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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5826065 | Software architecture for stochastic simulation of non-homogeneous systems A stochastic simulation method and system are provided. The invention eliminates the need for the use of subroutine calls in a user-written simulation program, and of option flags to direct execution via decision trees, by allowing the user to configure t... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5794041 | C++ ojbect model alternatives Alternatives for laying out objects and/or virtual function tables (VFTs), sharing a virtual function table pointer with a direct, virtual base, eliminating the need for an early cast by increasing the number of virtual function table entries, and providi... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5758160 | Method and apparatus for building a software program using dependencies derived from software component interfaces A human oriented object programming system provides an interactive and dynamic process for the incremental building of computer programs which facilitates the development of complex computer programs such as operating systems and large applications with g... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5721926 | Correspondence-oriented state-transition-model-based programming systems It is an object of the present invention to provide a state-transition-model-based programming system where the program data structure is simple and compact. To achieve this object, one or more specifications comprising a program are entered from the inpu... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5668998 | Application framework of objects for the provision of DICOM services A application program interface is provided to a toolkit framework of service objects which enable rapid creation of application computer programs which implement the services and protocol of the Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) stand... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5640567 | Apparatus and method for software system management using second-order logic A software system manager to achieve second-order logical management of a software system model is described. The system relies upon a second-order logic system description that uses variable functors with specified import predicate arguments and export p... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5610828 | Graphical system for modelling a process and associated method A method for representing data types in a graphical program executed by a computer system. The method stores a plurality of executable function icons, scheduling function icons, and data types. A graphical program or data flow diagram is assembled in resp... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5586326 | Object base data processing apparatus An object base data processing apparatus executes a desired process by naming, as objects, single processing units and/or composite processing units which include single processing units and combines the objects. A parts attribute file stores the object p... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5572733 | Data processing system which executes composite objects by combining existing objects A data processing system for executing a process. Classes and composite classes are formed by combining methods. Instances are formed and correspond to the classes and composite classes. The real world is analyzed as an object model which includes a stati... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5572732 | Method and system for process expression and resolution including a general method of direct association A method and system for process expression and resolution including a general method of direct association is described. A first language structure including a named result reference which is a destination for a result string for a directly associated cor... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5572731 | Sequentially navigated object oriented computer system An object based computer system has viewers which may be directed around the object world of the system between semantic objects. The system includes a sequence object that has a path list specifying a path around a sequence of semantic objects of system.... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5560012 | Object-oriented data processing system An object-oriented data processing system includes a link setting unit for setting a link between a plurality of composite objects to provide a structure to a static model and a dynamic model such that the link includes: a strong link that causes an autom... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5485615 | System and method of interactively developing desired computer programs by using plurality of tools within a process described in graphical language The method and system of this invention assist a user in the achievement of a task according to a set of procedures such as those used in the design of software products. A functional description of the process of designing the software is instantiated by... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5485601 | Completely automated and self-generating software system A completely automated software, firmware, and/or hardware system capable of self-generation and auto-updating, designed to be independent of computer technology and to never become obsolete as computer technology changes. A system in which all the softwa... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5452453 | Rule based production system adapted for complex procedural flow In a production system in which a plurality of production rules are partitioned into a plurality of clusters for processing to effect cluster control, control expression elements, each describing an instruction for specifying a cluster to be invoked next ... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5414847 | Design method and apparatus of computer program for business processing A computer program for object business processing is efficiently developed in a work station independent of a host computer. A data flowchart editing unit, a system flowchart generation unit, and a program specification generation unit are provided in a d... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5390330 | Control system and method for direct execution of software application information models without code generation A model information control system ("MICS") is used in conjunction with a user-defined information model and one or more conventional information system program modules or "functions" to execute business applications. The MICS includes an event-action-sta... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5381548 | Apparatus for automatically generating programs Connection relationships among prepared program modules are stored so that the modules and the relationships form a network structure that is directed from an initial state through an end state, and a program is generated by determining a path on the netw... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5295222 | Computer-aided software engineering facility A computer-aided software engineering facility and method for creating computer source code and executable computer programs that are distributable across multiple hardware environments or platforms. An object oriented modeling system is linked with modul... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5212790 | Method of programming a task, having a plurality of processes, created by a plurality of different programmers, for operation by a computer In the present invention, a method of programming a task by different programmers for operation by computers is disclosed. The task is divided into a plurality of processes with each process being programmed by a different programmer. A plurality of uniqu... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5212771 | System for establishing concurrent high level and low level processes in a diagram window through process explosion and implosion subsystems A computer system for creating and manipulating subprocesses in a dynamic model of information management systems of organizations. The system enables a user to "explode" a process from a graphical representation, or diagram, into its corresponding subpro... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5210837 | Methods and apparatus for transforming machine language program control into high-level language constructs by manipulating graphical program representations A method for translating an initial program flow representation of a computer program into a modified program flow representation examines paths in the initial program flow representation, selects for replication nodes which have multiple predecessor node... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5146591 | Dynamic information management system utilizing entity-relationship information model in which the attribute is independent of an entity A computer system for dynamically modeling information systems of organizations. The system includes a plurality of editors which enable a user to interact with the system. Included in the system is an information modeler, an information flow modeler, and... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4833641 | System for numerical description of computer program logic Data processing for an improved description of the logical structure of a large computer programs supervises, implements and coordinates a collection of informational words numerically describing links between different individually numbered portions of t... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4583169 | Method for emulating a Boolean network system Switches, manually operable to produce a desired logic signal level, are user assigned to represent the various variable inputs to a Boolean network. Indicators are user assigned to represent the logic state of outputs from the network. Process logic is u... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4064394 | Electronic digital process controller having simulated analog control functions An electronic process controller comprises a digital computer programmed to digitally simulate the functions of each of a plurality of conventional analog and discrete control blocks and a process operator's panel for selecting and arranging these simulat... | 12/20/1977 |
