industry or in a particular dictionary or some claims herein are directed to a system having a processor and a memory configured by instructions residing in the memory for causing the processor to perform a specified method such a claimed system exists when the memory has been configured as stated in particular infringement occurs as soon as the memory is configured as opposed to occurring only after the method is performed by executing the instructions whether a memory is configured as claimed may indeed be confirmed in some instances by executing the instructions but the memory configuration may also be confirmed in other instances by other approaches e g by knowledgeable review of the source code from which the instructions were generated by testimony from the author of the instructions or by the provenance of the instructions for example as to provenance instructions executed on another compatible system which performed the method would be expected to likewise perform the method if executed on the present system as used herein a u201c computer system u201d may include for example one or more servers motherboards processing nodes personal computers portable or not personal digital assistants cell or mobile phones and or machine s providing one or more processors controlled at least in part by instructions which may reside in and.