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Recording and replaying computer program execution with recorded execution event breakpoints

US8578340B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2010
Grant dateNov 5, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/45504
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer program execution record and replay system providing recorded execution event breakpoints is described. In one embodiment, for example, in the record and replay system, a method for providing recorded execution event breakpoints, the method comprising: recording information about one or more execution events that occur during a recorded execution of a computer program; during a replay execution of the computer program in which a particular execution event of the one or more execution events is faithfully reproduced, determining whether a breakpoint is to be set in the replay execution of the computer program based on the recorded information about the particular execution event; and if the breakpoint is to be set, then setting a breakpoint in the replay execution of the computer program such that the replay execution breaks at a point corresponding to the faithful reproduction of the particular execution event.

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