US Patent No: 6,389,481

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Automatic program documentation

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Abstract

An apparatus for producing object code from source code including input means for receiving the source code, the source code including executable source code and source code documentation, and compilation means, coupled to the input means, including first means for providing object code from the source code, and second means for providing documentation including selected portions of the executable source code and the source code documentation, and for organizing the provided documentation into a predefined format independent of executable source code organization. In addition, a method of for producing object code from source code including the steps of receiving the source code, the source code including executable source code and source code documentation, and compiling the received source code including the steps of providing object code from the source code, and providing documentation including selected portions of the executable source code and the source code documentation, and organizing the provided documentation into a predefined format independent of executable source code organization.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONARMONK, NY68180

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Malcolm, Jerry Walter Austin, TX 44 523

Cited Art

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (2)
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AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (1)
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ALLEN-BRADLEY COMPANY, INC. (1)
4,488,258 Programmable controller with control program comments 45 1982
 
FORWARD REFERENCE SYSTEMS LTD., 12 ROMNEY ROAD, DOWNSVIEW, ONTARIO, CANADA M3H 1H2 (1)
4,398,249 Process and apparatus for converting a source program into an object program 33 1970
 
MATTEL, INC. (1)
4,617,643 Syntax error correction method and apparatus 14 1982

Patent Citation Ranking

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MCAFEE, INC. (3)
7,047,288 Automated generation of an english language representation of a formal network security policy specification 12 2001
7,478,422 Declarative language for specifying a security policy 4 2004
8,074,256 Pdstudio design system and method 0 2007
 
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION (2)
8,219,923 Automatic generation of documentation for specified systems 0 2006
7,650,316 Automatic generation of help information for specified systems 3 2006
 
FUJITSU LIMITED (1)
6,951,010 Program specification generating system 5 2001
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (1)
7,788,640 Using code analysis to generate documentation 2 2004
 
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. (1)
7,822,780 Computerized method and system for generating procedures capable of being used with multiple databases 1 2004
 
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. (1)
7,568,184 Software documentation generator 8 2004
 
THE MATHWORKS, INC. (1)
7,849,394 Linked code generation report 1 2001

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