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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louise E. Moser, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Peter M. Melliar-Smith, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eternal Systems, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 ;
Abstract
A process that assists a computer programmer to perform an upgrade to a computer program while that program continues to operate and provide service. The upgrade process includes three phases: (1) the preparation by a computer programmer of a new computer program P″ that is to replace an existing computer program P, (2) an offline preparation of the upgrade from P to P″ with the assistance of the computer programmer, and (3) an online, fully automatic, live upgrade from P to P″.