Patents by Inventor Martin Coughlan

Martin Coughlan 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: 8413117
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for focusing product testing based on areas of change within the product is described. A link between resource files of a product and test cases associated with the product is created. The resource files of a first build of the product are compared with the resource files of a second build of the product. A report that comprises which resource files changed between the first build of the product and the second build of the product is generated. The resource files that have changed and the test cases linked to the changed resource files are displayed. The test cases linked to the changed resource files are executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Coughlan, Janick Deregnieaux, Robert Leyden, Sebastian Nowak, Martin Roche
  • Patent number: 8160865
    Abstract: A method for managing coordinate geometry information for a user interface template to be applied to multiple languages is described. Strings of text in a file are translated from a first language to a pseudo language. Data field sizes associated with a first user interface are analyzed. The first user interface is in the first language. The data fields are resized to match strings of text sizes if the data field sizes of the data fields do not match strings of text sizes. A user interface template is stored with data field geometry information that indicates the data field sizes. Language specific data field geometry information is also stored that indicated the data field sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Coughlan, Janick Deregnieaux