Patents by Inventor Brian Colling

Brian Colling 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).

  • Techniques for debugging an application
    Patent number: 8966448
    Abstract: Techniques for debugging applications are provided. Access to an application is controlled by a wrapper. The wrapper intercepts calls to the application and records the calls. The calls are then passed to the application for processing. The recorded calls form a log which may be analyzed or mined to detect error conditions or undesirable performance characteristics associated with the application independent of source associated with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Collings Cooper, Stephen R. Carter
  • TECHNIQUES FOR DEBUGGING AN APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20110296246
    Abstract: Techniques for debugging applications are provided. Access to an application is controlled by a wrapper. The wrapper intercepts calls to the application and records the calls. The calls are then passed to the application for processing. The recorded calls form a log which may be analyzed or mined to detect error conditions or undesirable performance characteristics associated with the application independent of source associated with the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Brian Collings Cooper, Stephen R. Carter
  • Techniques for monitoring application calls
    Patent number: 8015549
    Abstract: Techniques for debugging applications are provided. Access to an application is controlled by a wrapper. The wrapper intercepts calls to the application and records the calls. The calls are then passed to the application for processing. The recorded calls form a log which may be analyzed or mined to detect error conditions or undesirable performance characteristics associated with the application independent of source associated with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Collings Cooper, Stephen R. Carter
  • Indoor board games
    Patent number: 4022465
    Abstract: A device for playing a board game in which the players move counters over a board, the device including an electronic device automatically indicating a number of different instructions one at a time in rapid succession, a stop-go switch being provided to enable a player to stop the device with a desired instruction being indicated so that by exercising his skill the player can be successful in the game by obtaining a series of desired instructions. A further device may be provided for a competing player to interfere by changing the instruction indication at random.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Assignee: Dacoll Engineering Services Limited
    Inventors: Brian Colling, Raymond Duncan Fillingham