Collaborative software debugging in a distributed system with dynamically displayed chat sessions

US8990775B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8990775-B2
Application numberUS-94333910-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 10, 2010
Priority dateNov 10, 2010
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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In a distributed system that includes a debug server and debug clients coupled for data communications through a data communications network, where the debug server includes a debug administrator, a message router, a back-end debugger, and a debuggee, collaborative software debugging includes receiving application-level messages, including receiving, a request to establish a chat session associated with a location in source code of the debuggee; routing the application-level messages among the debug clients, the debug administrator, and the back-end debugger; returning client-specific debug results, including sending, to the debug clients, a notification of an established chat session; and administering, by the message router, chat content for the established chat session among debug clients. Debug clients display the chat content in a chat box at the location in source code when the view of source code includes the location.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of collaborative software debugging in a distributed system, the distributed system comprising a debug server, a plurality of debug clients, and a data communications network, the debug server coupled for data communications to the plurality of debug clients through the data communications network, the debug server comprising a debug administrator, a message router, a back-end debugger, and a debuggee, the method comprising: receiving, by the debug…

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What does patent US8990775B2 cover?
In a distributed system that includes a debug server and debug clients coupled for data communications through a data communications network, where the debug server includes a debug administrator, a message router, a back-end debugger, and a debuggee, collaborative software debugging includes receiving application-level messages, including receiving, a request to establish a chat session associ…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Bates Cary L, IBM
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F11/3698. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).