Patents by Inventor Erik Beans

Erik Beans 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).

  • Software test case management
    Patent number: 8561036
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of identifying software test cases to be executed is discussed. The method includes determining one or more features changed in a software project, correlating the one or more features with one or more secondary source code files that exhibit the one or more features, and identifying test cases to be executed based on the correlation between the one or more features and the one or more secondary source code files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Beans, Daniel Khuong, Praveen Vutukuru, Shelton S. Mar
  • Mobile interaction with software test cases
    Patent number: 8538414
    Abstract: A method of managing a software test case includes receiving a message about a test case from a test case management system, associating the message with a mobile device, and translating the message and transmitting the translated message to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Beans, Daniel Khuong, Rong Ou
  • Method and apparatus for detecting incorrectly translated text in a document
    Patent number: 8296124
    Abstract: A system that detects incorrectly translated text in a document. During operation, the system determines a target language for the document. The system then identifies one or more terms in the document that are invalid terms for the language. Next, the system analyzes correlations between these invalid terms, and, based on these correlations, determines whether one or more of the invalid terms comprise incorrectly translated text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Joanna Holsztynska, Katsuhiko Momoi, Erik Beans, Daniel Khuong, Hayden Shaw