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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8046748 | Method and system to emulate an M-bit instruction set A method and system to emulate an M-bit instruction set. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are a method comprising fetching at least a portion of an instruction (the instruction from a first instruction set that is not directly executable by a processor)... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8028279 | System and program product for porting code utilizing a portable execution environment A system for porting code from a native platform to a non-native platform is provided which utilizes a non-native, platform-specific layer of code and a platform-neutral layer of code. The platform-neutral layer substantially emulates the native platform of ported c... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8006237 | Program code conversion A method of dynamic real time translation of first program code written for a first programmable machine into second program code (target code) for running on a second programmable machine employing run time generation of an intermediate representation of the first ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001535 | Computer system and method of adapting a computer system to support a register window architecture A target computing system 10 is adapted to support a register window architecture, particularly for use when converting non-native subject code 17 instead into target code 21 executed by a target processor 13. A subject register stack dat... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7886284 | Using a backend simulator to test and develop xforms templates before linking the xforms templates to backend data processing systems A solution for developing XForms projects can bind an XForms template to a backend simulator, during a development or test stage of a software development. The XForms template can be developed by an interface designer, such as a business analyst. The XForms template... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882497 | Symbiotic computer application and system and method for generation and presentation of same A system and method for a symbiotic computer application and system and method for generation and presentation of same. The symbiotic computer application allows end-user devices to access back-end data systems including legacy host data systems having legacy host a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7856623 | Method and system for providing an enumeration assistant A method and system are provided for creating an enumerated variable via an enumeration assistant interactive tool. A graphical user interface is provided to a programmer. Response to a request to create the enumerated variable received through a graphical user inte... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7774762 | System including run-time software to enable a software application to execute on an incompatible computer platform This invention discloses a system for enabling a first software application, which is designed for execution on a first computer platform, to be executed on an incompatible computer platform in which the software application is not intended to execute. A first group... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770159 | Virtual types A “virtual type” that, to the reflection system, looks and acts like a fully compiled type—in reality, the “virtual type” does not exist and has been fabricated based on another API such as CodeDOM. Essentially, the “virtual type” allows code to be imp... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7761857 | Method for switching between interpretation and dynamic translation in a processor system based upon code sequence execution counts A method for executing a target application on a host processor including the steps of translating each target instruction being to be executed into host instructions, storing the translated host instructions, executing the translated host instructions, responding t... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7716654 | Simulation of multi top-level graphical containers in computing environments Techniques for simulation of multi top-level graphical-containers (e.g., frames) in an object-oriented computing environment are disclosed. A Multi Top-level Graphical-Container Simulator (MTGS) can be provided to simulate multi top-level graphical container support... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7676797 | System and method for managing long names in an application programming interface Software managing long names in an application programming interface receives a request to perform a requested operation on one or more fields, the application comprising a first operation operable to perform the requested operation on at least one field type. The s... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7552426 | Systems and methods for using synthetic instructions in a virtual machine The present invention compensates for the shortcomings in x86 processor architectures by providing a set of “synthetic instructions” that cause a trap and thereby provide an opportunity for the virtual machine (VM) to process the instructions safely. By using in... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7506321 | Computer emulator employing direct execution of compiled functions An emulation system that provides the functionality of an emulated computer on a host computer pre-processes the object code file to be emulated to reduce the run-time overhead due to parsing the object code. The emulator uses pre-programmed functions that model eac... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7478373 | Kernel emulator for non-native program modules Described herein is a technology facilitating the operation of non-native program modules within a native computing platform. This invention further generally relates to a technology facilitating the interoperability of native and non-native program modules within a... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475391 | System and method for revealing remote object status in an integrated development environment A method, system and computer program product for creating a software product in an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). In one embodiment, remote object status data is received by a software development module which may be a source code editor or a program exe... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7434210 | Interposing library for page size dependency checking A method for checking page size dependency including generating an interposing library comprising a first modified interface, wherein the first modified interface is dependent on a native page size, intercepting a call into a kernel by the interposing library, where... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7415701 | Methods and apparatus to support mixed-mode execution within a single instruction set architecture process of a virtual machine Methods and apparatus to support the execution of a managed application that is linked to a native library or application are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus support a virtual machine that is associated with the same ISA as the executing platform, whi... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404181 | Switching to original code comparison of modifiable code for translated code validity when frequency of detecting memory overwrites exceeds threshold A method of translating instructions from a target instruction set to a host instruction set. In one embodiment, a plurality of first target instructions is translated into a plurality of first host instructions. After the translation, it is determined whether the p... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395525 | Method and apparatus for displaying computer program errors as hypertext According to one embodiment a method and apparatus for displaying the path of a computer program error as a sequence of hypertext documents in a computer system having a display is disclosed. The method includes displaying a first function in the control-flow path o... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7376939 | System for architecture and resource specification and methods to compile the specification onto hardware Electronic design automation tool specifies an architecture at a system level and its component (which include intellectual property (IP) cores like embedded processors, arithmetic logic units (ALU), multipliers, dividers, embedded memory element, programmable logic... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373451 | Cache-based system management architecture with virtual appliances, network repositories, and virtual appliance transceivers A cache-based system management architecture named “the Collective” automates system management and supports mobile computing. The Collective manages systems by manipulating virtual appliances, each encapsulating a system state. A virtual appliance (VA) may comp... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370318 | System and methodology for asynchronous code refactoring with symbol injection A system and methodology for asynchronous code refactoring with symbol injection is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method is described for refactoring a plurality of interdependent software modules that reside in separate projects, the method comprises... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367022 | Methods and apparatus for optimizing the operating speed and size of a computer program Apparatus and methods for optimizing an operating speed and size of a computer program are disclosed. In an example, an apparatus includes an execution module to run a computer program, an exception detector to detect throws to an exception handler and to detect loc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363475 | Managing registers in a processor to emulate a portion of a stack The present invention is generally directed to method and apparatus for emulating a portion of a stack. Certain embodiments of the invention manage a plurality of processor registers to store the top portion of the stack. Data is managed in these registers by managi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356808 | Method, system and program product for porting code utilizing a portable execution environment A method of porting code from a native platform to a non-native platform is provided which utilizes a non-native, platform-specific layer of code and a platform-neutral layer of code. The platform-neutral layer substantially emulates the native platform of ported co... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353163 | Exception handling method and apparatus for use in program code conversion A method of handling exceptions for use in an emulator (20) performing program code conversion. Registers (X) of a subject machine (11) being emulated (20) are represented by a pair of abstract registers (XA,XB) on the targ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353498 | Multi-process debugger A method of debugging a set of processes is disclosed. There is included providing a first debugger and forking the debugger, thereby creating a set of inner debuggers and an outer debugger. Each of the set of inner debuggers is configured to debug one of the set of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346897 | System for translating programming languages A computer language translator that translates all or any portion thereof of source code in an original computer language to source code in a target computer language, which may then be translated back to the original language while still maintaining concept, syntax... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343591 | Real-time data exchange on demand A real time data exchange on demand system for transferring real time data between a host processor and a target processor is described. The target processor includes a real time target exchange library and API library interface to a target application. The host pro... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343372 | Direct navigation for information retrieval A method of document retrieval is provided. The method includes assigning concept labels to documents contained in a collection according to grammar rules, receiving a query, converting the query to a query concept using the grammar rules, and mapping the query conc... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340592 | Executing a translated block of instructions and branching to correction code when expected top of stack does not match actual top of stack to adjust stack at execution time to continue executing without restarting translating A method of generating an expected TOS during translation of instructions. The method includes translating a first block of instructions executable in a first processor architecture, into a translated first block of instructions executable in a second processor arch... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337427 | Self-healing cross development environment An apparatus, computer system program product and method implement self-healing functionality in a cross development environment to maximize the availability and minimize interoperability problems between disparate software development environments that are coupled ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331040 | Condition code flag emulation for program code conversion An emulator (30) allows subject code (10) written for a subject processor (12) having subject processor registers (14) and condition code flags (16) to run in a non-compatible computing environment (2). The emulator (30 | 02/12/2008 |
| 7331041 | Method of changing modes of code generation A method for determining a process to use for converting instructions in a target instruction set to instructions in a host instructions set including the steps of executing code morphing software including an interpreter and a translator to generate host instructio... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328431 | Program code conversion for a register-based program code A method of dynamic real time translation of first program code written for a first programmable machine into second program code (target code) for running on a second programmable machine employing run time generation of an intermediate representation of the first ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316009 | Emulation of a programmable hardware element System and method for debugging a program intended for execution on a programmable hardware element (PHE) to perform a function. A first portion of the program is converted into a first hardware configuration program (HCP) deployable on the PHE, where a remaining po... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314491 | Encapsulation of large native operating system functions as enhancements of the instruction set in an emulated central processor system This invention relates to the art of computer system emulation and, more particularly, to a computer system emulator in which the functions normally performed by the hardware in a legacy central processor unit are emulated by a software program. The invention is to ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7316007 | Optimization of n-base typed arithmetic expressions A method for arithmetic expression optimization includes receiving a first instruction defined for a first processor having a first base, the first instruction including an operator and at least one operand, converting the first instruction to a second instruction o... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313512 | Software license enforcement mechanism for an emulated computing environment In an emulated computing environment, a method is provided for licensing software of one or more guest computer systems. A license key server is provided in the host computer system for monitoring the initiation of unlicensed software, including operating system sof... | 12/25/2007 |
