| 7043719 |
Method and system for automatically prioritizing and analyzing performance data for one or more, system configurations |
| May-9-2006 |
A system and a method of automatically prioritizing and analyzing performance data for one or more system configurations are provided. Performance data is obtained about a system using a first tool. The... |
| 7043717 |
Debugging apparatus and method |
| May-9-2006 |
A first storage device stores a plurality of program codes. Each program code has an identifier. A second storage device has at least one storage area, which stores a program code to be executed of the... |
| 7039899 |
System and method for automatically generating a script for testing software |
| May-2-2006 |
A script generator facilitates the testing of software, such as application software or other software. The script generator automatically generates a script from metadata that includes code defining the... |
| 7028222 |
Target device-specific syntax and semantic analysis for a graphical program |
| Apr-11-2006 |
A system and method for performing syntax and/or semantic analysis for a graphical program based on an intended target device for deployment of the graphical program. User input indicating an intended... |
| 7017151 |
System and method for real-time applications modification |
| Mar-21-2006 |
An object shell console allows maintenance personnel to upgrade or otherwise modify an executing computer application without suspending or terminating the application's execution. The object shell console... |
| 7003761 |
Multi-process display method in debugger system |
| Feb-21-2006 |
In a multi-process display method of displaying processes to be debugged in a debugger system, an operation state change and detailed information of each process are acquired, each process is displayed... |
| 7000224 |
Test code generator, engine and analyzer for testing middleware applications |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A system for testing middleware of applications in the N-tiered model. The test system contains test code generators, test engines to execute multiple copies of the test code and a data analyzer to analyze... |
| 6996806 |
Graphical view of program structure during debugging session |
| Feb-7-2006 |
In an exemplary aspect of the invention, a method for displaying a computer program organization on a screen monitor provides a graphical representation of a source code structure during a debugging session.... |
| 6993749 |
Conditional debug monitors |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for associating a condition with a monitored expression are provided. Information regarding the monitored expression is only fully rendered a monitor window... |
| 6993487 |
Software code comments management method and system supporting speech recognition technology |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A system and method for enabling audio comments to be used when writing and executing code, during design time and run time. A code writer is hereby enabled to simultaneously write code and compose voice... |
| 6983454 |
Extended "run to" function |
| Jan-3-2006 |
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for implementing an extended run-to function for a selected code portion are provided. One embodiment provides a method of debugging code using a debugging... |
| 6983451 |
Method of testing a computer program translated into a national language |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A method (400) of testing a computer program translated into a national language comprising the steps of making (435-442) a package in a first location, the package including the translated... |
| 6981248 |
Conditional breakpoint encountered indication |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A method and apparatus for determining whether a conditional breakpoint was encountered during a debug execution. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining whether a breakpoint was encountered;... |
| 6978463 |
Programmatic universal policy based software component system for software component framework |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A policy based software component system (24) for modifying software component behavior includes an interceptor (34) for intercepting an interface event being transmitted from a software application... |
| 6978445 |
Method and system for supporting user navigation in a browser environment |
| Dec-20-2005 |
Techniques to support user interaction in a browser environment, "capture" certain user actions, and perform appropriate defined actions. In a first scheme, "setup" pages are used to detect user actions.... |
| 6978441 |
Rating apparatus and method for evaluating bugs |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A method of rating a bug, including reporting the bug to a business entity by an interested party, entering information regarding the bug into a database, assigning a priority number for the bug, calculating... |
| 6978440 |
System and method for developing test cases using a test object library |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for generating a test code for an automatic procedure is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of defining a source file having a... |
| 6978399 |
Debug thread termination control points |
| Dec-20-2005 |
Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for determining thread termination in a debugging environment. One embodiment provides a method of determining thread termination within a debugging environment,... |
| 6978228 |
Method of performing a system reverse engineering process |
| Dec-20-2005 |
The invention relates to a method of performing a system reverse engineering process. The method provides for an examination of the application system that requires reverse engineering by examining the... |
| 6973357 |
Method and configuration system for producing an application-specific functional module for a programmable controller |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A method and configuration system are used for producing an application-specific functional module from a predefined functional module for a programmable controller. In this context, a marking device is... |
| 6964036 |
Descriptive variables while debugging |
| Nov-8-2005 |
Method, apparatus and article manufacture of debugging code. One embodiment provides a method of debugging code, comprising displaying a user interface screen of a debugging program; and in response to... |
| 6961924 |
Displaying variable usage while debugging |
| Nov-1-2005 |
Method, apparatus and article manufacture of debugging code. One embodiment provides a method of debugging code, comprising displaying a user interface screen of a debugging program; and in response to... |
| 6959431 |
System and method to measure and report on effectiveness of software program testing |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A computer-implemented method and system for measuring and reporting on the effectiveness of software program testing combines information from existing debugging and analysis tools to provide various... |
| 6957420 |
Method of generating test scripts for systems having dynamic behavior |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A method is disclosed for testing applications that include non-deterministic behavior. The presently disclosed method generates test code for testing deterministic behavior of an application. When instances... |
| 6957122 |
Method for generating and visualizing a task-oriented step representation |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A method for generating and visualizing a task-oriented step representation of one or more parts programs in machine tools or production machines is described. A syntax analyzer searches the parts program... |
| 6951013 |
Method for facilitating development and testing of relational database application software |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A method for allowing individual user entities access to tables in a database, such as a DB2 database, in an isolated manner, that is, without interfering with each other. For each original database table,... |
| 6951011 |
Diagnostic method and article for identifying significant events |
| Sep-27-2005 |
Backtraces are logged in the log file during execution of a program and tagged with information that can categorize the backtraces. Certain tags are also marked as "interesting" in the log file. A report... |
| 6948153 |
Method and system for computer based testing using an amalgamated resource file |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A system for computer-based testing for producing a test and delivering the test to an examinee includes a storage device that has a first storage location, which stores a first segment of a test definition... |
| 6938244 |
Interlaced protocol for smart card application development |
| Aug-30-2005 |
An integrated circuit (IC) card is presented comprising an input/output (I/O) interface and a smart card development interface (SCDI), coupled to the I/O interface, to receive and identify debug frames... |
| 6934934 |
Method and system for software object testing |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A system for testing middleware of applications in the N-tiered model. The test system contains test code generators, test engines to execute multiple copies of the test code and a data analyzer to analyze... |
| 6922825 |
System analysis apparatus and method, and storage medium storing system analysis program |
| Jul-26-2005 |
The object of the present invention is to analyze association relationships between data items and processes being used in an existing system. By analyzing a program or the like, the type and numbers of... |
| 6920629 |
Capturing fields from an output of a software application |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A test environment comprises a terminal coupled to a database system over a communications link. A software application under test is executable in the database system. In one example, a Telnet session... |
| 6915506 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating results of multiple software tools |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A method and structure for optimizing a solution for a complex problem typically solved by software tools includes selectively converting problem data into a format appropriate for one or more preselected... |
| 6915461 |
Control unit used in machine tools |
| Jul-5-2005 |
The control unit comprises a first display unit which, when an error occurs, displays a primary error message; an error information input unit by which an user inputs error information corresponding to... |
| 6895577 |
Risk metric for testing software |
| May-17-2005 |
A computer-implemented system and method for improving the efficiency of testing a process by focusing the testing in the highest risk areas of the process. One application of this computer-implemented... |
| 6892379 |
Methods and apparatus for use in aiding stack unwinding |
| May-10-2005 |
In a compiler, a method of generating assembly code for stack unwinding is disclosed. One or more source code lines are obtained. Assembly code for the one or more source code lines is then generated.... |
| 6889158 |
Test execution framework for automated software testing |
| May-3-2005 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for testing software components without explicitly having to specify each test or test environment. A computer system for automated testing loads and parses... |
| 6865731 |
Method and computer program product for testing application program software |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A test bed includes a primary test computer and a number of secondary test computers. The primary test computer includes a primary test program, and the secondary test computers each include secondary... |
| 6859922 |
Method of providing software testing services |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A system that provides easy testing of software objects and reduces the burden on a program developer for maintaining a test system is presented. The system accepts as an input objects and automatically... |
| 6859898 |
Monitor apparatus for sequential-function-chart-type programmable controller |
| Feb-22-2005 |
In a monitor apparatus for a sequential-function-chart-type programmable controller, a standard value of an active time of an arbitrary step in a sequential-function-chart program is stored, and the active... |
| 6854108 |
Method and apparatus for deterministic replay of java multithreaded programs on multiprocessors |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A method (and apparatus) of determinstically replaying an observable run-time behavior of distributed multi-threaded programs on multiprocessors in a shared-memory multiprocessor environment, wherein a... |
| 6854089 |
Techniques for mapping graphical user interfaces of applications |
| Feb-8-2005 |
Techniques for generating maps of graphical user interfaces of applications are provided. An application mapper programmatically executes an application to generate a map of the graphical user interface... |
| 6823518 |
Threading and communication architecture for a graphical user interface |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A system and method to facilitate communication between a user interface and an associated process is disclosed. A first thread is associated with the user interface and a second thread is associated with... |
| 6823495 |
Mapping tool graphical user interface |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A graphical user interface and method for creating a mapping between a source object and a destination or target object are provided. The user interface includes a source screen region which displays a... |
| 6823286 |
Method and system for analyzing multi-dimensional data |
| Nov-23-2004 |
Disclosed is a method for analyzing a sequence of data arrays. A selection of at least one type of region of interest and at least one region of interest from said data arrays is made. The sequence of... |
| 6810516 |
Mechanism allowing separation of graphical display of object status from underlying data |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A system that isolates all of the information that determines the look and feel of status displays of a GUI into one file is described. This file can be quickly edited to change the appearance when needed.... |
| 6804813 |
System and method for remote and local diagnosis using automatically identified symbol libraries to create record based requests with tag lists of data to be collected from an operating system |
| Oct-12-2004 |
A symbol resolution system program product for use with a symbolic debugger has multiple symbol files. The symbol files include symbol files for multiple versions of an operating system that could potentially... |
| 6802055 |
Capturing graphics primitives associated with any display object rendered to a graphical user interface |
| Oct-5-2004 |
The present invention provides a mechanism for capturing the one or more graphics primitives drawn to a user interface by an application in execution is presented. A calling process invokes an injection... |
| 6792595 |
Source editing in a graphical hierarchical environment |
| Sep-14-2004 |
This invention relates to a method for viewing, writing, and modifying source code in an integrated development environment (IDE). When source code is being edited in a graphical environment, windows in... |
| 6775824 |
Method and system for software object testing |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A system for testing middleware of applications in the N-tiered model. The test system contains test code generators, test engines to execute multiple copies of the test code and a data analyzer to analyze... |