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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5590347 | Method and system for specifying alternate behavior of a software system using alternate behavior indicia A method and system for operating a server with a plurality of clients is provided. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the server is designed to provide a service to an activated client. The service provided is comprised of both common st... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5579222 | Distributed license administration system using a local policy server to communicate with a license server and control execution of computer programs An improved system for administration of license terms for a software product on the network, having an arrangement, for tracking software product usage, with one of the computers acting as a license server. This arrangement permits the license server (i)... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5434999 | Safeguarded remote loading of service programs by authorizing loading in protected memory zones in a terminal The present invention relates to a system including a terminal connected by a transmission line to a central processing unit, the terminal including a memory divided into a program memory and a working memory of the RAM type, the program memory in turn in... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5345396 | Protocol machine with portions of the protocol handling functions being incorporated into an application program A protocol program contained in a first computer to efficiently transmit and receive data from a second computer. The protocol program has components operating separate from the first computers application program to avoid bottlenecking of unnecessary rec... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5313635 | Compiling system for distributed computer system with multiple types of computers To eliminate the duplication of the same type of compilers, promote the effective use of a disk memory, and save user time and labor using a server machine under distributed environment where a plurality of different types of computers are interconnected ... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5269021 | Multiprocessor software interface for a graphics processor subsystem employing partially linked dynamic load modules which are downloaded and fully linked at run time An interface for use with a multiprocessor computer system, having a host processor system and a graphics processor system. The interface permits extended functions to be developed on the host system or on another system, and subsequently loaded to the gr... | 12/07/1993 |
