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Patent
G - Physics
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G06F 1/14 (2006.01) G06F 9/44 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2249781
This invention provides techniques for modifying computer files without making it necessary to recompile the computer files. The methods of the invention have particular application in diagnosing and correcting the millennium bug in computer files of personal computers. The method of the invention includes detecting in a computer file one or more portions of the computer file which contain a specified pattern. The detected portions of the computer file may, then be replaced without recompiling the computer file. The detection may be carried out in binary format and the replacement may be carried out using replacement portions expressed in hexadecimal format. The method may be used to replace short date formats in the computer file with long date formats without altering the functioning of the computer file. The invention may be provided in the form of an apparatus for correcting the millennium bug in a computer file. The apparatus detects and replaces defective date formats in a computer tile with respective corrected date formats without altering the functioning of the computer file.
Mfx Research Pty Ltd
Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala Llp
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