Data processing: software development, installation, and management inventions

20090276752 - Method for communicating collaborative software development information: A method for communicating collaborative software development information including receiving a development of a software code via an integrated development environment (“IDE”) from one of a plurality of collaborative software developers, receiving information about the development of the software code via the IDE, storing the information on the storage device... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Lotus

20090276753 - Method and apparatus for simplified assembly of parametric information processing applications: A method for assembling parametric information processing applications, includes: receiving a composition request; composing a processing graph for the request, wherein the processing graph represents an application that includes at least one component; identifying a deployment parameter of the component and requesting a value of the parameter; receiving the parameter... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090276754 - Java virtual machine having integrated transaction management system: A computing system is provided via which a specification of user-defined business logic of a desired transaction processing application may be provided, and the computing system ensures that a resulting configured system is fully transactional. The specification of user-defined business logic is provided as JAVA program instructions (or another programming... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090276755 - Osgi dynamic bundle generation at runtime: A method of dynamically creating an OSGi bundle is provided, including determining a directory for creation of the OSGi bundle, a runtime environment, and an OSGi framework, determining a functionality and a data for the OSGi bundle based on the runtime environment and the OSGi framework, creating a JAR file... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090276756 - Method to apply persistence to selected attributes of static and dynamic operating system components: A process for managing customizations for components in a component tree includes for each customization associated with the parent of a component, matching the pathname of the component with the customization path. The process further includes associating the customization with the component, if the matching results in a partial match.... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090276757 - Systems and methods for inference and management of software code architectures: Systems, computer program products, and methods for extracting, evaluating, and updating the architecture of a software system are provided. In an embodiment, the method operates by defining the planned architecture for the system and extracting the implemented software code architecture from the source code of the system. The method compares... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090276758 - Static profitability control for speculative automatic parallelization: A compilation method and mechanism for parallelizing program code. A method for compilation includes analyzing source code and identifying candidate code for parallelization. Having identified one or more suitable candidates, the profitability of parallelizing the candidate code is determined. If the profitability determination meets a predetermined criteria, then the candidate... Agent: Mhkkg/sun

20090276759 - Testing internationalized software using test resource file and test font: An efficient testing method is provided for internationalized software executed in a plurality of language environments. The method includes mock-translating an externalized resource file written in a first language of the internationalized software by converting characters of the first language to characters of a second language based on a conversion... Agent: Ibm - Rsw Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20090276760 - Instrumentation of midp applications for one-device testing: A method for testing a MIDlet application with a test application includes a step of modifying the MIDlet application to form a modified MIDlet application which allows the test application to access one or more functions, variables, or classes from the MIDlet application. The MIDlet application is then bundled with... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Sun / Stk

20090276762 - Method for the computer-assisted optimization of the resource utilization of a program: In accordance with 37 C.F.R. §1.125, a substitute specification has been included in lieu of substitute paragraphs in connection with the present Preliminary Amendment. The substitute specification is submitted in clean form, attached hereto, and is accompanied by a marked-up version showing the changes made to the original specification. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090276761 - Weighted performance metrics for financial software: Embodiments of a computer system that determines a performance metric are described. During operation, the computer system determines the performance metric for tasks performed by financial software during a time interval. This performance metric is based on a weighted summation of contributions from the tasks, and a given weight associated... Agent: Pvf -- Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090276763 - Bounding resource consumption using abstract interpretation: Bounding resource consumption of code using abstract interpretation includes a static analysis to estimate a code's resource consumption in terms of units of resources utilized at any point during execution, expressed as a function of its scalar inputs. An instrumentation mechanism and an abstract interpretation mechanism are employed to compute... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090276764 - High-level hypermedia synthesis for adaptive web: A process for dynamically generating browser-ready code from a high-level code description of a web page written in a first predefined language having one or more adaptive features and from one or more constraints associated with a request for such browser-ready code.... Agent: Stikeman Elliott LLP

20090276765 - Compiler driven mechanism for registration and deregistration of memory pages: A method, system and article of manufacture are disclosed for registering and deregistering memory pages in a computer system. The method comprises the steps of hoisting register and deregister calls in a given routine where temporal locality is present to overlap computation and communication; using software pipelined registration and deregistration... Agent: Ibm Corp. (gig)

20090276766 - Runtime profitability control for speculative automatic parallelization: A compilation method and mechanism for parallelizing program code. A method for compilation includes analyzing source code and identifying candidate code for parallelization. The method includes parallelizing the candidate code, in response to determining said profitability meets a predetermined criteria; and generating object code corresponding to the source code. The... Agent: Mhkkg/sun

20090276767 - computer system and a method of deploying an application in a computer system: A computer system has a runtime environment (e.g. Java) and a deployment unit (e.g. in a Spring framework layer) arranged to deploy the application into the runtime environment. The application comprises bundles (e.g. OSGi bundles) with manifest metadata having export statements defining exported packages. The deployment unit comprises a receiver... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20090276768 - Software parameter management: A method and apparatus is disclosed for allowing the updating and overriding of software parameters used by one or more software programs. The parameters are preferably in cache. When the system needs any such parameter, it first checks cache, then a preferably remotely located database, and then, preferably a flat... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090276769 - Computer system and a method of deploying an application in a computer system: A computer system has a runtime environment (e.g. Java) and a deployment system (e.g. a Spring framework layer) arranged to deploy an application into the runtime environment. The application comprises bundles (e.g. OSGi bundles or JSR modules) each with manifest metadata defining dependencies for the respective bundle. A deployment management... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20090276771 - Globally distributed utility computing cloud: Various techniques are disclosed for use in computing networks such as, for example, on-demand, grid and/or utility computing networks. Examples of at least a portion of the techniques (and/or related features, aspects, and/or benefits) disclosed herein include: techniques for migrating virtual appliances from a first server grid to a second... Agent: Law Office Dean E Wolf

20090276770 - Systems, methods and computer program products for automating packaging and provisioning of j2ee web modules to eclipse-based rich clients: Systems, methods and computer program products for automating packaging and provisioning of J2EE Web Modules to Eclipse-based Rich Clients. Exemplary embodiments include a method including deploying an application to an application server being packaged as a plugin, publishing the application to a dynamic update site, connecting to the dynamic update... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Lotus

20090271760 - Method for application development: A process and method for application development that conforms with Rapid Application Development (RAD) requirements and Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Software Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) Level 3 requirements. An application development process that conforms with Rapid Application Development (RAD) requirements and Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Software Capability Maturity Model... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP

20090271761 - Generative programming system and method employing focused grammars: A system and method may employ, focused grammars to facilitate automated generation of computer programs. Such implementation of focused grammars enables a new form of symbolic regression referred to as generative programming or automated programming. The search through the space of possible programs may be guided by a streak search... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090271762 - Business software application system and method: A business software application system and method are provided.... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us )

20090271763 - Method for protecting user-managed memory using an exception: Techniques for providing safe user-managed memory are provided The techniques include performing memory allocation in constant time, performing memory de-allocation in constant time, performing memory access overhead for safety checking in constant time, and using the memory allocation, memory de-allocation and memory access overhead to protect at least one memory... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090271764 - System and method for managing computer environment setup requests: A system for managing requests for setting up computer test environments includes a setup request database storing the test environment setup requests and a request management module which provides a standardized user interface screen to submit the requests. If the request submitted by a user does not contain all of... Agent: Afs/ Visa

20090271765 - Consumer and producer specific semantics of shared object protocols: Determining how to perform operations specified in executable code. A method may include accessing a language context. The language context is related to a consumer location in executable code. The language context specifies an operation to be performed on one or more objects. The method includes sending a message requesting... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20090271767 - Method and an apparatus for evaluating a tool: A method is disclosed for evaluating a tool used in a system including steps of providing top-level-challenges to be met by the tool in at least one life cycle phase of the system to enhance a productivity of the given system. In at least one embodiment, each top-level-challenge can be... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090271766 - Methods, systems and computer program products for improving program performance by anti-refactoring: A method for developing a computer program product includes: evaluating one or more refactoring actions to determine a performance attribute; associating the performance attribute with a refactoring action used in computer code; and undoing the refactoring action of the computer code based on the performance attribute.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20090271768 - Discriminating program code updates after merging for live review: A method for dynamically discriminating a program code patch update after merging a patch file into unmodified source code for dynamic review. The method includes providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to enable a user to merge a source code patch file into an existing, pre-modified version of source code... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20090271769 - Detecting irregular performing code within computer programs: A computer-implemented method of finding portions of a computer program exhibiting irregular performance can include detecting an entry into a function of a computer program under test indicating a current execution of the function and, responsive to detecting an exit from the function, determining a count of a computing resource... Agent: Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC

20090271770 - Method, system, and computer program product for generating unit testing scripts: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for generating unit testing scripts. The method includes receiving programming code having a condition expressed therein, and transforming the code by wrapping the condition into a mock function. The mock function receives a Boolean argument as an input and provides a... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20090271771 - System and methods for distributed execution of computer executable programs utilizing asymmetric translation: Dynamic program translation is utilized to convert an executable program in a first language executable representation to a second language executable representation that is either optimal or essentially required for execution within a defined execution environment on a client computer system. A dynamic translator, typically executed on a first computer... Agent: Gerald B Rosenberg New Tech Law

20090271772 - Using hardware interrupts to drive dynamic binary code recompilation: A method, computer system, and computer program product for using one or more hardware interrupts to drive dynamic binary code recompilation. The execution of a plurality of instructions is monitored to detect a problematic instruction. In response to detecting the problematic instruction, a hardware interrupt is thrown to a dynamic... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090271773 - Method of and instruction set for executing operations on a device: A method for executing operations on a device includes executing one or more bytecode language instructions associated with a mobile agent. The mobile agent includes a state of a virtual machine and the bytecode language includes instructions such WARP, MESG, ESEL, ALERT, BROWSE, CAPS, SLEEP, and GPS,... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090271774 - System and method for the distribution of a program among cooperating processing elements: A Veil program analyzes the source code and/or data of an existing sequential target program and determines how best to distribute the target program and data among the processing elements of a multi-processing element computing system. The Veil program analyzes source code loops, data sizes and types to prepare a... Agent: Larson And Larson

20090271775 - Optimizing just-in-time compiling for a java application executing on a compute node: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for optimizing just-in-time (‘JIT’) compiling for a Java application executing on a compute node, the compute node having installed upon it a Java Virtual Machine (‘JVM’) capable of supporting the Java application, that include: identifying, by an application manager, a particular portion of the... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20090271776 - Dynamic management of operating system resources: A method for dynamically managing operating system resources of a computing device. Each of the operating system resources have one or more data elements. The method includes: at an observer module of the operating system, monitoring stability and/or usage of the one or more data elements of each of the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090271778 - Apparatus and methods for transport optimization for widget content delivery: Apparatus and methods for transport optimization for widget content delivery includes obtaining updated content corresponding to a mobile widget having a plurality of informational hierarchical depths, and obtaining user navigation pattern historical data corresponding to the mobile widget, wherein the user navigation pattern historical data corresponds to the plurality of... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090271777 - Method for distributing update modules for computer software over a network: A method for distributing update modules for computer software has been developed. The method includes requesting and receiving a list of updated software modules stored on a network server. The user then determines if each updated module is presently installed on the user's system. If the updated module is not... Agent: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

20090271779 - Updating a file using differences and file format therefor: A method for updating a local file and format for the local to be updated is described. An update file, which is a newer version of the local file, is accessible from a server over a network. A list of new hash values corresponding to data blocks of the update... Agent: Vmware, Inc.

20090271780 - Automatic complete firmware upgrade: A method for automatic firmware upgrade on a target embedded system connected to a TFTP server and a web console is disclosed. The method includes generating a single image from Linux kernel image and file system image and providing single image name as input to web console for firmware upgrade.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090271781 - Method, system, terminal and device management server for installing software components: A method, system, and apparatus for installing software components are provided. The method includes a terminal which receives a software component package delivered by a Device Management (DM) server directly or a download address of the component package and a command instructing to download delivered by the DM server, where... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090271782 - Mechanism for determining applicability of software packages for installation: Mechanism for determining applicability of a software package for installation is described herein. In one embodiment, a process is provided to retrieve authentication information of a component from an installation descriptor file, where the descriptor file describes installation information of the software package. The software package may include one or... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090271783 - Electronic device and user interface display method thereof: An electronic device and a user interface display method thereof are provided. The electronic device organizes a plurality of computer programs executable on the electronic device into a virtual book. Each page of the virtual book includes a user interface of one of the computer programs. The electronic device displays... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090265681 - Ranking and optimizing automated test scripts: Technologies are described herein for ranking and optimizing test scripts utilized in the automated testing of software products. A score is calculated for each test script from various metrics collected from executions of the test script. Metrics utilized in calculating the score for a test script may include those indicating... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090265682 - Method for transforming data from a model into a secondary model to optimize code generation: A method for generating code includes receiving an eclipse modeling framework (EMF) model representing data in a structure from a source code application, parsing data from an EMF model, transforming parsed data into a secondary model, the secondary model being configured for a destination data structure, and generating code through... Agent: Ibm Corporation (accsp) C/o Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090265683 - Methods and systems for supporting multiple deployment models of enterprise business applications: This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for supporting multiple deployment models for enterprise business applications. In one embodiment, the method may include designating pillars associated with an enterprise business application. Each pillar may include application units which comprise logical groupings for application units used in the enterprise business application.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20090265684 - Systems and methods for graphically developing rules for transforming models between description notations: Systems and methods are graphically developing rules for transforming models between different description notations. The transformation rules may be used to transform a model in a source description notation to a new model in a target description notation. In one embodiment, graphical constructs are provided including symbols in the source... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090265685 - Symbolic forward and reverse differentiation: The symbolic differentiation technique described herein uses operator overloading and two simple recursive procedures, both the forward and reverse forms of differentiation, to create purely symbolic derivatives. The symbolic derivative expressions can be translated into a program in an arbitrary source language, such as C# or C++, and this program... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090265686 - System and method for managing resources using a compositional programming model: A system and method for managing resources in a programming environment includes providing mutable entities including related data including triples, listening for changes in the related data, and triggering a first construct in accordance with the changes in the related data to update the mutable entities. Updates are propagated from... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20090265687 - System and method for updating initialization parameters for application software from within a software development environment: A computer implemented method for updating initialization parameters for application software from within a software development environment. The method involves changing a value of at least one initialization parameter contained in a configuration file of a developer computer system. The method also involves starting application software deployed on an application... Agent: Ibm - Patents C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090265688 - Circuits and methods for mobility of effectful program fragments: Methods for mobility of effectful program fragments including a method for serializing and deserializing effectful program fragments, and a method for utilizing a program fragment in a type-directed way.... Agent: Thompson & Knight, L.L.P. Patent Property Department

20090265689 - Generic validation test famework for graphical user interfaces: A scalable system and method is described that automatically identifies one or more generic tests for testing a GUI. A generic test case is written once instead of writing test cases for every single page or assembly. Each page has a corresponding page type. Each generic test is mapped to... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20090265690 - Method and system for validating a knowledge package: A method for validating a knowledge package involves generating the knowledge package, where the knowledge package includes guidelines for obtaining and installing software deliverables. The method further involves obtaining the software deliverables based on the guidelines in the knowledge package, performing a test installation of the software deliverables on a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20090265691 - Granular measurement of processor performance in executing sections of software code: Processor performance in executing a section of software code is measured. A clock associated with the section of software code. It is detected that the section of software code is beginning to be executed. In response, the clock associated with the section of software code is started. It is then... Agent: Sughrue Mion PLLC Uspto Customer No With Ibm/svl

20090265692 - Active property checking: An exemplary method includes providing software for testing; during execution of the software, performing a symbolic execution of the software to produce path constraints; injecting issue constraints into the software where each issue constraint comprises a coded formula; solving the constraints using a constraint solver; based at least in part... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090265695 - Method and apparatus for analyzing program execution path: An apparatus that analyzes execution paths of a target program includes a setting unit, a detecting unit, a determining unit, and a plurality of buffers. The setting unit stores a condition for determining whether or not to record events caused by execution of the target program. The detecting unit detects... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090265694 - Method and system for test failure analysis prioritization for software code testing in automated test execution: A method and system for software code testing for an automated test execution environment is provided. Testing involves importing test case information into a tooling environment based on code coverage and targeted testing, the test information including test name and code coverage data including classes and methods exercised by the... Agent: Ibm-acc-washington C/o Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20090265693 - Method and system for test run prioritization for software code testing in automated test execution: A method and system for software code testing for an automated test execution environment is provided. Testing involves importing test case information into a tooling environment based on code coverage and targeted testing, the test information including test name and code coverage data including classes and methods exercised by the... Agent: Ibm-acc-washington C/o Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20090265696 - Just-ahead-of-time compilation: Pre-compiling postdominating functions. Some embodiments may be practiced in a computing environment including a runtime compilation. For example one method includes acts for compiling functions. The method includes determining that a function of an application has been called. A control flow graph is used to determine one or more postdominance... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20090265697 - Methods, devices and software applications for facilitating a development of a computer program: A software development application determines whether routine name and version number parameters have been identified (33). If so, the application determines whether the specified version of the routine can be accessed (35). If the specified version cannot be accessed, the application locates a substitute version of the routine (37) and... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090265699 - Methods and systems for embedding upgrade steps for layered architectures: Techniques for upgrading software associated with layered architectures are described. Based on runtime and/or installation dependencies between the layers, upgrade operations are ordered and performed.... Agent: Ericsson Canada Inc. Patent Department

20090265698 - Stacked hardware abstraction layer methods for maintaining software/hardware backward compatibility: In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides methods for maintaining software/hardware backward compatibility across multiple versions in a modular and scalable manner. More specifically, the present invention provides, stacked hardware abstraction layer methods for maintaining software/hardware backward compatibility for networking equipment and the like.... Agent: Clements Bernard PLLC

20090265700 - Method and system for updating firmware of terminals in a broadcast system: A method and apparatus for updating firmware of terminals in a mobile broadcast system including a Broadcast Service Distribution/Adaptation fragment (BSDA) and a Broadcast service Subscription Management (BSM). The method includes requesting creation of a content fragment, by the BSM, by transmitting a firmware package file for a firmware update... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090265701 - Method and system for platform-agnostic software installation: A method for platform-agnostic software installation involves obtaining a knowledge package, where the knowledge package includes guidelines for obtaining and installing software deliverables. The method further involves obtaining a profile, where the profile includes platform-agnostic data indicating a desired system state. The method further involves distributing the knowledge package and... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20090265702 - Method of reinstalling a computer based on frequency of application utilization: A system and method for efficiently reinstalling computer software, which tracks frequency of utilization for each software application loaded onto the computer and reinstalls applications based on frequency of utilization, with the option to reinstall a computer operating system first or to reinstall computer applications along with libraries, so that... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090265703 - System and method for application portability: A data processing system having a processor and accessible memory, the data processing system executing a first operating system, the data processing system also having an application and virtualized application environment, the application and virtualized application environment capable of being packaged and moved to a second data processing system. There... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090265704 - Application management for reducing energy costs: Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing and executing applications in a clustered server system. In one embodiment, an application may be installed at an application server having the associated lowest energy cost of maintenance, thereby lowering the cost of operating the system. In... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20090265705 - System and method for developing and deploying computer applications over a network: A stateful method of processing an XML markup document within a distributed computing system, includes the steps of: receiving the XML markup document by the CRE, parsing and holding the XML document's state by the CRE, receiving XML commands by the CRE, performing operations comprised in the XML commands upon... Agent: Akc Patents