| 6782528 |
Method and system for visual programming using a relational diagram |
| Aug-24-2004 |
Application software is visually programmed with a relational diagram that is structured in a left-to-right format. Parts/beans of a software application are placed onto the relational diagram to illustrate... |
| 6775579 |
Flowchart-based control system with active debugging objects |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A machine programming and control system includes a computer including a processor, memory, a display and a device associated with a process. A flowcharting module executed by the computer generates and... |
| 6772408 |
Event model using fixed-format text strings to express event actions |
| Aug-3-2004 |
The present invention relates to computer software for initiating actions in response to user input, e.g., on an Internet web page. More particularly, the invention provides an improved event model comprising... |
| 6763515 |
System and method for automatically generating a graphical program to perform an image processing algorithm |
| Jul-13-2004 |
System and method for automatically generating a graphical program to perform an image processing algorithm. A user may develop an image processing algorithm in an image prototyping environment. The image... |
| 6757888 |
Method and apparatus for manipulating data during automated data processing |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A number of items of data from a data source (12) can be processed and then deposited in at least one data destination (16, 17). The data can be image data, text data, numeric data or some other type of... |
| 6754900 |
System for providing web browser access to an operating system desktop |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A system, operable on a plurality of different computer operating systems, for providing web browser access to the operating system desktop having icons displayed on a screen thereof, wherein the desktop... |
| 6751787 |
Graphical programming language for representations of concurrent operations |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A simplified programming language is disclosed. The main flow of the program is enclosed in one or more frames. Concurrent operations and asynchronous events that may affect the main program code are attached... |
| 6748580 |
Method and apparatus for creating software tools using a JTML interface |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A user creates a software tool using a simple Java text markup language (JTML) interface. The user provides the JTML server with JTML pseudo code (code objects) which the JTML server recognizes, and performs... |
| 6738964 |
Graphical development system and method |
| May-18-2004 |
A graphical solutions development system using placement of blocks representing hardware/software functionality on a computer screen drawing and connecting the blocks by wires representing data and control... |
| 6708173 |
Method and apparatus for multiple application trace streams |
| Mar-16-2004 |
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an Internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to create multiple applications for accessing an existing proprietary data base management system. A dynamic... |
| 6701513 |
Program-development environment for use in generating application programs |
| Mar-2-2004 |
The present invention relates to a program-development environment that allows developers to seamlessly switch between a visual programming paradigm and a textual programming paradigm, thereby permitting... |
| 6694506 |
Object oriented programming system with objects for dynamically connecting functioning programming objects with objects for general purpose operations |
| Feb-17-2004 |
A computer controlled object oriented programming system for distributive program development over networks such as the internet with implement for interfacing a plurality of programming objects with each... |
| 6690981 |
System and method for encapsulating user interface code for a graphical program |
| Feb-10-2004 |
System and method for enabling user interface code to be encapsulated in a sub-program of a graphical program. A node referencing a user interface element of a graphical program may be connected to a node... |
| 6684385 |
Program object for use in generating application programs |
| Jan-27-2004 |
The present invention relates to a program-development environment that allows developers to seamlessly switch between a visual programming paradigm and a textual programming paradigm, thereby permitting... |
| 6678880 |
System for iteratively designing an object heterarchy in an object-oriented computing environment |
| Jan-13-2004 |
An object-oriented computing environment stores information relating to objects in a data file, and manipulates the information in the data file through a suitable user interface. The interface permits... |
| 6637022 |
Enhanced graphical development environment for controlling program flow |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A graphical development environment for developing the program flow of an application. The environment represents the program flow as an arrow between starting and end points. A developer can modify the... |
| 6618853 |
Program production system for semiconductor tester |
| Sep-9-2003 |
There is disclosed a program production system for a semiconductor tester which performs production of programs while various kinds of information are viewed on screens. A user sets an execution sequence... |
| 6606741 |
Method for visual programming with aid of animation |
| Aug-12-2003 |
A program making method comprises the steps of displaying figures representative of a plurality of objects, inputting a command train which includes a plurality of processing commands each designating... |
| 6603472 |
Visualization system including data navigator for use with digital computer system |
| Aug-5-2003 |
A data visualization arrangement for facilitating the display of data items comprising a selected region of an object in a selected one of a plurality of display modes. The arrangement comprises a data... |
| 6591152 |
Control system |
| Jul-8-2003 |
The program for a control system can be created in a relatively short time, and a program that has been used in the past can be re-used. A user without specialist knowledge can change the operation and... |
| 6574791 |
Component based designer for modifying and specializing wizards |
| Jun-3-2003 |
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... |
| 6564368 |
System and method for visual application development without programming |
| May-13-2003 |
A method and system for creating distributed applications without programming is disclosed. A Connection Editor interacts with an interface manager attached to each program in the visual development system.... |
| 6560660 |
Facilitating communications port sharing |
| May-6-2003 |
An application program is configured to communicate with a particular type of peripheral through a computer serial port. During times when no device is connected, the application program monitors the serial... |
| 6550057 |
Piecemeal retrieval in an information services patterns environment |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for providing a warning upon retrieval of objects that are incomplete. An object is provided with at least one missing attribute. Upon receipt of... |
| 6535883 |
System and method for creating validation rules used to confirm input data |
| Mar-18-2003 |
A graphical user interface is provided for creating a set of validation rules. A form is represented in a tree structure with nodes representing fields to be filled out in the form. Rules are added to... |
| 6526566 |
Graphical programming system and method including nodes for programmatically accessing data sources and targets |
| Feb-25-2003 |
A system and method for creating a graphical program which accesses data from/to one or more of a data source or a data target. The present invention greatly simplifies the task of creating or configuring... |
| 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... |
| 6453461 |
Method and apparatus for testing ASL plug and play code in an ACPI operating system |
| Sep-17-2002 |
In a first aspect, the invention is a method for interfacing a generic program with the ASL code in an ACPI system. The method comprises storing information from a generic program in a shared memory; accessing... |
| 6438742 |
Object-oriented system and method for visually generating software applications |
| Aug-20-2002 |
An object-oriented system and method for visually generating software applications. The object-oriented system for visually generating software applications includes a visual interface for defining and... |
| 6430556 |
System and method for providing a query object development environment |
| Aug-6-2002 |
A query object generator tool which generates interface definitions and code that implement a query object also generates a graphic user interface (GUI) for controlling the generator tool and plug-in objects,... |
| 6425121 |
Method and apparatus for resolving divergent paths in graphical programming environments |
| Jul-23-2002 |
The invention relates to a mechanism for detecting forks within data flow diagrams corresponding to application programs and for controlling the execution of such application programs. The flow diagram... |
| 6425120 |
Repeating program object for use with a graphical program-development system |
| Jul-23-2002 |
A program object is provided for use in developing application programs through a program-development environment. Using the program-development environment, a developer graphically specifies a flow diagram... |
| 6421822 |
Graphical user interface for developing test cases using a test object library |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, for generating a test code for an automatic procedure is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of presenting a visual representation of a library of executable... |
| 6421821 |
Flow chart-based programming method and system for object-oriented languages |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A visual programming aid for object-oriented programming provides high level visualization for domain experts of the entire object-oriented program to permit understanding of the program on a macro level... |
| 6408430 |
Interactive software testing system and method |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A method for visualizing and testing a sequence of a software code that includes instructions relating to assignment of variables, and decision branches. The method comprises the steps of generating a... |
| 6405366 |
Multi-layered software application interface architecture |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A multi-layered software architecture (90) comprises a software application layer (10), a predefined file filter interface layer (106) operable to perform basic file functions, and a data standard interface... |
| 6366280 |
Visualization system including data navigator for use with digital computer system |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A data visualization arrangement for facilitating the display of data items comprising a selected region of an object in a selected one of a plurality of display modes. The arrangement comprises a data... |
| 6330713 |
Program generation method |
| Dec-11-2001 |
A program is generated by combining program modules by displaying programs for guiding the combination of program modules and selecting one of the programs. Program modules stored in a memory are displayed... |
| 6324681 |
Automated development system for developing applications that interface with both distributed component object model (DCOM) and enterprise server environments |
| Nov-27-2001 |
An automated development system which allows developers to more easily incorporate functionality from enterprise-based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) services within an application running on a... |
| 6301703 |
Method for transforming state-based IVR applications into executable sequences of code |
| Oct-9-2001 |
Methods and apparatus transform a state-based application into an executable program. A script representing a state-table application is exported from a development environment for a state-based system.... |
| 6292933 |
Method and apparatus in a data processing system for systematically serializing complex data structures |
| Sep-18-2001 |
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for serialization data. A serializer receives a data element for serialization, wherein the data element includes a class name string. Responsive to receiving... |
| 6282699 |
Code node for a graphical programming system which invokes execution of textual code |
| Aug-28-2001 |
A system and method for creating a graphical program, wherein the graphical program is operable to invoke execution of textual code. The user selects a code node for inclusion in the graphical program,... |
| 6263486 |
Method and system for dynamic connections with intelligent default events and actions in an application development environment |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A plurality of object oriented parts are automatically interconnected on a computer system. A user selects at least two of the parts for interconnection. Default actions and events are automatically selected... |
| 6263339 |
Dynamic object visualization and code generation |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A computer operated apparatus for generating a visual information system is disclosed. A virtual world associated with an application is built using building blocks such as scenes, data sources, global... |
| 6256665 |
Method for emulation of terminal-resident GUI application |
| Jul-3-2001 |
A computer system and method for transmitting information in variable length information packets, each of which can be independently processed by the receiving computer irrespective of other packets, is... |
| 6252587 |
Method and apparatus in a data processing system for accessing data |
| Jun-26-2001 |
A method in a data processing system for reading data having a non-standard format. A graphical user interface is displayed, wherein a user interacts with the graphical user interface to enter the format... |
| 6246404 |
Automatically generating code for integrating context-sensitive help functions into a computer software application |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A computer software application includes multiple software components such as graphical control objects. A help editor receives context-sensitive help information associated with the graphical control... |
| 6243861 |
Object-oriented visual program development system for handling program entity including pre-processing function and post-processing sections |
| Jun-5-2001 |
A program development system which develops a program sequence by generating a diagram composed of a combination of icons, and which can apply an object-oriented scheme to the development of an application... |
| 6243858 |
Program construction assisting system |
| Jun-5-2001 |
In a business application program construction system, various basic processing modules constituting a business application program have been prepared beforehand. When an application program is actually... |
