Method and system for categorizing failures of a program module
US7219266B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/0748
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for categorizing information regarding a failure in an application program module. The failure may be a crash, a set-up failure or an assert. For a crash, a name of an executable module where the crash occurred in the application program module, a version number of the executable module, a name of a module containing an instruction causing the crash, a version number of the module and an offset into the module with the crashing instruction are determined. This bucket information is then transmitted to a repository for storage in a database. The database may be examined to determine fixes for the bug that caused the crash.
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