Patents by Inventor Brendan Seamus Murphy

Brendan Seamus Murphy 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).

  • Patent number: 11188313
    Abstract: Techniques performed by a data processing system for automatically managing feature flags in source code include automatically analyzing source code associated with a software program to identify a set of first feature flags; obtaining, from a configuration server associated with the software program, dynamic configuration information associated with a second set of feature flags, wherein the dynamic configuration information includes configuration information for configuring one or more operating parameters of the software program without redeploying the software program; correlating the set of first feature flags included in the source code with the set of second feature flags to match the dynamic configuration information with the feature flags of the set of first feature flags; generating feature flag reporting information; providing the feature flag reporting information to at least one consuming application; and causing the at least one consuming application to perform at least one action associated wit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jaime Seral Huffman, Katja Sabina Kevic, Brendan Seamus Murphy, Carlene Lebeuf, Brian Hassan Krakower, Jennifer Lee Beckmann
  • Patent number: 9378015
    Abstract: A system is described herein that predicts defects in a portion of code of an application that is configured to execute on a computing device. Versions of code are analyzed to locate change bursts, which are alterations to at least one portion of code over time-related events. If a change burst is identified, defects are predicted with respect to the code based at least in part upon the identified change burst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nachiappan Nagappan, Thomas Michael Josef Zimmermann, Brendan Seamus Murphy, Andreas Zeller
  • Publication number: 20110041120
    Abstract: A system is described herein that predicts defects in a portion of code of an application that is configured to execute on a computing device. Versions of code are analyzed to locate change bursts, which are alterations to at least one portion of code over time-related events. If a change burst is identified, defects are predicted with respect to the code based at least in part upon the identified change burst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Mocrosoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nachiappan Nagappan, Thomas Michael Josef Zimmermann, Brendan Seamus Murphy, Andreas Zeller