Patents by Inventor Andrew W. Bloom

Andrew W. Bloom 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).

  • Automatic bug isolation in computer programming languages
    Patent number: 7539977
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus relating to automatically reducing an amount of code necessary for reproducing errors within programming language code is presented. The method can include identifying optional nodes of a hierarchical tree of programming language code, wherein each node of the tree corresponds to a type of programming language construct. A target node can be selected from the optional nodes. The method further can include excluding the target node and any sub-nodes of the target node from the programming language code, and determining whether the programming language code passes at least one test case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew W. Bloom