Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Modeling
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-10
2004-05-18
Nguyen-Ba, Antony (Department: 2122)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Modeling
C717S109000, C717S113000, C717S115000, C345S215000, C345S215000, C345S215000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06738964
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to electronic devices, and, more particularly, to software and hybrid hardware/software development and systems and methods.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The expanding use of computers and embedded processors increasingly demands customized applications specific to the requirements of particular users. This has led to the widespread employment of visual builder tools for creating custom application programs through the interlinking of software modules from libraries.
For example, Visual Basic for Applications from Microsoft Corporation and C++ Builder from Borland International provide visual environments that have a graphical user interface (GUI) and include a toolbox with different classes of components (software modules), form windows for combining components visually, and property sheets for the components that can be modified to customize the components. U.S. Pat. No. 5,850,548 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,950,001 illustrate variations of visual development environments. However, the known visual development methods have problems including limited component intelligence and flexibility.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a graphical development system for software or software/hardware hybrids with intelligent development components appropriate for real-time processors plus development framework rules to insure development component object optimization within the resulting application program. This has advantages including program development of digital signal processor applications by non-specialist programmers.
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Coley Gerald K.
Kuzemchak Edward P.
Tibbits John L.
Zink Edmund D.
Brady III W. James
Marshall, Jr. Robert D.
Nguyen-Ba Antony
Telecky , Jr. Frederick J.
Texas Instruments Incorporated
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