IDENTIFYING A POTENTIAL BREAKPOINT LOCATION IN A CODE PATH IN A COMPUTER PROGRAM BASED UPON THE FREQUENCY OF EXECUTION OF THE CODE PATH AS IDENTIFIED IN COLLECTED PROFILE DATA

Patent №

US 8,219,980

Granted

2012-07-10

Filed 2007

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

1

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11621777

An apparatus, program product and method identify a potential breakpoint location in a code path in a computer program based upon the frequency of execution of the code path as identified in collected profile data. By doing so, a potential breakpoint location may be identified for an infrequently executed code path and/or a frequently executed code path, and a breakpoint may be set at the identified breakpoint location. As such, breakpoints may be set in locations that may be more likely to assist a user in debugging the computer program and may result in more efficient debugging.

AI hardwareG06F 11/3636G06F 11/3612

AI classification

AI hardware0.86
Knowledge representation0.27
Planning0.10
Natural language0.02
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Vision0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 187400144

Assignors

BATES, CARY LEE, SCHROEDER, MARK DOUGLAS

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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