Patents by Inventor Derek Kneil Carter

Derek Kneil Carter 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 system and article of manufacture for debugging a computer program by encoding user specified breakpoint types at multiple locations in the computer program
    Patent number: 6249907
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for debugging a computer program. A user indicates a specified breakpoint type, such as a program statement, variable reference, command, etc. The program, including program statements, is then compiled. During compilation, the compiler locates statements in the program corresponding to the breakpoint types and generates a function call into the program at instances in the program of statements corresponding to the user specified breakpoint types. During a debugging phase, a debugger may execute an executable version of the program, including the function calls. Upon processing the function calls, the debugger may stop execution of the program and pass control to the user to perform debugging operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Kneil Carter, Ronald Wessels, Della Ann Yukihiro