Patents by Inventor Andreas TRINKS

Andreas TRINKS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SEMANTICALLY CONNECT INDEPENDENT BUILD AND TEST PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20120266137
    Abstract: In order to provide an improved, less error prone method for testing codes of a software application the following steps are proposed: defining for each test case comprised of a predefined test suite a specific footprint according to its test property, wherein said test case footprint comprises references defining which code sections are tested by said test case, marking code sections of the software application to be tested, identifying a test case of the test suite using its footprint matching at least a part of the marked code of the software application, and applying the identified test case on the software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan ALEXANDER, René PIETZSCH, Sebastian SCHAEFER, Andreas TRINKS, Henning WILBERT
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SEMANTICALLY CONNECT INDEPENDENT BUILD AND TEST PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20110145793
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving computer software testing using test coverage data. In order to provide an improved, less error prone method for testing codes of a software application the following steps are proposed: defining for each test case comprised of a predefined test suite a specific footprint according to its test property, wherein said test case footprint comprises references defining which code sections are tested by said test case, marking code sections of the software application to be tested, identifying a test case of the test suite using its footprint matching at least a part of the marked code of the software application, and applying the identified test case on the software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan ALEXANDER, René PIETZSCH, Sebastian SCHAEFER, Andreas TRINKS, Henning WILBERT