Dynamic scripts to extend static applications
US8966441B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/45504
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One or more processors receive (a) first software written in a first computer language, (b) user input identifying a first name of a first method in a plurality of methods defined in the first software, and (c) user input identifying a location within a second software that is written in a second computer language different from the first computer language. In response, the one or more processors automatically prepare and store at the user-identified location in the second software, a new instruction formatted in a syntax of the second computer language that invokes the first method identified in the first software by the first name. The second software may be initially created with a first instruction to include at least a first additional name (e.g. “main”) used to invoke execution of the second software, and as a parameter thereof a second additional name identifying the first software.
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