Appeal No. 2003-1145
Application No. 09/080,241
plurality of different types of computers. An installer converts
the abstract object program into a machine language program at
the target computer based on machine language instruction rules
of the target computer.
Claim 30, the sole claim on appeal, is illustrative of the
invention and reads as follows:
30. A method for succeeding a program prepared in
a first computer by a second computer, said first
computer having a first instruction set which is
different from a second instruction set of said second
computer, said method comprising the steps of:
installing in said second computer an abstract
object program compiled from a source program which is
installed in said first computer;
generating a machine language program of said
second instruction set from said abstract object
program to load on a memory of said second computer
based on machine instruction generation rules, said
machine language program when generated being directly
executable in said second computer and having a binary
format; and
executing said machine language program by said
second computer upon loading said machine language
program to said memory of said second computer.
The Examiner’s Answer cites the following prior art
references:
Chan et al. (Chan) 5,280,613 Jan. 18, 1994
(filed Jun. 25, 1990)
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