Method and apparatus for the development of dynamically configurable software systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6269473
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09046624

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A software modeling environment is presented that supports the development and execution of software that can be dynamically configured. This is achieved by introducing a design-time object modeling construct called a dynamically configurable type (DCT) that supports the subdivision of an object into a plurality of subsets of semantics and allows dynamic merging of these semantic subsets together in different combinations in order to allow the resultant object to exhibit different semantics over time to serve different purposes. Specific process modeling constructs are included which take advantage of this semantic merging capability. Also included are other supporting design-time and run-time constructs and services. One embodiment of the present invention allows this software modeling environment to be integrated into a standard software development environment, enhancing the modeling capabilities already present.

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ORACLE SYSTEMS CORPORATION500 ORACLE PARKWAY REDWOOD SHORES CA 94065

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Anderson, Brian Albany, CA 85 1492
Freed, Erik Berkeley, CA 2 132
Noyes, Thomas James San Francisco, CA 1 111
Saville, Richard John San Francisco, CA 1 111

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