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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5822590 | dbX: a persistent programming language model The dbX persistent programming language model solves the problem of seamlessly providing an unfragmented, persistible, complex object heap space that extends beyond virtual memory to a program in a host programming language X. It does so without rewriting... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5794049 | Computer system and method for executing architecture specific code with reduced run-time memory space requirements A client computer system and associated method in a computer network over which is provided programs with methods in architecture neutral code. The client computer is capable of executing the programs with reduced run-time memory space requirements when t... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5787285 | Apparatus and method for optimizing applications for multiple operational environments or modes The present invention optimizes an executable software program containing a plurality of basic blocks for several different operational environments or modes by identifying the basic blocks which execute for each particular operational environment or mode... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5768590 | Program generating system for application-specific add-on boards using the language of individuals A program generating system which automatically rewrites a program using an individual's language upon addition of an application-specific add-on board has a program generating device for generating a program using an individual's language and a transform... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5768591 | Method of de-bugging host-processor software in a distributed processing system having a host processor and at least one object oriented processor Distributed processing systems having a host processor and at least one object oriented processor are disclosed. An object oriented processor according to the invention has a communications interface, an intelligent message handler, and a task-specific fu... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5740469 | Apparatus for dynamically reading/writing multiple object file formats through use of object code readers/writers interfacing with generalized object file format interface and applications programmers' interface An apparatus for allowing a single software Tool (136) to read and write multiple Object File Formats utilize dynamically configurable and loadable Object File Readers (131) and Writers (139). A separate Reader (131) and Writer (139) can be implemented fo... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5729601 | Electronic exchange apparatus having separated exchange unit and general-purpose control unit An electronic exchange apparatus where an exchange unit for controlling extension-line and trunk-line interface cards unique to the exchange apparatus is provided separately from a general-purpose central control unit. The exchange unit is connected to th... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5689710 | Protected mode C binding for PCMCIA card services interface A library of C functions to perform PCMCIA Card Services. A PCMCIA Card Services specification defines a set of functions which allow applications and device drivers to access PCMCIA Cards. The PCMCIA Card Services specification provides a register based ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5680586 | Method and system for storing and accessing user-defined attributes within a data processing system A method and system are disclosed for associating a file descriptor with a selected file within a data processing system that has multiple diverse operating systems, a number of diverse incompatible file systems, and a single file service which controls a... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5668946 | System for cable communication wherein interpretively coded data transmitted from headend selectively initiate loop free instruction sets stored in receiver-decoder to affect the behavior thereof A television cable system includes a headend and a decoder coupled by an in-band communication link and an out of band communication link. The headend controller includes conventional transmission systems for providing a plurality of program channels to t... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5623663 | Converting a windowing operating system messaging interface to application programming interfaces A message-driven application is converted to an Application Programming Interface-driven application while retaining the same functionality in a windowing graphical user interface that is inherently message-driven. At minimal application coding expense, a... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5586330 | Programmable computer with automatic translation between source and object code A method for manipulating a database of data and rules stored in a computer system where the computer operates in accordance with object-coded rules defined by a specified object code grammar. The computer including storage means for storing data and obje... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5584023 | Computer system including a transparent and secure file transform mechanism A computer system including a file transform mechanism, such as encryption, compression, encoding, translation and conversion, a file storage subsystem for storing a file composed of one or more blocks of data, a data storage subsystem for storing blocks ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5581759 | Apparatus and method for controlling a system process A process controlling method and apparatus which uses a flowchart language program and ladder programs with an intermediate register accessible using the same name by both the flowchart language program and the ladder programs. Each ladder program defines... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5561802 | Method for managing programs with attribute information and developing loaded programs Attribute information of programs developed by processors in a distributed processing system include I/O data for defining I/O operation of the programs, which is given in a program description form. A correlation of the programs is checked based on the c... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5560009 | Generating symbolic debug information by merging translation and compiler debug information The present invention comprises a computer-based system and method for generating meaningful symbolic debug information in translator-based software compilation systems. The present invention includes a translator, a compiler, a merger, and a debugger. Th... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5555419 | Correlation system A correlation system communicates with preprocessors and a debugger in a translation system to correlate symbols and code segments of an input user program with symbols and code segments of an output executable version of the program. The correlation syst... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5551036 | Method and system for generating operation specification object information A system for changing a natural language sentence input by a user. The sentence expresses an operation specification which is translated to an operation specification command in a machine language for an operation specification object such as database. Th... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5522079 | Compiler merging new and preexisting modules while preserving function order A compiler which merges two output files into a third output file. First, the compiler generates a new output file by compiling an input file. Next, the compiler searches for an existing output file for a substantially similar purpose as the new output fi... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5507030 | Successive translation, execution and interpretation of computer program having code at unknown locations due to execution transfer instructions having computed destination addresses A program is translated by automatically generating a flowgraph, using the flowgraph to analyze the program to provide information about blocks of instructions in the flowgraph, and then using the flowgraph and the information about the blocks of instruct... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5487158 | Method and procedure call mechanism for calling 16-bit functions from 32-bit functions In the field of mixed 16-bit and 32-bit code, a method and mechanism are provided to implement alterations in the dynamic portion of memory containing the data objects used by code in the 32-bit environment so that such data is accessible to code from the... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5481705 | Method for executing a program with branch-to modifying instructions In a method for executing a program for sequentially reading step information registered in an execution queue in the order of registration in order to permit the modification of a branch-to address with ease and without error when the modification of the... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5418963 | Protocol encoding/decoding device capable of easily inputting/referring to a desired data value In a protocol encoding/decoding device for use in syntax translation between an abstract syntax which is a set of data types described by an Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) and a transfer syntax, a structure generating unit (28) automatically generat... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5404533 | Language processing system for converting a source program into a computer executable machine language A language processing system for converting a source program described by a program language into a computer executable machine language for a computer system which has a data memory space divided into a plurality of banks. The system includes a bank info... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5371895 | Local equipment controller for computerized process control applications utilizing language structure templates in a hierarchical organization and method of operating the same A computer controlled equipment controller and method of operating the same for controlling industrial process control equipment which uses a language structure and data structure specifically adapted for use in constructing computer programs for controll... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5367683 | Smart recompilation of performing matchup/difference after code generation A method and system for compiling a source program using smart recompilation. The invention allows fragments to contain "invocation specific" information, which is generated during a code generation phase of compilation. A hint generator attempts to prese... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5355493 | System for encoding units of entity/relationship data to include prefixes with codes for length, action, and unit identifier A method is described for encoding and decoding stored units of data representing entity/relationship (E/R) data, function calls, and file data by including a prefix with each unit of data which includes a length code, an action code, and a unit identifie... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5075847 | Method and apparatus for computer program encapsulation A method and apparatus for encapsulating an application tool into a computer-aided software development system that includes a number of standard software development tools. The application tool is integrated into the software development system without m... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4780825 | Text compiling device A text compiling device includes a first memory area for storing an intervening code program in which a statement or comment is given by a code. The intervening code is read out and is converted to an ASCII code program. The converted ASCII code program i... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4729096 | Method and apparatus for generating a translator program for a compiler/interpreter and for testing the resulting translator program A translator writing system develops a translator program capable of transforming a user's source code into object code. The language of the source code is summarized in a unique form, namely, a Backus-Nauer Form (BNF). This BNF form of the source code is... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4694420 | Inverse assembly method and apparatus An inverse assembly method for converting binary executable microprocessor code into corresponding assembly language mnemonics provides for the storage of all the possible binary codes and corresponding assembly language mnemonics in a plurality of tables... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4553205 | Flexible macro expansion process A method for conversion of digital computer source code software to operate in a system foreign to that from which the software originated. A library is created in which each entry incorporates the name of a code statement, or macro, which may require con... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4463423 | Method of transforming high level language statements into multiple lower level language instruction sets Disclosed is a method of transforming an assignment statement of a high level programming language, such as ALGOL and COBOL, into first, second, and third sets of lower level object language instructions wherein instructions of the first set are executabl... | 07/31/1984 |
