| 7020660 |
Data object generator and method of use |
| Mar-28-2006 |
The present invention creates source code that can be used by an application program to manipulate a relational database management system. An executable procedure for use in accessing a database management... |
| 7017148 |
Apparatus and method for UPnP device code generation using XML |
| Mar-21-2006 |
An apparatus and method for UPnP device code generation using XML are described. The method includes receiving a UPnP device description document from a device developer. Once received, one or more service... |
| 6996809 |
Method and apparatus for providing instrumentation data to an instrumentation data source from within a managed code environment |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A method and apparatus for providing instrumentation data to an instrumentation data source from within a managed code environment is provided. A decoupled provider is provided that executes partially... |
| 6993745 |
Method and system for modeling a legacy computer system |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and system for modifying program applications of a legacy computer system to directly output data in XML format models the legacy computer system, maps the model to an XML schema and automatically... |
| 6990655 |
Apparatus and method of providing a pluggable user interface |
| Jan-24-2006 |
An apparatus and method for interfacing an existing system management software user interface with a new system management software utility are provided. The method and apparatus comprises a cross-referencing... |
| 6986123 |
Extensible on-demand property system |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A system and method for handling properties of objects is provided. More specifically, the system and method provide a dependency mechanism for expressing the relationship between the properties in a formal... |
| 6983449 |
System and method for configuring software for distribution |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A method for distributing software is provided. The method includes configuring a first software system of a software suite, such as by installing it on a processor. A first set of configuration data associated... |
| 6983447 |
Efficient method router that supports multiple simultaneous object versions |
| Jan-3-2006 |
OOP environments comprise composite data structures and internal mechanisms for manipulating those structures. The structures are used to allow a user to realize the power of OOP. Hence, the layout of... |
| 6981242 |
System and method for developing custom operator-specific software-applications |
| Dec-27-2005 |
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for customizing a software application interface. A method for modifying a software application contains the following steps: identifying the operator;... |
| 6938109 |
Method and system for updating software with smaller patch files |
| Aug-30-2005 |
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,... |
| 6931626 |
Method and apparatus for versioning statically bound files |
| Aug-16-2005 |
A method of storing version and product information of libraries used in the building of an executable file. For each library, a source file containing the version and product information is constructed,... |
| 6931381 |
Methods and apparatus for authenticating the download of information onto a smart card |
| Aug-16-2005 |
Systems and methods for producing a digitally-computed acknowledgment of a delegated download event are disclosed. An information owner, such as the issuer of a smart card, delegates an information download... |
| 6928637 |
Version control adapter interface to support integration of multiple vendors integrated development environments (IDEs) |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A method for integrating a version control tool into an integrated development environment includes receiving a version control command, creating an object using the integrated development environment,... |
| 6910204 |
Software development methodology including creation of focus areas and decomposition of same to create use cases |
| Jun-21-2005 |
A methodology for creating Unified Modeling Language (UML) use cases by decomposing a business process into one or more levels of focus areas. A top-level focus area defines the business process and a... |
| 6898764 |
Method, system and program product for determining differences between an existing graphical user interface (GUI) mapping file and a current GUI |
| May-24-2005 |
A method, system and program product for determining differences between an existing graphical user interface (GUI) mapping file and a current GUI is provided. Specifically, under the present invention,... |
| 6862581 |
Patch distribution system, method and computer program product |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for distributing software patches utilizing a network. Initially, information relating to at least one application program is collected from... |
| 6857121 |
Responsive system for digital signal processing and method for operation of a responsive system |
| Feb-15-2005 |
A responsive system for digital signal processing and a method for operation of the responsive system implement computer programs, which are dependent on a respective update status, in data processing... |
| 6782529 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product for editing in a translation verification test procedure |
| Aug-24-2004 |
According to one form of the invention, a display is generated for a target software program, including certain text, responsive to a user interface object. A user selection of a portion of the text for... |
| 6779173 |
Control system with an embedded microcomputer |
| Aug-17-2004 |
An improved control system with an embedded microcomputer is described which makes it possible to facilitate procedures for maintenance and modification of the specification and effectively use existing... |
| 6718546 |
Application management |
| Apr-6-2004 |
This invention relates to management of a computer application. In particular it relates to the optimization of an application which is written for more than one platform. There is disclosed apparatus,... |
| 6701517 |
Method for synchronizing JAVA with UML in a version configuration management system |
| Mar-2-2004 |
A computer-implemented method for synchronizing JAVA with UML in a computer system executing a repository program. The method comprises the steps of determining if a previous revision of JAVA source exist,... |
| 6694508 |
Method for synchronizing UML with JAVA in a version configuration management system |
| Feb-17-2004 |
A computer implemented-method for synchronizing JAVA in a UML in a computer system executing a repository program. The method comprises the steps of determining if a previous revision of UML representation... |
| 6684395 |
Multiple image dynamic bind and load procedure for a multi-processor |
| Jan-27-2004 |
A method and mechanism for executing an application by a processor in a multi-processor configuration of processors, each having an associated instruction memory is presented. The application receives... |
| 6681382 |
Method and system for using virtual labels in a software configuration management system |
| Jan-20-2004 |
The present invention provides a solution to the needs described in the present application through a system and method of using Virtual Labels in conjunction with an existing software configuration management... |
| 6678882 |
Collaborative model for software systems with synchronization submodel with merge feature, automatic conflict resolution and isolation of potential changes for reuse |
| Jan-13-2004 |
A collaboration model is provided for constructing evolutionary collaborative applications deployed in network environments, such as the World Wide Web, or wireless environments, which supports introduction... |
| 6665864 |
Method and apparatus for generating code for array range check and method and apparatus for versioning |
| Dec-16-2003 |
The present invention eliminates redundant array range checks. A two-phased check is performed, namely a wide range check is performed by combining a plurality of array range checks, and a strict range... |
| 6662186 |
System and method for a data propagation file format |
| Dec-9-2003 |
A system and method for propagating data from one file format to another file format analyzes the file format of saved data to determine whether the file can be opened by the requesting application program.... |
| 6658656 |
Method and apparatus for creating alternative versions of code segments and dynamically substituting execution of the alternative code versions |
| Dec-2-2003 |
Method and apparatus for creating alternative versions of code segments and dynamically substituting execution of the alternative code versions. Checkpoints in program code are identified by a compiler,... |
| 6637023 |
Method and system for updating read-only software modules |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A method and system are described for updating software modules bundled in a read-only device of a computer. According to the invention, when a software module is to be executed from the read-only device,... |
| 6572661 |
System and method for automated annotation of files |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A method and apparatus links descriptions with the thing that is described to allow them to be maintained separately but displayed with one another. The description contains a portion of the thing described... |
| 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... |
| 6553563 |
Development tool, method, and system for client server applications |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A software development method and system having a suite of graphical customization tools that enables developers to rapidly configure all aspects of the underlying application software, including the look-and-feel,... |
| 6519767 |
Compiler and method for automatically building version compatible object applications |
| Feb-11-2003 |
A compiler automatically builds a new version of an object server to be compatible with an existing version so that client applications built against the existing version are operable with the new version.... |
| 6496974 |
File update performing comparison and compression as single process |
| Dec-17-2002 |
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,... |
| 6477701 |
Version-adaptive serialization and deserialization of program objects in an object-oriented environment |
| Nov-5-2002 |
Known techniques for generating serial information to represent program objects (serialization) and to recreate program objects from the serial information (deserialization) often impose limitations on... |
| 6457170 |
Software system build method and apparatus that supports multiple users in a software development environment |
| Sep-24-2002 |
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... |
| 6449765 |
Varying web page link based on user and web page status |
| Sep-10-2002 |
A plurality of vendors include a prescribed hyperlink protocol in their web pages to be participating web pages. The protocol included is the same for everyone, although the function and appearance of... |
| 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... |
| 6385768 |
System and method for incorporating changes as a part of a software release |
| May-7-2002 |
Disclosed is a method in a computer system capable of executing a version control program, wherein the method operates within the version control program for incorporating changes to software releases.... |
| 6357038 |
Cross platform and cross operating system macros |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A macro for use by an application program is described. The macro is embedded in a macro file including at least two versions of executable configuration code corresponding to two different operating systems... |
| 6349405 |
Packet classification state machine |
| Feb-19-2002 |
A method of reprogramming classification data in a packet classification state machine without interrupting the operation of the state machine is disclosed. Data relating to a plurality of new nodes from... |
| 6349302 |
Document processing method and system, and computer-readable recording medium having document processing program recorded therein |
| Feb-19-2002 |
A computer-implemented method and system for processing a document such as a structured document in which information such as a term, name and belonging department is used as shared information and word... |
| 6321378 |
Automated code replication during application development |
| Nov-20-2001 |
An application development tool supports a "replicate" mode of operation which, when selected, automatically archives copies of any application source code modules being edited. Where the application source... |
| 6321372 |
Executable for requesting a linguistic service |
| Nov-20-2001 |
An executable for a new linguistic service is produced using preexisting source code for an ancestor service that is a less specified ancestor of the new linguistic service in a hierarchy. The preexisting... |
| 6317759 |
Method and apparatus for providing an applications development system for internet based applications |
| Nov-13-2001 |
A method and apparatus for providing an HTML applications development environment is disclosed. The applications development environment is used to develop large HTML based applications. The invention... |
| 6272678 |
Version and configuration management method and apparatus and computer readable recording medium for recording therein version and configuration management program |
| Aug-7-2001 |
A table of a manual for xx product (1st edition) includes component names, file names, version up mode and version numbers of a project. When the version up mode is a fixed mode, a version number in the... |
| 6226652 |
Method and system for automatically detecting collision and selecting updated versions of a set of files |
| May-1-2001 |
A list of various versions of file sets that need to be reconciled (collisions) are automatically loaded into a collision handler. The user works through the list, resolving differences by selecting one... |
| 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... |
| 6195796 |
User centric source control |
| Feb-27-2001 |
A user centric approach to program product distribution, including a complementary multi-vendor source control system (MVSCS) suitable for use to practice the user centric distribution approach is disclosed.... |
| 6182286 |
Dynamic versioning system for multiple users of multi-module software systems |
| Jan-30-2001 |
A dynamic versioning system for synchronizing different versions of modules among different versions of a complex multi-module software system, and maintaining a consistent view of a version of the complex... |
