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User interface for developing and executing data flow programs and methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for optimizing the execution of data flow programs

  • US 6,389,587 B1
  • Filed: 02/04/1999
  • Issued: 05/14/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method for at least one of reconfiguring the processing flow of an existing software program according to a data flow model, and developing a new software program according to said data flow model, said method comprising:

  • displaying a screen display; and

    permitting a user to;

    specify a memory region and divide said memory region into a plurality of blocks, each block of said plurality of blocks defining a set of values associated with a function;

    define sets of the blocks, each block in a set having a predetermined state reflected by a designated portion of said program according to said data flow model that when executed transforms the values defined by said block based on the function; and

    assign any dependencies among the blocks wherein each dependency indicates a relationship between a plurality of said blocks based on said predetermined state of each.

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