System and method for optimizing computer software and hardware

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-11-01
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING
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[0011]Another object of this invention is to provide a method and system for increasing the apparent speed of a computer using a database.
[0012]Yet another object of this invention is to provide a method and system for effectively increasing the apparent speed of a computer based on results obtained by dynamically monitoring system behavior and performance.
[0013]This invention permits users to conveniently optimize software running on a computer. The term “optimize” refers to running of a comput

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Some of these settings may affect the performance of applications running on the system.
When one also considers the numerous application settings and various different hardware configurations available to users, and the interaction of all of these settings and configurations, the control accessing of the plurality of settings and configurations can be cumbersome and often requires detailed knowledge on the part of computer users.
Although many graphical user interfaces exist to control various aspects of the system (such as the graphical slider which controls screen reso

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[0023]With reference now to FIG. 2, there is illustrated a block diagram of the architecture of the computer system 12 in accordance with the present invention.

[0024]The core architecture includes a Central Processing Unit 165, memory controller 162, system memory 65, disk storage 70, disk storage controller 75, and graphics subsystem 166. The computer system 12 can be either a stand alone workstation or a server and a workstation connected to each other via a communications network such as the internet. A portion of the system memory is set aside for an optimizer-database cache 80. Additionally, file space 85 on the disk storage unit 70 may be set aside for the optimizer database 140. Generally speaking, a cache or buffer is a place where data (files, images, and other information) can be stored to avoid having to read the data from a slower device, such as a remote, network-attached computer disk. For instance, a disk cache can store information that can be read without accessing ...

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A method of optimizing the operation of a computer system in running application programs in accordance with system capabilities, user preferences and configuration parameters of the application program. More specifically, with this invention, an optimizing program gathers information on the system capabilities, user preferences and configuration parameters of the application program to maximize the operation of the application program or computer system. Further, user selected rules of operation can be selected by dragging rule icons to target optimizer icon.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]This invention relates to the optimization of computer software and hardware, and in particular to optimization according to user-specified preferences, databases, and dynamic monitoring of system behavior and performance.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Computer operating systems include a large number of parameters, many of which may be queried, controlled, and changed in order to alter the characteristics of the computer system. Similarly, software applications running on computer systems also often include a large number of parameters, many of which may be controlled and changed to alter the characteristics of the application running on the computer system. As an example, in Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, the resolution and color characteristics of the computer system's display may be changed by selecting the “Control Panel” icon from a “Settings” menu item. When the control panel is displayed, a user is presented with a set of new icons, one of wh...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F9/445
CPCG06F8/443G06F9/44505G06F11/3466Y10S715/965Y10S706/922Y10S715/967
Inventor DUMAROT, DANIEL PETERSTEVENSON, DAVID ALANDONO, NICOLAS RICHARDMOULIC, JAMES RANDALLPICKOVER, CLIFFORD ALANSCHNEIDER, BENGT-OLAFSMITH, ADELBERT
Owner ACTIVISION PUBLISHING
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