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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185885 | Providing recovery data for program code A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing recovery data for program code. A first version of an object code module is received. A second version of the object code module is received, the second version being a subsequent version to the first ve... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171466 | Hitless application upgrade for SIP server architecture The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server can be comprised of an engine tier and a state tier distributed on a cluster network environment. The engine tier can send, receive and process various messages. The state tier can maintain in-memory state data associated... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166471 | Implementing portable content protection to secure secrets A source-level compiler may randomly select compilation conventions to implement portable content protection, securing the secrets embedded in a program by shuffling associated data. The program may be developed using a source language that is applicative on the ass... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8151257 | Managing different versions of server components regarding compatibility with collaborating servers A system and method for determining whether a rolling update may be performed. The system receives a statement of compatibility for software running on collaborating servers. The statement of compatibility indicates which software versions are compatible with one an... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146072 | System and method for updating software on a computer One aspect of the invention is a method for updating the version of software resident on a computer that includes providing a kiosk in a public place. A communication path is established between the kiosk and a computer to be tested. It is determined, using the kios... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146074 | Computer-readable recording medium containing application management program, and method and apparatus for application management A computer-readable recording medium containing an application management program for automatically performing version management to surely manage versions of a client application that communicates with a server application. A communication request monitor acquires ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146075 | Apparatuses, methods, and systems for an API call abstractor A social networking application manager (“SNAM”) initializes a set of modules for an application with their most updated versions. SNAM then iterates through the following operations. SNAM obtains the specification attributes for an updated version of the applic... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146073 | Updating software while it is running To avoid extensive time during which servicing of clients' requests is stopped for updating a piece of software or a data structure, various embodiments of the invention update an instance of the piece of software or an instance of the data structure instead of upda... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145600 | Version preview and selection Techniques for version preview and selection are described, including detecting a plurality of versions of an asset in a compound document, receiving an input indicating selection of a version, wherein the version is one of the plurality of versions, and updating th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132165 | Interception proxy-based approach for in-service software upgrade A system for an in-service software upgrade is disclosed. The system consists of a processor, a first version of a software process, a second version of the software process, and a proxy software process. When executed by the processor, the proxy software process ca... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127287 | Systems and methods for reusing SAP adaptors in non-supported releases An adaptor provides functionality in a second version of a software to a first version by determining at least one functionality available in the second version but not available in the first version; determining a reuse or adaptation of an adaptor framework in the ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112673 | System and method of preventing a web browser plug-in module from generating a failure The present invention improves the stability of a Web browser by identifying plug-in modules that cause failures. Data in memory at the time of a failure is analyzed, and a failure signature is generated. The failure signature is compared to a database of known fail... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8078952 | Site redirection A site redirection system and corresponding methods for redirecting a user from a requested site to a target site is provided. When a user navigates to a site on which the redirection system is implemented, the site downloads onto the user's machine client-side redi... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8079027 | Programming language translation systems and methods Included are embodiments of a description language program stored in a computing device for updating a first version of a computer program. In at least one embodiment, the first version of the computer program is written in a universal format and the program include... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8056073 | Method, computer program product, and system for merging multiple same class instance states A method, computer program product, and system for enabling the merging of a plurality of instance variables into a new composite same-class instance having the same instance variables with values determined by a user. Same-class instances are arranged in tabular fo... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8037470 | Manufacturing system software version management Version management for manufacturing system software involves a two-part data structure, having two identifiers that are separately and automatically modified, depending upon the changes or modifications that are made, respectively, to top-level and lower-level subs... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032880 | Multi-branch management for updating software A system for managing updates of an executable component in accordance with an updating tree with multiple branches is provided. In one implementation, specific updates are provided to users with specific problems while general updates are provided to all users of t... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8001095 | Method of updating a version of an application program A version update method is provided for updating a version of a communication system application program installed in a plurality of terminals connected to a communication network and operating between at least two terminals. The method includes: starting communicat... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996829 | Managing software revisions for servers in an infrastructure A method and system manages revisions of software code for one or more servers in an infrastructure. An indication of the version of the code currently residing with one of the servers is transmitted to the infrastructure. An indication of the version of the code cu... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984434 | Nondestructive patching mechanism Techniques and mechanisms are provided for patching software, such as software for implementing parameterizable processor cores and peripherals on a programmable chip. Software components constructed using various shared modules can be updated without affecting othe... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7984435 | Update system employing reference software to reduce number of update packages Disclosed herein is an electronic device having an update agent capable of updating application software employing reference software and an update package generated based on the reference software. The update agent may be employed by the electronic device to perfor... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970789 | Sublayered application layered system The inventions relate generally to layered computing systems that provide public access to the content of the layers. Also disclosed herein are prioritization schemes usable in a layered computing system, including prioritization by layer type, by assigned priority ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7971201 | Multiple operating device version software generating system and multiple operating device version software generation support program and method A multiple operating device version program generating device for generating software for multiple versions of an operating device, has an environment file storage unit having environment file storage folders, prepared for multiple versions of an operating device, e... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7950006 | Electronic device with an update agent that employs preprocessing techniques for update Methods of updating an electronic device having an update agent employing preprocessing techniques is disclosed. The methods described permit an electronic device having a non-volatile memory to update a plurality banks in an efficient manner, by preprocessing the o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941798 | Customer relationship management system and method having code reuse A software-based customer relationship management system and method. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941797 | Dynamically providing native libraries and their dependencies A mechanism is provided for providing a native code library from a server to an application written in an interpreted programming language for execution on a remote computer. An installer object is invoked from within a main class of the interpreted programming lang... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934212 | Apparatus, system and method for detecting old versions of an applet in a client browser's JVM An apparatus, system and method for checking the version of a cached applet on a client device against version information stored on a host server is provided. By checking the version of the applet, it can be determined whether or not the applet is still usable with... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930273 | Version management for application execution environment Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for managing an application execution environment on a computer. One or more aspects of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in one or more methods of ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926049 | System and method for determining differences between software configurations A system and method for determining differences between configurations of a software program. A configuration differencing command generates a hash table of configuration keys and values for each of the configurations being compared. A key is selected from a first h... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921421 | Program version management taking into account system stability A method of managing program versions by acquiring information about a program supplied via a network, comparing the program of a latest version with the program of a currently used version, and deciding whether or not to perform or prompt an update of the program i... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921078 | System for negotiated differential compression A system and methods for distributing a new file from a server connected through a network to a client. Rather than downloading an entirely new file from the server, the system makes use of reference files already resident on the client. A new delta file correspondi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921419 | Method and mechanism for managing incompatible changes in a distributed system A method and mechanism for managing data to resolve incompatibilities between different versions of data is disclosed. According to one approach, incompatibilities to private data is managed using group/member dependent key(s)/link(s), static shared data is managed ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921420 | Systems and methods for updating imaging device drivers on one or more computer systems In an exemplary method, an imaging device that is logically connected to at least one host computer system receives installation of a firmware upgrade. The firmware upgrade includes at least one new feature that is not accessible to the host(s) without a driver upgr... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908601 | Computer method and apparatus for merging software configurations when a change set spans multiple artifacts Computer method, apparatus and system for merging software configurations. The invention system and method includes a workspace providing a work environment in which to perform operations on a subject software configuration. The workspace identifies a change set of ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7886290 | Cross version and cross product user interface When a user interface of a parent software application is modified such that user interface components of an add-in application are not compatible with the parent application user interface, user interface components associated with functionalities of the add-in app... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882503 | Production redeployment In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for substituting a new version resource adaptor for a production version of the resource adaptor. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide upgrade to a new version resour... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873958 | System and methods for providing versioning of software components in a computer programming language A system and methods for versioning software components in connection with a computer programming language are provided. In exemplary aspects, the versioning system makes use of intelligent defaults, provides a vehicle for unambiguous specification of developer inte... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7865891 | Initiation of a program module corresponding to multiple versions There has been expected to improve the management of version compatibility among multiple program modules that cooperatively implement a specified function. There is provided a method for a program module to perform a process instructed from an application program. ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861239 | Data migration between versions of software A system and method are used for updating software to include new versions of the software without losing the ability to return to the prior software in the event of flaws or deficiencies in the new version. A framework organizes conversion and reversion codes into ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856630 | System, method and program to manage program updates System, method and program for installing a first operating system, including a first hardware abstraction layer and other operating system functions, into a client computer. An image of the other operating system functions and a second hardware abstraction layer is... | 12/21/2010 |
