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Categorizing images of software failures

US8031950B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Ryan J. Cavanaugh · Redmond, US
Eric Gruber · Holzminden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2006
Grant date	Oct 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3672
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Software failures are processed by categorizing images associated with the failures into groups based on similarities in the images. The categorizing of the images may be performed by a software failure analysis tool. The images may include full or partial screenshots of a computer at the time of the software failure. An image may be part of the output of a test, or may be part of a report of a software failure from an end user of the software. The software failure analysis tool may be part of a larger software test management system.

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