| 6519763 |
Time management and task completion and prediction software |
| Feb-11-2003 |
A computer software application in the form of a software management and task completion and prediction apparatus by which project completion can be ascertained and management of a project can be maintained... |
| 6513154 |
System and method for testing of computer programs in programming effort |
| Jan-28-2003 |
A system coordinates software development activities with planning documents (e.g. Gantt charts). Planning documents are created and/or edited to reflect the structure of underlying code by assigning module... |
| 6513152 |
Object oriented framework mechanism for customization of object oriented frameworks |
| Jan-28-2003 |
An object oriented framework mechanism for customization of object oriented frameworks provides an infrastructure that embodies the steps necessary to customize a selected object oriented framework (referred... |
| 6510550 |
Method and apparatus for providing intermittent connectivity support in a computer application |
| Jan-21-2003 |
A method and apparatus for providing an application with intermittent connectivity support is disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, an application development tool is configured for providing intermittent... |
| 6505343 |
Document/view application development architecture applied to ActiveX technology for web based application delivery |
| Jan-7-2003 |
A method for creating a large functional software component. The method includes the steps of building a large functional unit in a data/data presentation format and wrapping the large functional unit... |
| 6502234 |
Component based wizard for creating wizards |
| Dec-31-2002 |
The preferred embodiment of the present invention an object oriented wizard creation mechanism provides an environment and set of facilities for creating and modifying wizards. The preferred embodiment... |
| 6502233 |
Automated help system for reference information |
| Dec-31-2002 |
Automatic parameter help is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises an editor to provide for developing source code for a computer program, where the source code includes an identifier; and... |
| 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... |
| 6467078 |
Program development system, method for developing programs and storage medium storing programs for development of programs |
| Oct-15-2002 |
There is disclosed a program development system, a method for developing programs and a storage medium storing programs for development of programs by which the reduction in development periods of a program... |
| 6460175 |
Program product for modular, parallel, remote software installation with repeatable, externally-invocable steps |
| Oct-1-2002 |
A program product recorded on a computer readable medium in which the program product includes a method of performing a software operation on a target of one or more processors in a distributed processing... |
| 6438743 |
Method and apparatus for object cache registration and maintenance in a networked software development environment |
| Aug-20-2002 |
The present invention is a method and apparatus for building a software system in a networked software development environment, utilizing existing software version control and build tools such as RCS and... |
| 6405364 |
Building techniques in a development architecture framework |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A system is provided for building systems in a development architecture framework. The present invention is directed to both a system to be built and an implementation strategy to fulfill system requirements.... |
| 6389383 |
System and method for interfacing software and hardware |
| May-14-2002 |
A system (100) for interfacing hardware and software components in a simulation system is disclosed. The present invention includes at least one cell (110) having a model access and control hub (140) and... |
| 6381743 |
Method and system for generating a hierarchial document type definition for data interchange among software tools |
| Apr-30-2002 |
A method is disclosed for use in a software development framework having a repository and at least two software systems. The repository contains a meta-model and the software systems, which store instances... |
| 6314555 |
Software system generation |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A system for building collaborative software agents is provided with a set of editors for capturing data for installation in the individual agents. The collaborative software agents will normally form... |
| 6298476 |
Object oriented software build framework mechanism |
| Oct-2-2001 |
A framework for use with object-oriented programming systems provides a software build system that detects modules that make up a software product, examines each module to determine if it is up-to-date,... |
| 6295640 |
Method and apparatus for distinguishing reference values from non-reference values in a runtime environment |
| Sep-25-2001 |
A method and apparatus for distinguishing reference values from non-reference values in a runtime environment is described. A set of volatile registers and a set of non-volatile registers are statically... |
| 6223343 |
Computer system and method to track and control element changes throughout application development |
| Apr-24-2001 |
A revision management system includes an inventory group manager (IGM), a work group manager (WGM), and a version manager (VM). The IGM generates and manages one or more lists for each of one or more elements... |
| 6199193 |
Method and system for software development and software design evaluation server |
| Mar-6-2001 |
A software design evaluation server that facilitates end-user participation in a software development process so as to prevent any defects in functional specifications from remaining unsolved in the final... |
| 6195795 |
Apparatus and method for automatic software release notification |
| Feb-27-2001 |
An automatic software release notification system (10) is disclosed that provides for a build generator (12) adapted to conduct a software build procedure and automatically generate a build status. The... |
| 6182273 |
Groupware development assisting system |
| Jan-30-2001 |
The groupware development assisting system includes a format definition portion which defines a format of the electronic mail given or received among nodes, an object definition portion which defines the... |
| 6145119 |
Programming development environment for intranet and internet applications employing unique project data structure |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing a programming development environment that supports the development of Internet and Intranet applications. The present invention describes... |
| 6083282 |
Cross-project namespace compiler and method |
| Jul-4-2000 |
In compiling source code organized in projects, unqualified name references are bound to program objects by searching namespaces in ascending hierarchical order from a current program unit to a current... |
| 6058264 |
Extender smart guide for creating and modifying extenders |
| May-2-2000 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing a programming development environment that supports the development of Internet and Intranet applications. In particular, a database extender... |
| 6009267 |
Apparatus for analyzing the task specification (business rule specification) of a source program |
| Dec-28-1999 |
An apparatus for analyzing the task specification of a source program automatically extracts and outputs data necessary in rebuilding the source program, it reduces the workload of a human operator performing... |
| 5937189 |
Object oriented framework mechanism for determining configuration relations |
| Aug-10-1999 |
An object oriented framework mechanism provides a straightforward and convenient way to implement a system determining configuration relations for any type of system that needs to be configured. The configuration... |
| 5860005 |
Apparatus for supporting development of information processing system |
| Jan-12-1999 |
An apparatus for supporting development of information processing systems where a plurality of computers are incorporated. A project data entry unit provides functions for entering various information... |
| 5812849 |
Software redevelopment system |
| Sep-22-1998 |
A predetermined change to a software system having a large number of highly connected and interrelated executables and data files is accomplished using a redevelopment database which is generated from... |
| 5809304 |
Method of designing application-oriented program |
| Sep-15-1998 |
A program designing method which makes it possible to efficiently design an application-oriented program without errors irrespective of levels of technical skills of engineers. In this program designing... |
| 5794042 |
File management apparatus permitting access to portions of a file by specifying a data structure identifier and data elements |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A file management apparatus includes a file storage portion and a manipulation portion. The file storage portion stores a plurality of files therein. Each file includes one or more data structures. Each... |
| 5787283 |
Framework for manufacturing logistics decision support |
| Jul-28-1998 |
A tool including a framework suitable for manufacturing logistics decision support. The tool comprises means for providing an object-oriented technology framework, the framework comprising: means for defining... |
| 5787282 |
Control program designing support apparatus |
| Jul-28-1998 |
A control program designing support apparatus for searching, on the basis of searching data selected by selecting means, program parts for realizing the contents of the control for controlling each controlled... |
| 5761509 |
System and method for enabling before/after method processing in an object oriented system |
| Jun-2-1998 |
A system for creating before and after behavior upon invocation of a method in an object-oriented system. The framework provides metaclasses containing methods for dispatching a before method and an after... |
| 5671415 |
System and method for facilitating software development |
| Sep-23-1997 |
A system and method for automated development of robust, highly reliable, software code conforming to applicable shop and industry standards is provided. The system comprises a design template library,... |
| 5564053 |
Method for generating specific program systems and tools to facilitate in generating the specific program systems |
| Oct-8-1996 |
The present invention provides a method for generating specific program systems to perform administrative data processing on specially designated businesses with a superior efficiency and less problems... |
| 5535388 |
Apparatus for dynamically collecting and editing management information during a software development process |
| Jul-9-1996 |
A process managing apparatus in a computer system for supporting an information processing system development. This process managing apparatus comprises a combination defining information storing unit... |
| 5446895 |
Measurement analysis software system and method |
| Aug-29-1995 |
A measurement analysis software method and apparatus directed by computer hardware in which information is stored at the project level wherein a project comprises a collection of work tasks with a time... |