Patents by Inventor Mark Stephen Taylor

Mark Stephen Taylor 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).

  • RANDOM ACCESS TO HISTORICAL PROGRAM STATE FOR ENHANCED DEBUGGING
    Publication number: 20090249303
    Abstract: A method in one embodiment includes: executing a program; performing testing on the program; logging every input to the program during the testing; logging every result during testing of the program; storing the logged results; and allowing a user to search the logged results. If a failure occurs during the testing: performing a comparison between a successful testing of the program and the failed testing of the program; rerunning the successful testing and the failed testing in parallel; analyzing the logged results for determining occurrence of events during testing of the program; generating a timeline of the events; and outputting the timeline of the events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John William Duffell, Ian Derek Heritage, Mark Stephen Taylor, Henry Tonnison