IP Library Granted Patent US 8,694,574
Granted Patent B2
US 8,694,574 · App. 13/671,847 · Granted Apr 8, 2014

Optimized settings in a configuration database with boundaries

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Patent No.
US 8,694,574
App. No.
13/671,847
Granted
Apr 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A set of optimizations may be defined in a configuration database. The configuration database may be defined with a set of boundaries that may define conditions under which the optimizations may be valid. When the conditions are not met, a new configuration database may be requested from an optimization server. The system may be used to distribute and manage optimizations for an application, which may be deployed in interpreted or runtime scenarios or in pre-execution or compiled scenarios.

Claims (44)

1. A method performed by a computer processor, said method comprising:

receiving an application;

receiving a configuration database for said application, said configuration database comprising operational boundaries for said configuration database, said operational boundaries defining at least one condition under which said configuration database is valid;

executing said application with said configuration database;

determining that at least one of said operational boundaries has been exceeded, sending a request to a distribution server, and receiving an updated configuration database;

executing said application with said updated configuration database; determining a first state; and

transmitting said first state to said distribution server prior to receiving said configuration database.

2. The method of claim 1 , said request comprising a second state.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

compiling said application and referencing said configuration database during said compiling.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

interpreting said application and referencing said configuration database during said interpreting.

5. The method of claim 2 , said first state comprising an external input.

6. The method of claim 5 , said external input comprising at least one of a group composed of:

hardware configuration;

software configuration;

time limitation; and

geographic limitations.

7. The method of claim 2 , said first state comprising an application input.

8. The method of claim 7 , said operational boundary defining a range for said application input.

9. The method of claim 1 , said configuration database being a configuration file.

10. The method of claim 9 , said configuration database being used with a compiler to generate optimized executable code.

11. The method of claim 1 , said configuration database being used with an execution environment to interpret said application.

12. A system comprising:

a processor;

a memory;

a execution monitor operating on said processor that:

receives an application;

receives a configuration database for said application, said configuration database comprising operational boundaries for said configuration database, said operational boundaries defining at least one condition under which said configuration database is valid;

executes said application with said configuration database;

determines that at least one of said operational boundaries has been exceeded, sends a request to a distribution server, and receives an updated configuration database; and

executes said application with said updated configuration database;

a compiler that accesses said configuration database to create optimized executable code.

13. The system of claim 12 further comprising:

an execution environment that accesses said configuration database during runtime execution of said application.

14. The system of claim 12 , said request comprising a first state.

15. The system of claim 14 , a first state comprising an external input.

16. The system of claim 15 , said external input comprising at least one of a group composed of:

hardware configuration;

software configuration;

time limitation; and

geographic limitations.

17. The system of claim 14 , said first state comprising an application input.

18. The system of claim 12 , said operational boundary defining a range for an application input.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2015
From: CONCURIX CORPORATION
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 036139/0069 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2012
From: GOUNARES, ALEXANDER G.; LI, YING; GARRETT, CHARLES D.; NOAKES, MICHAEL D.
To: CONCURIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029464/0860 →