Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of, at a first system, communicating with a second system for the establishment of a mutual clock and, at the first system, performing a first set of operations based on the mutual clock and performing a different, second set of operations based on a first clock of the first system, wherein the first clock is different from the mutual clock.

Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of, at a first system, communicating with a second system for the establishment of a mutual clock and, at the first system, performing a first set of operations based on the mutual clock and performing a different, second set of operations based on a first clock of the first system, wherein the first clock is different from the mutual clock.

Abstract: A method and system for verifying resolution of attributes of a computer program. The verification system analyzes a command-based computer program prior to runtime to determine whether the input attributes associated with a command would be properly resolved prior to execution of that command at runtime. During verification, the verification system processes the commands of the program in sequence. For each input attribute of a command, the verification system identifies a source (e.g., output attribute of a command) of the value for the input attributes. The verification system then determines whether that source would be properly resolved during execution of the computer program.

Abstract: A method and system for preparing a program for customization. The customization system “compiles” a computer program by identifying the content of each statement of the computer program that may be customized. The customization system identifies the type associated with each statement. Based on the type of statement, the customization system identifies content of the statement that can be customized and stores the identified content in a custom content bundle. The customization system then replaces the identified content in the statement with an include content command that includes the content identifier of the corresponding content. When the computer program is executed, the include content command of the statement causes the retrieving of a content associated with its content identifier from a custom content bundle.