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Adaptively shrinking software

  • US 8,635,590 B1
  • Filed: 10/07/1998
  • Issued: 01/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for adaptively shrinking a software program, comprising the steps of:

  • maintaining a plurality of adaptive feature records corresponding to a plurality of removal candidate features, wherein each record of the plurality of adaptive feature records includes a usage history and a separation criteria corresponding to a feature of the plurality of removal candidate features, the separation criteria includes when the corresponding feature of the plurality of removal candidate features is unused, unneeded, or unlicensed;

    monitoring to determine when at least one of the plurality of removal candidate features of a program is invoked;

    based on determining when the at least one of the plurality of removal candidate features of the program is invoked, updating a usage history corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of removal candidate features;

    identifying, using a computer system, a first removal candidate feature of the at least one removal candidate features of the program based on when the first removal candidate feature was invoked and a separation criteria corresponding to the first removal candidate feature; and

    selecting the first removal candidate feature for removal from the program based on identified the first removal candidate feature was not invoked since after installation.

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