Test impact feedback system for software developers: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for facilitating a feedback process regarding the impact that changes to source code will have on tests. Changes contained in at least one source code file are analyzed in combination with code coverage information contained in a data store for a plurality of tests... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090138856 - System and method for software performance testing and determining a frustration index: A system and method for determining a frustration index for a software suite based upon the measurements of the software's performance. The frustration index communicates the overall state of a customer's performance-related user experience as defined by a set of testing criteria and specified testing scenarios. Actual test measurements of... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090138857 - Device, system, and method of testing computer programs: Device, system, and method of testing computer programs. For example, an apparatus for testing computer programs includes: a debugger to detect a breakpoint in a computer program, and to issue an event indicating one or more properties of the breakpoint; and an event processing engine to control the operation of... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090138858 - Data driven profiling for distributed applications: An exemplary method includes providing an application that includes client-side code and server-side code, instrumenting the client-side code and the server-side code to generate timestamps, distributing the instrumented client-side code and the instrumented server-side code and monitoring timestamps generated during execution of the application. In such a method, where timestamps... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090138860 - Program analysis method amd apparatus: A program analysis method includes: analyzing, for each program, correlation between plural property values of properties including a property concerning a cost and the accumulated number of failures; calculating a failure forecast value for each program, based on the analysis result and the plural property values of the properties including... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090138859 - Sampling based runtime optimizer for efficient debugging of applications: A method of reproducing runtime environment for debugging an application is disclosed. The method includes reading an optimizer file from a non-volatile storage medium. The optimizer file includes a runtime environment, application definition information, and a log. The log includes summaries of a plurality of events, the plurality of actions,... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090138861 - Trace log rule parsing: A method, system and computer program product for handling errors in trace logs is presented. In an exemplary manner, the method includes detecting, in an error log, an error line entry for an error that is associated with a software execution. The error line entry includes a variable component and... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090138862 - Program parallelization supporting apparatus and program parallelization supporting method: A program parallelization supporting apparatus determines a determinacy in at least one dependency relationship of a data dependency, a control dependency and a pointer dependency in a program, extracts a critical path in the program, and extracts a processing instruction which exists on the critical path and has a non-deterministic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090138863 - Method and apparatus for protecting .net programs: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for protecting .net programs, relating to software protection. The method mainly includes: selecting a binary code segment from a .net program; transforming the binary code segment, and removing it from the .net program; writing the binary code segment to a shell of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090138864 - Method and apparatus for automatic second-order predictive commoning: A method and apparatus for automatic second-order predictive commoning is provided by the present invention. During an analysis phase, the intermediate representation of a program code is analyzed to identify opportunities for second-order predictive commoning optimization. The analyzed information is used by the present invention for apply transformations to the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090138865 - Performing an operating system upgrade without multiple system interruptions: A method for upgrading an operating system (OS) on a computing system without system interruption begins by installing an upgraded OS. A boot pointer is set to point to a memory location that points to the upgraded OS. The computing system is booted into the upgraded OS, and the upgraded... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20090138866 - Upgrade process system and method: Firmware, software, or data of a target device may be upgraded by a head end system using one or more of a plurality of systems and methods adapted to upgrade the target device in a variety of different network topologies.... Agent: King And Spalding LLP (trilliant) Trilliant Customer Number

20090138867 - Method and configuration/software update server for transmitting data between a customer device and the server: A method configures, in a semi-automatic manner, a communication device, connected to a packet-switched network, especially Internet, for communication with another, especially remote, subscriber. For this purpose, configuration data are provided on a configuration/software update server and are retrieved by the user of the device according to the user-specific or... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090138868 - Techniques for providing software patches to a computer system: A technique for providing a software patch to an associated computer system includes receiving, at a wireless communication device, a communication. Next, it is determined, at the wireless communication device, whether the communication is associated with a software patch available for the associated computer system. When the communication is associated... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090138869 - Methods and apparatus for storing and transmitting historical configuration data associated with information technology assets: Methods and apparatus for storing and transmitting historical configuration data associated with information technology assets are disclosed. The system reads and stores a first version of data with a timestamp. The system then performs a local update by reading a second version of data with a timestamp, replacing the first... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090138870 - System and method for remotely securing software updates of computer systems: The subject application is directed to a system and method for providing a subscription service wherein a remote host enables the automatic receipt at a customer site of the most recent updates, patches, or fixes for services the customer site is running. The remote host uses a secured private port... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090138873 - Method and apparatus for loadable aircraft software parts distribution: A computer implemented method and apparatus for managing aircraft software parts. An aircraft software part management apparatus comprises a library, a receiving module, a proxy server, an onboard electronic distribution system on an aircraft, and a portable software maintenance tool. The library on the ground data processing system stores and... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090138872 - Method and apparatus for processing commands in an aircraft network: A method, apparatus, and program code for processing commands in a network. A process creates a set of commands for an aircraft. The commands are in queues in a library in the network. Responsive to an event, the stored set of commands is sent to a proxy server application executing... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090138875 - Method, program and system to update files in a computer system: Provided is a method, program and system to update files in a computer system. A patch is received for an installed program in a computer and message from a server over a network. Program files for the installed program are updated with contents of the patch. A determination is made... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20090138871 - Onboard electronic distribution system: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for transferring information with an aircraft. A connection is established between an onboard electronic distribution system executing in an aircraft data processing system in the aircraft and an on ground component. Responsive to a request for a command from the on... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090138874 - Software maintenance tool: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing aircraft software parts. A connection is established between a portable data processing system and a source through a ground network. Uplink commands are retrieved from the source through the established connection. Aircraft software parts corresponding to the uplink commands... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090138876 - Method and system for delivering application packages based on user demands: A method and a system are provided for delivering on-demand software packages. In one aspect, the method may include subscribing services of a service provider operating a server, the server including an operating system and several application packages installed therein, initiating a client terminal by performing a network booting process... Agent: Hsuan-yeh Chang

20090132993 - Mode-switched variable signal attributes in block diagrams: A programming element is provided that defines model attributes in response to mode change events in a graphical modeling environment. Such definition may involve any signal attribute such as dimensions, data types, complexity and sample times. Events that trigger definition of model attributes may be explicit signaling events generated by... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20090132995 - Automatic software production system: An automated software production system is provided, in which system requirements are captured, converted into a formal specification, and validated for correctness and completeness. In addition, a translator is provided to automatically generate a complete, robust software application based on the validated formal specification, including user-interface code and error handling... Agent: Ronald Craig Fish, A Law Corporation

20090132994 - Automation tool and method for generating test code: An automation tool for generating test code to test a UI is disclosed. In embodiments disclosed, the automation tool includes a recording function and a generator component. In illustrating embodiments, the recording function includes a processing component and a collector component for processing an input dialogue and collecting data associated... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132996 - Apparatus for control systems with objects that are associated with live data: Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states,... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090132997 - Techniques for constructing and using run-time java archives (jar) for java stored procedures (jsps): Techniques for constructing and using run-time JAVA Archive (JAR) files for JAVA Stored Procedures (JSPs) are provided. JSP methods referenced by an application via a plurality of different JAR files are extracted and packed into a single packed JAR file. When the application tries to execute a JSP, the attempt... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20090132998 - Debugging multi-execution environment applications: A framework is provided that allows for debugging of applications/systems that execute in multiple execution environments. Instead of using the native application programming interface to interact with an execution environment, an alternative implementation of at least some of the application programming interface of the native execution environment is employed to... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090132999 - Secure and fault-tolerant system and method for testing a software patch: Disclosed is a system and method for testing a software patch. An input is provided to a computer already patched with the software patch and a computer not yet patched with the software patch (i.e., an unpatched computer). A response to the input is generated by each computer. A comparator... Agent: At&t Corp.

20090133000 - System, program product, and methods to enable visual recording and editing of test automation scenarios for web application: Systems to provide automated testing of a markup software application, program product, and methods are provided. An example of a system can include a network, at least one computer including memory and a processor, and application testing program product stored in the memory of the at least one computer. The... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20090133001 - Method and system for assessing virtualization capability of a software application: A method for assessing virtualization capability of a software application involves monitoring execution of the software application to obtain performance data associated with the software application, analyzing the performance data to determine whether the software application satisfies virtualization requirements, and generating a virtualization score indicating virtualization capability of the software... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20090133002 - Method for benchmarking online business environments: A method to create web 2.0 index for an online business environment includes listing web 2.0 parameters, assigning a value based score to the listed web 2.0 parameters against each online business environment and computing the web 2.0 index for each online business environment. The method can create a benchmark... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090133003 - Command language for memory testing: A memory testing system for testing a plurality of memory locations in an electronic memory device is provided. The system includes a programmable memory device integrated into the electronic memory device capable of receiving and storing a compiled memory testing program. A processor is in communication with the programmable memory... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20090133004 - Generic framework for runtime interception and execution control of interpreted languages: A system and method for controlling execution of an interpreted language. Statements of the interpreted language to be executed by a script engine are intercepted by a protection module and control is passed to a script helper module that is associated with the script engine. The script helper module establishes... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20090133005 - Method for validation of binary code transformations: A method of validating binary code transformation in one aspect includes analyzing original program and transform program. Control flow graphs are generated for both programs. The two graphs are traversed to create respective linear invariant representations. The linear representations are compared to identify incorrect transformations.... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20090133006 - Semantic version control system for source code: A computer implemented method and computer usable program product for version control of source code. In one embodiment, a source code file is scanned for relationships between source code sections. A semantic graph with dependencies and metadata describing the source code sections is constructed. The dependencies indicate the relationships between... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090133007 - Compiler and tool chain: A compiler for a DRP inputs a source program, and outputs the final CPU code to operate in an information processing device having hierarchical memories of at least three hierarchies comprising addressable memories. The compiler outputs a code which transfers instructions or configurations to a processor of the information processing... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090133008 - Unwind information for optimized programs: Analyzing a first binary version of a program and unwind information associated with the first binary version of the program, performing optimization on the first binary version of the program to produce a second binary version of the program based at least in part on the results of the analysis,... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090133011 - Automatic updating method: An automatic updating method is applied to an electronic device storing an operating system. The operating system includes a first header. The electronic device is electrically connected to a memory device selectively. The automatic updating method includes the following steps. First, whether the electronic device is electrically connected to the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090133009 - Method and apparatus for downloading executable code in a non-disruptive manner: A method and apparatus for achieving a non-disruptive code load that includes assigning an endpoint to a non-disruptive code loading new process, loading the process into a memory location of a system and starting the process, wherein a previous process is instructed to forward all messages on its queue to... Agent: Wong Cabello Lutsch Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20090133010 - Virtualized blade flash with management module: The invention is directed to providing a virtualized blade flash with a management module in a blade server. A method of configuring a blade server according to an embodiment of the invention includes: providing a plurality of blades, wherein each blade comprising: a service processor; a chip set; an at... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090133012 - Apparatus and method for providing notification of software update: Notification of a software update is achieved by multiplexing or otherwise combining data concerning the update with a broadcast signal. The update data may be included in the CA field of a PSIP DTV transport stream.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090133013 - Creating virtual applications: Embodiments are provided to create a virtual application or suite of virtual applications. In an embodiment, a system is configured to create a virtual package which includes information that can be used in a hosted virtual application environment. The system can provide bits of a virtual package based in part... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20090133014 - Methods, apparatuses and computer program product for automatic download of software dependencies on installation: A device for automatically downloading an application package is provided. The application package that is downloaded contains a dependency manager, a configuration file and other application files. During installation of the application package the dependency manager is started automatically and is capable of reading data in the configuration file contained... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090133015 - Driver management apparatus and method therefor: A driver management apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a network entry message sent by unicast according to a search protocol for one-to-one connection from one of a plurality of devices connected to a network, a determination unit configured to determine a capacity to install a driver according... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090125872 - Extracting ontological information from software design data: A method, computer System and computer program product for generating ontological information from design data are disclosed. The design data has a plurality of classes, the classes having at least one association with another class. The design data is processed on the basis of rules to identify environmental artifacts. The... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20090125874 - Method and system for creating projects in a rational application developer workspace: System for automatically creating a current project in an application developer workspace. In response to reading a project file for the current project, it is automatically determined whether the current project has one or more dependent projects based on data contained within the project file. In response to determining that... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090125875 - Method for manufacturing a final product of a target software product: A method for manufacturing a Final Product of a Target Software Product based on a specification for the Final Product. The method includes setting-up a software manufacturing environment constructing the Final Product by implementing a Schematic on the Assembly Line, the Schematic designating how the Target Software Product is to... Agent: Robert L. Schmitter Objectbuilders, Inc.

20090125876 - Output from chnaged object on application: Human rules and heuristics may be applied in a logic determination to promote relevance of an output for testing due to a changed object on an application. The output comprises an indication of one or more objects from a plurality of available objects that are to be tested due to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090125873 - Using compiler commentary for configuring an integrated development environment: A technique is disclosed for correcting inconsistent language model parameters associated with a compiled computer readable project. One or more compiled units are analyzed to identify compiler commentary therein. Based on the debugging information, it is determined whether inconsistent language model parameters exist. If so, a user is allowed to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Sun / Stk

20090125877 - Extensible code visualization: A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing extensible code visualization are presented. Program code is received. A model is generated relating to the program code. The model is mapped to a user interface (UI) to produce a UI reflecting the program code. Changes made to the program code... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090125878 - System and method for generating modified source code based on change-models: A computer implemented method for automatically generating domain specific applications based on model driven changes of the source code base for existing applications. Abstracted declarative design change-models, separate from detailed implementation source coding, are used to define the possible set of changes for specific application domains. Generalized implementations of the... Agent: Lamorte & Associates P.C.

20090125879 - Apparatus, method and system for building software by composition: The present invention is related to the field of real-time software, and, more specifically, to an apparatus, method and system for building complex high-performance software by composition.... Agent: Leonard Tachner A Professional Law Corporation

20090125880 - Polymorphic software architecture: A polymorphic software architecture is provided by which the shape of the architecture is enabled to be dynamically changed by splitting and fusing various architectural components (which may also be called “elements”) responsively to the environment in which the software executes, without changing the application's code. The splitting and fusing... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090125881 - System and method for dynamically redefining class files in an application server environment: Disclosed herein is a system and method for dynamically redefining class files in a Java-based development environment. The existing development cycle in Java generally requires developers to edit, build, and deploy before they can test changes to the code. This process can be quite time consuming. There is a need... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090125882 - Method of implementing hyperobjects in a parallel processing software programming environment: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a runtime system for a multiple processing computing system, where multiple processing strands are implemented with hyperobjects. The hyperobject may be a reducer, a splitter, and the like, where the hyperobject may be considered a linguistic object that enables... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20090125883 - Node selection for executing a java application among a plurality of nodes: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for node selection for executing a Java application among a plurality of nodes connected together for data communications using a data communication network, the plurality of nodes also connected to a service node, that include: tracking, by the service node, loaded Java classes currently... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20090125885 - Method and system for whitelisting software components: A method and system for whitelisting software components is disclosed. In a first operating environment, runtime information may be collected about a first loaded and executing software component. The collected information may be communicated to a second software component operating in a second operating environment that is isolated from the... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090125884 - System and method for workflow-driven data storage: Programs, systems and methods are described for efficiently storing data as used under a workflow-driven model. A workflow process is defined to control the processing of data objects through different states, e.g., such as an insurance claim document passing through different stages of processing. The workflow process is modeled and... Agent: Canady & Lortz LLP- Ibm

20090125886 - Internal test and manipulation of an application: System(s) and method(s) facilitate testing and manipulating an application internally within a client-server configuration coordinated by a communicator object. A client test-object conveys a test to a server test-object through a remoting channel and over disparate processes, e.g., a test process and designer process. A service in an application developer... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090125887 - System and method for generating error traces for concurrency bugs: A system and method for program verification includes generating a product transaction graph for a concurrent program, which captures warnings for potential errors. The warnings are filtered to remove bogus warnings, by using constraints from synchronization primitives and invariants that are derived by performing one or more dataflow analysis methods... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20090125890 - Breakpoint management and reconciliation for embedded scripts in a business integration language specified program process: A method, system and apparatus for breakpoint management and reconciliation for business integration language specified programs. The system includes a business integration language development environment; debug tooling accessible through the environment; and, breakpoint management and reconciliation logic coupled to the debug tooling. The business integration language development environment includes a... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090125888 - Expression-level debugging without format changes: A debugging tool pauses or stops the execution of a computer program midway through the evaluation of a single line of source code that contains multiple expressions. A debugging tool pauses or stops the execution of a computer program after evaluating and executing one or more expressions within a particular... Agent: Bobby K. Truong Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20090125889 - System and program product for executing program to thereby test the program: In a system for carrying out a program to be tested, an interrupt generator is provided; this program includes a plurality of routines designed to be called and executed in a predetermined order. The interrupt generator generates an interrupt request every time one of the plurality of routines is called.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090125891 - Method and system for monitoring code change impact on software performance: Method and system for detection and notification of performance changes in program code. In one aspect, stored previous routine test results and current routine test results are accessed, indicating a previous and current time of execution of the program code, the current routine test performed later than the previous routine... Agent: Ibm St-svl Sawyer Law Group LLP

20090125892 - Computer software development system and method: A method of implementing a software system on a target-platform is disclosed. The method includes preparing a specification document including statements that collectively specify requirements of the software system. The requirement statements are expressed with language elements of a specification language, and the specification document has an associated source file.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090125893 - Method and apparatus for managing variable assignments in a program: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing variable assignments in a program. The process identifies a set of variable assignments that is live on a portion of paths to form a set of identified variable assignments. Each of the set of... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090125894 - Highly scalable parallel static single assignment for dynamic optimization on many core architectures: A method, system, and computer readable medium for converting a series of computer executable instructions in control flow graph form into an intermediate representation, of a type similar to Static Single Assignment (SSA), used in the compiler arts. The indeterminate representation may facilitate compilation optimizations such as constant propagation, sparse... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090125895 - Re-using legacy libraries in software: A method of using a computer program that accesses legacy program code can include distinguishing between non-legacy program code of the computer program and legacy program code of the computer program, separating the computer program into at least a first logical unit including non-legacy program code and at least a... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20090125896 - Configuring a software product: A method of configuring a software product comprises accessing a user model, the user model defining one or more user roles and one or more tasks, each task linked to a role, accessing a task to software function map, the map defining one or more software functions of the software... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20090125899 - Method for changing over from a first adaptive data processing version to a second adaptive data processing version: The invention relates to a method and to a system for changing over from a first adaptive data processing version (V1) on data processing means using at least one data model (dm) which is continuously adapted on the basis of data processing results to a second adaptive data processing version... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090125898 - System and apparatus for real-time dynamic modification of service-oriented systems using annotations to specify real-time system constraints: A system for modifying an existing standard-based system at runtime can include a computer having an annotation framework layer configured to execute in conjunction with the standard-based system. Responsive to a user request, the annotation framework layer can associate a constraint with a selected message type. The constraint can specify... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20090125897 - Systems and methods for updating device software: Methods and systems for updating device software are disclosed, including a method for updating an information handling system, the method comprising: rebooting the information handling system; loading operational software for operating the information handling system; applying one or more updates to the operational software to obtain updated operational software; and... Agent: Continental Automotive Systems Temic Automotive Of North America, Inc.

20090125900 - Systems and methods for updating device software: Methods and systems for updating device software are disclosed, including a method for updating an information handling system, the method comprising: receiving an update, wherein the update is identified with an update type selected from a predefined set of update types; determining a probability that the information handling system enters... Agent: Continental Automotive Systems Temic Automotive Of North America, Inc.

20090119636 - Instrumenting a compiled software routine for augmentation: A method for instrumenting a compiled software routine including a sequence of compiled software instructions. An embodiment of the invention includes a method for selecting one of the compiled software instructions as a point in the software routine for augmentation; and supplementing the selected instruction so that, in execution, an... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090119638 - Method and apparatus for providing project development environment and project development system: A method for providing project development environment for a developer, an apparatus for providing project development environment for a developer, and a project development system. The method determines an artifact which can be accessed by the developer and an artifact which cannot be accessed by the developer and is depended... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20090119637 - Method and system for selecting a software architecture for implementing service integration: A method and system for selecting a technology to implement a service integration. Functional and non-functional service requirements are received. Technology preference relative weights for a pre-defined set of technologies and requirement relative weights for the requirements are received. Responses are received. The responses are associated with the requirements and... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090119639 - System and article of manufacture for integration of data management operations into a workflow system: Techniques are provided for processing a workflow. A workflow including one or more data management activities is received. A workflow description is generated from the workflow that includes a description of the one or more data management activities. One or more data management operations are generated from the workflow description.... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20090119640 - Graphical application for building distributed applications: A graphical application development tool for developing parallel computation applications. The tool facilitates insertion of computational elements by a drag-and-drop operation onto a canvas area for creating a computational graph. The graphical application tool reduces the barriers to the development of parallel computation applications by entry-level developers, for example, by... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090119641 - Programming language extensions in structured queries: The insertion and processing of programming language code (e.g., C#) in SQL statements, and the dynamic compiling of the code to detect errors prior to statement execution. The SQL statement with arbitrary programming language code can then be executed concurrently as a query on a computer cluster. External libraries can... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090119642 - System and method of executing a dynamic program in a structured environment: In one embodiment the present invention includes a first virtual machine that executes a non-dynamic program, that implements a second virtual machine that executes a dynamic program. The dynamic program operates in the structured environment of the non-dynamic programming language via various allowed interaction pathways. In this manner, dynamic programs... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group, PC

20090119643 - Method, system and computer-usable medium for tracking and recording modifications to a software solution: A method, system and computer-usable medium for automatically tracking changes in an application such as, for example, a software solution. A particular definition can be created, which is indicative of an application artifact to be tracked during the development of the application, which includes the application artifact. The particular definition... Agent: Ibm Corporation, (olp) C/o Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20090119644 - Deriving component statistics for a stream enabled application: A technique for generating component usage statistics involves associating components with blocks of a stream-enabled application. When the streaming application is executed, block requests may be logged by Block ID in a log. The frequency of component use may be estimated by analyzing the block request log with the block... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090119645 - System for boundary trace with reproduction facility: Disclosed herein is a data processing system-implemented method, a data processing system, and an article of manufacture for investigating computer software. The data processing system-implemented method includes capturing tracing information at one or more boundary points of the computer software, and reproducing a behavior of the computer software at the... Agent: Sughrue Mion PLLC Uspto Customer No With Ibm/svl

20090119646 - Detection of a fault by long disturbance: A method for detecting faults by perturbations during execution of a computerized code in an electronic device. The computer code includes a sensitive process. The method includes a step of executing a redundant procedure of the sensitive process and a step of inserting a delay between the sensitive process and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090119647 - Device and method for inspecting software for vulnerabilities: Provided is a device and method for inspecting software for vulnerabilities which fuzzes the software by function. The device for inspecting software for vulnerabilities includes a target function selecting module for selecting a function of the software for vulnerabilities to be inspected, a comparison file generating module for generating a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090119648 - Apparatus and method for analyzing source code using memory operation evaluation and boolean satisfiability: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to identify a memory operation in target source code. A set of constraints associated with the memory operation are developed. The constraints are converted into a Boolean expression. The Boolean expression is processed with a Boolean satisfiability engine to determine whether the... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090119649 - Static analysis defect detection in the presence of virtual function calls: A computer-implemented error detection mechanism for detecting programming errors in a computer program. The computer-implemented error detection method described herein can make use of a Function Behaviour Knowledge Base (FBKB) to approximate how a virtual function changes state of the program execution for all methods that can be called at... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090119650 - Generating sequence diagrams using call trees: A software tool is provided to analyze static source code. Source Code files are selected to define the project work space. A class and a method in the class are selected from said selected source code files. The tool generates a Call Tree as an ordered recursive sequence of all... Agent: John A. Jordan, Esq.

20090119651 - System and method for directing recompilation of a class with a java static variable: A system and associated method for directing to recompile a class with a static variable of the class in a Java platform are disclosed. The class is defined with at least two implementations that are selectively compiled and executed a value of the static variable. The value of the static... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090119652 - Computer program functional partitioning system for heterogeneous multi-processing systems: The present invention provides for a system for computer program functional partitioning for heterogeneous multi-processing systems. At least one system parameter of a computer system comprising one or more disparate processing nodes is identified. Computer program code comprising a program to be run on the computer system is received. A... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090119653 - Instrumenting a compiled software routine for augmentation: A method for augmenting a compiled software routine in execution, the compiled software routine being instrumented to generate an event at an augmentation point defined therein, the method including receiving the event at a second software routine, the second software routine including software instructions for augmenting the compiled software routine.... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090119654 - Compiler for optimizing program: A compiler system and method for calculating a value to be assigned to a variable for optimizing a program. The apparatus includes a subrange analysis unit for analyzing, for an instruction to assign a value to a variable in the program, a range of the value being assignable to the... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20090119656 - Method and system for policy enabled programming: A system and method for allowing external execution-time adaptation of application behavior of an application in a telecommunication system without modification to the application code comprises an application having at least one break point and residing on an application server, at least one identifiable decision engine, and a listing of... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20090119655 - Upgrading software in radio base station nodes: A cluster-based, delegated software upgrade scheme facilitates software upgrade for radio base station nodes comprising a cluster of a flat radio access telecommunications network. The plural radio base stations are grouped into clusters (30), and a master radio base station (RBSM) designated for each cluster. The master radio base station... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090119657 - Methods and systems for software upgrades: Before delivery, a manufacturer records module information identifying hardware modules, and corresponding software modules, installed in a vehicle. The module information includes a part number and a unique identifier for each hardware module, and name and version identifier of software loaded for each hardware module. The manufacturer, or a telematics... Agent: Hughes Telematics, Inc.

20090119659 - Method of computer based data card software downloading and updating: The present invention relates to a method of computer based data card software downloading and updating, in which, the data card connects with computer via data communication interface and acts the power on initial process at same time, the data card downloads software kit from computer to RAM memory, and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090119658 - Systems and methods for downloading boot code associated with base stations: Systems and methods for maintaining base stations are provided. In this regard, a representative system, among others, includes at least one base station that is electrically coupled to a server. The base station includes memory and a first boot code that is stored in the memory. The first boot code... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090119660 - Micro installation process for software packaging and distribution: The present invention discloses a software program that includes a first set of one or more compressed files and an executable file. The executable file can include a second set of one or more compressed files. The software program can be a self-executing program stored in a machine readable medium.... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A. Ibm-rsw

20090119662 - Deployment and management framework: A system and method for deploying and managing software components to a plurality of network devices of an extended data communications network. In one embodiment of the invention, a client type defining software components required for at least one network device of the plurality of network devices may be determined.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090119661 - Method and system for providing a filter for a router: A method and system for providing a standardized set of filters for a router. A set of pre-written filters are provided in a file, and a program is run on a computer to identify one of these pre-written filters as a substitute for a filter that was specifically written for... Agent: Steven E. Bach, Attorney At Law