INTEGRATION OF EXTERNAL TOOLS INTO AN EXISTING DESIGN ENVIRONMENT

Patent №

US 7,657,869

Granted

2010-02-02

Filed 2004

Owner

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

AI components

3

kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10772902

Custom build tools are integrated into a design environment build process without writing code. Properties of the tool are defined in a file describing the appropriate syntax of the tool's command line. Values are specified for a particular use of the tool in a particular project. At runtime the command line for the tool is generated from the generalized syntax as defined in the file and the stored values.

AI classification

AI hardware1.00
Planning1.00
Knowledge representation0.98
Natural language0.10
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

assignment · 149700079

Assignors

HUENE, PETER C., SHEPARD, JOSHUA C.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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