International Business Machines Corporation

John Joseph Barton

Jeffrey William Nichols

Michael S Karasick

David Joseph Streeter

Zhigang Hua

Shumin Zhai

Danny Soroker

Jeffrey Scott Pierce

Min Yin

Lee Richard Nackman

Derek Lieber

Disclosed are embodiments of a system and method for automating the exchange of information between the multiple personal computerized devices of an entity so as to provide context for communications, such as incoming and/or outgoing telephone calls, with other entities. The system and method associate one entity with multiple devices. Communications over a device (e.g., one of the various types of telephones) are tracked. Then, for a given communication, an identifier (e.g., a caller ID from an incoming telephone call) is communicated to at least one other device. The other device performs a local and/or internet search for information associated with that particular identifier. The retrieved information is then displayed so as to provide the entity with essentially instantaneous context for the given communication. The system can be implemented using client-server network technology or, alternatively, using point-to-point communication technology.

System and method for providing awareness of and context for phone conversations across multiple personal devices

A system, method and computer program product for executing at least one client computer software application by embedding a web browser in a proxy server, thereby forming a proxy browser. The proxy browser is used to execute the application inside the proxy server. In one embodiment of the invention, each client browser that connects to the proxy server is assigned an instance of the proxy browser and session information is maintained for the client browser. When the client browser makes a request to the proxy server, the request is linked to the instance of the proxy browser.

Browser-based proxy server for customization and distribution of existing applications

An extensible incremental compiler includes an incremental compiler which is configured to pass control to one or more extensions at one or more points in the compilation process. The extensible incremental compiler determines whether an extension is active at various points in the compilation process and, if so, transfers control to the active extension. The extension mechanism performs its programed functionality and then returns control back to the incremental compiler. The extensions are supplied to the incremental compiler via a linked library.

Extensible compiler and method

An enhanced compiler for compiling C&plus;&plus; programs without the use of forward declarations normally included in program header files. Through multiple parsing passes, the compiler extracts definitions for the declarations directly from the bodies of the C&plus;&plus; files. By saving the definitions to a persistent program representation, for example a program database, on subsequent sweeps, only definitions for new or changed declarations need be updated. In this way, C&plus;&plus; programs can be incrementally compiled on a declaration by declaration basis.

Incremental compilation of C&plus;&plus; programs

A priority queue is used to sequence template instantiations in compiling C++ programs. If the analysis of a C++ code fragment encounters a name that requires full instantiation and no matching full instantiation exists, the parse is terminated and rescheduled, and a full instantiation is scheduled as an antecedent of the failed parse. 'Antecedent' means that the failed parse code fragment will not be reparsed until after the full instantiation has succeeded. Only when the full instantiation has succeeded will the terminated parse be reconsidered. Parsing full instantiations may cause additional full instantiations. These are handled in the same manner; the additional instantiation is scheduled, and the current parse is failed and rescheduled. At the time of scheduling, the antecedent instantiation is marked with its dependent, so that the dependent chain give the chronology of the instantiation. This makes it easy to generate historical or 'traceback' information for meaningful error messages.

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John Joseph Barton