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Component based design time architecture

US6948150B1 · kind B1 · utility

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30Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 2001
Grant dateSep 20, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/41
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention includes an architecture in which components associate their design time functionality independent of a design tool. The design time functionality includes code generators, compilers, parsers and editors. The architecture includes interfaces for components and designers to communicate. The architecture includes attributes in metadata that describe the functionality associated with the instance of a component.

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