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Using historic execution data to visualize tracepoints

US10877873B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Leslie Yvette Richardson · Seattle, US
Jackson Davis · Granite Falls, US
Thomas Lai · Redmond, US
Del Myers · Seattle, US
Patrick Lothian Nelson · Redmond, US
Jordi Mola · Bellevue, US
James M. Pinkerton · Kirkland, US
Andrew R. Sterland · Issaquah, US
Andrew Joseph Luhrs · Sammamish, US
Timothy Gardner Misiak · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2019
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 7, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3688
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are provided to use historic execution state information to visualize tracepoint data. For example, historic execution state information corresponding to an application's previous execution is accessed. This historic execution state information was collected while the application was executing. After correlating the historic execution state information to the application's code, a tracepoint is associated with a portion of the code. Consequently, when the code is replayed based on the historic execution state information, the tracepoint causes a behavior of that code portion to be logged while the code is replayed uninterrupted. The code is then actually replayed based on the historic execution state information. During the replay, the tracepoint causes the behavior of the code portion to be logged. The logged behavior is visualized on a user interface.

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