| 6757837 |
Method and apparatus for software failure diagnosis and repair |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A client/server system and method for providing a way of repairing software failures as they occur. This system enhances the software architecture of the client device is discussed by detecting a software... |
| 6754895 |
Method and system for automatic firmware updates in a portable hand-held device |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A method for automatically updating firmware of a hand-held device. To initiate the automatic update, a reset of the hand-held device is detected. Once a reset is detected, an update application is executed,... |
| 6754717 |
Establishing compatibility of messages for communicating between processing entities with continuous availability |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A plurality of processing entities of a computer processing system employ messages for communicating with each other, and are updatable to newer versions at each of the processing entities by an initialization... |
| 6751794 |
Intelligent patch checker |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A method to remotely update software for a plurality of client system is disclosed. A client system sends a request for an upgrade to a server system. The request includes a unique identification that... |
| 6738927 |
Target debugging application on digital signal processor validating link connection to host computer |
| May-18-2004 |
A register of a processor is set to one value when a host is connected to the processor and to a second value when no host is connected. The processor then starts execution after reading the register contents,... |
| 6728956 |
Data processor, program updating method and storage medium |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A data processor capable of preventing a system from starting up improperly due to incomplete program updating. The data processor receives, by way of an external interface, a program which is sent by... |
| 6725377 |
Method and system for updating anti-intrusion software |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A method and system for updating anti-intrusion software is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a computer program product updates anti-intrusion software on a computer network which has an anti-intrusion... |
| 6711737 |
Data processing system, data processing method, and program-providing medium therewith |
| Mar-23-2004 |
A data processing system includes at least one execution subject including at least one object, and at least one execution environment including at least one object for providing the execution subject... |
| 6708333 |
Method and system for reporting failures of a program module in a corporate environment |
| Mar-16-2004 |
A computer-implemented method and system for reporting failures in an application program module to a corporate file server. The failure may be a crash or a set-up failure. Once detected, the program failures... |
| 6698018 |
System and method of multiple-stage installation of a suite of applications |
| Feb-24-2004 |
A multiple stage installation system for the installation and setup of a suite of applications segregates and organizes the preparation, installation, clean up, optimization, etc. into functional groupings... |
| 6687901 |
Method and apparatus for updating software in radio terminal device |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A method for updating software in a radio terminal device of a mobile communication system, wherein a base station and radio terminal devices are connected mutually through radio communication channels,... |
| 6681392 |
Method and apparatus for remote peripheral software installation |
| Jan-20-2004 |
Method and apparatus for remote peripheral software installation. A software system running in a local computer system used by a system administrator can install drivers, network utilities, and other peripheral... |
| 6681390 |
Upgrade of a program |
| Jan-20-2004 |
A method and processor program product for performing an upgrade of a program on a processor are provided. An upgraded version of the program is received into the processor and a backup of the program... |
| 6678888 |
Method and system for software distribution |
| Jan-13-2004 |
A software distribution system includes a first management means is provided for controlling premise software. A second management means is provided to controls already installed software. A third management... |
| 6678887 |
Customizing business logic and data sources by modifying methods defined within an API |
| Jan-13-2004 |
A system that facilitates customizing a software package by modifying an implementation of a target method defined within an application programming interface (API) for the software package is presented.... |
| 6658660 |
System and method of automatically modifying source code for marshaling, unmarshaling and marking modified data objects |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A computer (100) and a method (200) are provided for automatically generating source code (132) readily operable in a fault-tolerant system or a distributed system, from source code (130) non-operable... |
| 6651249 |
Multi-tiered incremental software updating |
| Nov-18-2003 |
A software application (110) is updated to a newer version by means of incremental update patches (122). The incremental update patches (122) each contain that information necessary to transform one version... |
| 6643843 |
Methods and apparatus for optical communication update of program memory in embedded systems |
| Nov-4-2003 |
Systems and processes for updating the program memory of an embedded system are described. According to one aspect, a portable update device optically communicates with the embedded system and provides... |
| 6640334 |
Method and apparatus of remotely updating firmware of a communication device |
| Oct-28-2003 |
A method and apparatus for remotely updating firmware saved in a FLASH memory of a communication device connected to a network is presented. The FLASH memory is partitioned into at least a first and a... |
| 6574729 |
System for remotely identifying and providing information of unknown software on remote network node by comparing the unknown software with software audit file maintained on server |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A method and apparatus are disclosed for remotely identifying software and software versions using a maintained software audit file. The disclosed system management tool (SMT) identifies software installed... |
| 6567860 |
Method and apparatus for new device driver installation by an operating system |
| May-20-2003 |
A method and apparatus are disclosed for inputting new device driver information into a Personal Computer (PC) in an existing computer network so as to enable the Operating System (OS) to recognize the... |
| 6564370 |
Attribute signature schema and method of use in a directory service |
| May-13-2003 |
A directory schema for directory applications or platforms that store common attributes in a distributed directory. According to the schema, a given attribute is stored in a directory together with a signature... |
| 6526574 |
System for finding differences between two computer files and updating the computer files |
| Feb-25-2003 |
A computer file update or patch process involves building a Patch File. The existing or original file (the OLD file) and the revised file (the NEW file) are input into a Patch Build program. The differences... |
| 6505084 |
Programmable controller which operates by means of data management using network computers and method for operating a programmable controller |
| Jan-7-2003 |
A memory-programmable controller used, in particular, in a larger automation system and a method for operation of a memory-programmable controller (S1-Sn). The memory programmable controller (S1-Sn) is... |
| 6493871 |
Method and system for downloading updates for software installation |
| Dec-10-2002 |
A method and system for downloading software update data for installing a revised software product on a client computer minimizes the amount of update data to be transmitted over the network by downloading... |
| 6484310 |
Patterns for modeling computer component interactions |
| Nov-19-2002 |
A computer system and method including commands to permit interaction between a client and a component in a backend system. The command has an input object, for transformation by the backend system, and... |
| 6463584 |
State copying method for software update |
| Oct-8-2002 |
To provide an approach to software update with scaleable disturbance there is proposed a state copying method for a computation system with at least two logic partitions wherein a state of new software... |
| 6449764 |
File update by pre-initializing compressor/decompressor with other than decompression aid data |
| Sep-10-2002 |
Rather than comparing an old file with a new file to generate a set of patching instructions, and then compressing the patching instructions to generate a compact patch file for transmission to a user,... |
| 6449682 |
System and method for inserting one or more files onto mass storage |
| Sep-10-2002 |
The present invention relates to a system and method for inserting one or more files onto a mass storage device during a boot sequence. The method includes loading a content module containing at least... |
| 6438748 |
Apparatus and method for conversion of messages |
| Aug-20-2002 |
To achieve a highly efficient upgrade of software in computer based systems a message conversion apparatus (34) comprises an interface unit (36) for message conversion information (MCI) describing at least... |
| 6397385 |
Method and apparatus for in service software upgrade for expandable telecommunications system |
| May-28-2002 |
A method and apparatus is provided for upgrading software, or a portion thereof, on a continuously running system, while the system is operating. A base set of software is built which contains a reserved... |
| 6381741 |
Secure data downloading, recovery and upgrading |
| Apr-30-2002 |
The invention provides an improved method and system for secure down-loading, recovery, and upgrading of data. A client device receives information from a server device using a reliable software modules... |
| 6343377 |
System and method for rendering content received via the internet and world wide web via delegation of rendering processes |
| Jan-29-2002 |
A system and method for manifesting content received via the Internet by an automatic data processing system includes and involves a content retrieval module for retrieving content from the Internet. The... |
| 6330715 |
Method and apparatus for managing software in a network system |
| Dec-11-2001 |
A method and system for verifying and updating a software subsystem stored on a network system (NS) device is provided. A technique is provided, which verifies and corrects an altered or corrupt software... |
| 6330716 |
Apparatus and method for on-line replacement of a running script |
| Dec-11-2001 |
Apparatus and method are provided for accomplishing on-line replacement of a script running in a process. The apparatus and method utilize a script registry that keeps track of the most current script... |
| 6324693 |
Method of synchronizing independently distributed software and database schema |
| Nov-27-2001 |
Upgrading a software application from one or more upgrade package files in a server (1) to a client (21a, 21b, 21c). According to this method a copy of the upgrade package files and an upgrade database... |
| 6324692 |
Upgrade of a program |
| Nov-27-2001 |
A method and processor program product for performing an upgrade of a program on a processor are provided. An upgraded version of the program is received into the processor and a backup of the program... |
| 6314567 |
Apparatus and method for transferring state data when performing on-line replacement of a running program code and data |
| Nov-6-2001 |
Apparatus and method are provided for transferring state data between computer software programs within the same software process. The apparatus and method does not require a special operating system,... |
| 6314565 |
System and method for automated identification, retrieval, and installation of multimedia software components |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A method for updating software components on a user terminal connected to a network provides for the automatic identification, retrieval, and installation of a selection of software components based on... |
| 6298480 |
System for distributing computer programs |
| Oct-2-2001 |
In the system, computer programs are distributed by a host system (100) to a plurality target systems (200, 201, 202). The host system stores a plurality of different computer programs in a first storage... |
| 6286138 |
Technique for creating remotely updatable programs for use in a client/server environment |
| Sep-4-2001 |
A technique for creating client-server applications that permits the client component to be updated remotely, such as over a network or the like, and implementing the updating of a client portion of the... |
| 6279153 |
Multi-user flash ROM update |
| Aug-21-2001 |
A system in which a plurality of wireless interface devices, each containing one or more flash memory devices, are interfaced to a server which may be connected in either a wireless or wired LAN by way... |
| 6263497 |
Remote maintenance method and remote maintenance apparatus |
| Jul-17-2001 |
The transmitter transmits program information including machine type codes showing the version of hardware able to receive program data, version information indicating the version of software corresponding... |
| 6263499 |
Upgrading an application software to be used, by communication |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A communication device sends use status data representing a state of use thereof to an external communication device. Receiving the use status data, the external communication device sends the first-mentioned... |
| 6263487 |
Programmable controller |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A programmable controller suitable for use in a globally distributed automation network. In addition, a universal management engineering and information system for such a globally distributed automation... |
| 6233730 |
Revision compatibility between programs |
| May-15-2001 |
Program revision compatibility in an object-oriented environment is provided operating between a first and a second program. The first program has a parent object with an initial group of fields and an... |
| 6212557 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing upgrades in distributed network data processing systems |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A method and apparatus for upgrading the naming service of a distributed network data processing system uses controlled upgrades of replicated directories in clearinghouses on a node-by-node basis. |
| 6205581 |
Method for replace-block loading in a multiprocessor system |
| Mar-20-2001 |
The present invention relates a method for replace-block loading using a man machine command and for processing a replace block loading (RPL-LDNG-BLK) command using a processor loader execution in a BTS... |
| 6205579 |
Method for providing remote software technical support |
| Mar-20-2001 |
A method for upgrading software is described. According to the invention, in response to operation of the software on a first platform, a connection is established between the first platform and a remote... |
| 6167567 |
Technique for automatically updating software stored on a client computer in a networked client-server environment |
| Dec-26-2000 |
A technique for automatically updating software, including but not limited to application programs, residing on, e.g., a client computer. Specifically, an update script is stored on a network server for... |
