Patent · US Active

Programming language translation systems and methods

US8079027B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

15Claims

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Assignee

VIA Technologies, Inc. · TW

Inventors

David Fong · San Diego, US
Stanley John · Fremont, US
Zheng Zhang · Beijing, CN
Qi Chen · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 8, 2006
Grant date	Dec 13, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/51
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

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 includes logic configured to receive an updated version of the computer program. Other embodiments include logic configured to retrieve the first version of the computer program and logic configured to translate the updated version of the computer program from a proprietary format to the universal format. Still other embodiments include logic configured to utilize at least one tag to compare the translated updated version of the computer program with the first version of the computer program.

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