Patents Assigned to Appliant Corporation
  • Method and system for identifying instrumentation targets in computer programs related to logical transactions
    Patent number: 6327700
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying sets of instructions within a computer program, execution of which serve as an indicator for processing of a transaction by the computer program and that together comprise a witness set. The witness set may be employed to monitor execution of the computer program and detect processing of the transaction. Witness sets are constructed by iteratively filtering an initial set of instructions based on profile data collected during execution of the computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Appliant Corporation
    Inventors: J. Bradley Chen, Brian N. Bershad