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6842893 Method for global breakout identification  
A method, a computer-implemented apparatus, and a computer program product for identifying a global breakpoint for debugging computer software are disclosed. The method includes the step of...
6839892 Operating system debugger extensions for hypervisor debugging  
A data processing system, method, and product are disclosed for debugging partition management firmware from an existing operating system debugger. The partition management firmware is also called...
6839893 Debugger capable of providing warnings for unreachable breakpoints  
A debugger capable of providing warnings for unreachable breakpoints is disclosed. After a breakpoint has been set by a user, within an application program source code that is monitored by a...
6836857 Mechanism for debugging a computer process  
A mechanism for debugging a transformation document is disclosed, wherein a debugging mechanism interacts with a user interface to enable a user to specify one or more breakpoints. The user may...
6836884 Method and system for editing software programs  
A method and system are disclosed for editing a software program in a common language runtime environment, wherein the software program has a source code component, an intermediate language...
6836882 Pipeline flattener for simplifying event detection during data processor debug operations  
Pipeline activity information associated with all stages of execution of an instruction in an instruction pipeline of a data processor is presented to an event detector in timewise aligned format....
6832367 Method and system for recording and replaying the execution of distributed java programs  
A method for recording and replaying execution of distributed programs on a computer system in a distributed environment, includes identifying an execution order of critical events of a program,...
6829722 System and method of processing memory  
A method of processing memory, suitable for loading an executable object code compiled from a source code into the memory that includes defective memory cells. At first, set up a plurality of...
6826746 Debugger probe for object oriented programming  
An improved source-level debugger for object-oriented application programs which may include linked native language dynamic load libraries. The debugger is compatible with the Java Platform...
6823224 Data processing system having an on-chip background debug system and method therefor  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a mechanism to prevent the oscillator from being stopped when a host development system is coupled to the background debug communications interface...
6823283 Measurement system including a programmable hardware element and measurement modules that convey interface information  
System and method for measurement, DAQ, and control operations. A measurement module includes measurement circuitry for performing signal conditioning and/or signal conversion, and interface...
6823478 System and method for automating the testing of software processing environment changes  
A system and method for automating the testing of processing environment changes are described. Input data having corresponding known-good output based on the processing of the input data in a...
6820251 System and method for a software recovery mechanism  
The present invention is a system and method for providing a software recovery mechanism. In architecture, the system includes a compiler that parses a source program. Error condition test logic...
6820192 Central processing unit for easily testing and debugging programs  
A central processing unit (CPU) for easily testing and debugging an application program, which includes a data communications unit for performing data communications with a host computer, a status...
6816985 Method and apparatus for detecting corrupt software code  
A method for detecting corrupt software code includes defining a correlation rule for a program, writing the program to a memory device and reading two or more of the markers from the memory...
6810523 Efficient thread programming using a single callback function  
A method that uses a single callback function for a multiphase service with possible discontinuation of execution between the phases. The method is based on assignment of a case in the callback...
6810247 Recovery in a wireless environment  
A method of providing recovery of user interaction associated with a two-way wireless communication session. The method includes associating a series of virtual pages with program blocks, storing...
6807583 Method of determining causal connections between events recorded during process execution  
A method of determining scenario causality, along with precedence causality, is disclosed. Information is recorded relating to events occurring during execution of a process. The information...
6804796 Method and test tool for verifying the functionality of a software based unit  
A method and a test tool 110 are provided for verifying the functionality of a software based unit 100 which is provided with an interface 105 for its external communication. Pre-recorded...
6795739 Method for organizing the execution of electronically controlled switching processes  
A method for organizing the execution of electronically controlled switching processes, in which sequential and/or parallel steps (S 1 to S 9 ) are activated by preset transition conditions (T 1 ...
6795962 Machine independent debugger  
The present invention teaches a source-level debugger that defines symbol tables with a grammar. A grammar interface component is used by the compiler to automate portions of the debugger to...
6789211 Storing in a reserved memory location data indicative of a stack location which stores the entry point of a dynamically loaded file  
To enable a processor connected to a host computer to run programs that are dynamically loaded by the host, a stack is loaded into its memory, and the location of the stack, or information enabling...
6782530 Method of ranking messages generated in a computer system  
According to one embodiment, a method of automatically assigning a ranking value to a plurality of received messages is disclosed. Each of the received messages provides information about a...
6775823 Method and system for on-line submission and debug of software code for a portable computer system or electronic device  
One embodiment of the invention enables a computer user (e.g., software developer, software consumer, etc.) to remotely determine whether a software application (e.g., a video game) is compatible...
6772411 Software performance and management system  
A system and method for monitoring resource usage in a software system such as a database system is described. The user selects an application to monitor through a user-interface. On selection, one...
6772410 Program verifying system, program verifying method, and storage medium for storing software of program verifying method  
A storage area managing system using a system for virtually executing a program code before really executing the program code, the storage area managing system, that comprises virtual executing...
6769114 Methods and apparatus for preventing software modifications from invalidating previously passed integration tests  
A software tool and methods for preventing software modifications from invalidating previously passed integration test cases is provided. The software tool and methods automatically modify an...
6766481 Software suitability testing system  
A software suitability testing system using a software product line engineering approach for analyzing and testing commercial, off-the-shelf software products to determine the software product's...
6763517 Automated analysis of kernel and user core files including searching, ranking, and recommending patch files  
A computerized method for automatically analyzing a core file created by a computer system after an unexpected interrupt. The packages installed on the computer system are determined and patch...
6760864 Data processing system with on-chip FIFO for storing debug information and method therefor  
A debug module ( 20 ) is provided which allows a developer to capture three types of debug information. The three types of debug information are: change-of-flow addresses, CPU data, and current...
6760834 Microprocessor for saving contextual data when switching to a test program  
A microprocessor may be switchable between a normal mode and a test mode for performing a test program and may include a central processing unit (CPU) for saving contextual data in a stack of the...
6757829 Program debugging system for secure computing device having secure and non-secure modes  
The method of secure computing concerns the security of a debugger/emulator tool commonly employed in program development. A private encryption key is used to encrypt at least verification token...
6754851 Debugging kernel system  
A debugging kernel system includes a host machine having a program debugging tool and a target machine having a sales slip output system. A target board is built in the target machine, and an agent...
6754856 Memory access debug facility  
A computer system includes instruction fetch circuitry for dispatching fetched instructions to a pipelined execution unit, data memory access circuitry and emulator circuitry for use in debug...
6751788 Method of testing computer software  
A method of testing the ability of software modules, each executing particular functions, in a device to cooperate using machine code sequences contained in executing software modules, checks the...
6745348 Method for estimating number of internationalization faults in software code  
A method, computer program product and system for estimating the number of internationalization faults, e.g., errors, warnings, in a software program. The number of internationalization faults may...
6745344 Debug and data collection mechanism utilizing a difference in database state by using consecutive snapshots of the database state  
A method and apparatus for debugging a software program is provided. In one example, a method includes preserving consecutive snapshots of a group of shared memory structures that contain data and...
6742177 Method and system for secure debugging of a secure software module  
A method to debug application interface calls made to a tamper-resistant software module. The method comprises the steps of: loading a first application to be debugged using a debugging...
6738932 Method and system for identifying software revisions from memory images  
A method for identifying software executing on a computer system from a memory image defining at a particular time a state of the executing software. The method includes populating a comparison...
6738927 Target debugging application on digital signal processor validating link connection to host computer  
A register of a processor is set to one value when a host is connected to the processor and to a second value when no host is connected. The processor then starts execution after reading the...
6728949 Method and system for periodic trace sampling using a mask to qualify trace data  
A method and system for monitoring execution performance of a program is provided. Profiling functionality may be qualified by setting various qualifying flags at the request of a user. These...
6725399 Requirements based software testing method  
A method for testing computer software is described. The method is intended for operation on software which may or may not have been previously subjected to unit and integration tests, to determine...
6725449 Semiconductor test program debugging apparatus  
A semiconductor test program debugging apparatus is disclosed to which data concerning a packet input to and output from the packet transfer memory device is supplied, and which extracts a part...
6721941 Collection of timing and coverage data through a debugging interface  
Techniques for gathering execution information about an application, such as a distributed application, are described. Key communication points in cross execution context calls, such as remote...
6721942 Component object model interface to C&plus &plus type conversion  
Methods for converting from a COM interface pointer to an underlying C++ object are described in various embodiments. In the various embodiments, classes are constructed in support of the...
6715139 System and method for providing and displaying debugging information of a graphical program on a first computer during execution of the graphical program on a second computer  
A computer-based virtual instrumentation system including a host computer and an embedded system or device, wherein graphical programs created using the computer system can be downloaded to the...
6708169 Apparatus and method for generating a merged symbol file for verifying symbolic data  
An apparatus and method for cataloging symbolic data for use in performance analysis of computer programs is provided. The apparatus and method stores symbolic data for loaded modules during or...
6708325 Method for compiling high level programming languages into embedded microprocessor with multiple reconfigurable logic  
A computer implemented method for automatically compiling a computer program written in a high level programming language into an intermediate data structure. The data structure is analyzed to...
6708173 Method and apparatus for multiple application trace streams  
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an Internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to create multiple applications for accessing an existing proprietary data base management system. A...
6708324 Extensible automated testing software  
Extensible automated testing software provides reliability, user extendibility, scalability, and multiple simultaneous testing support through the use:of modules which the user may employ to set up...