Patents by Inventor MICHEAL J. TABB

MICHEAL J. TABB 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).

  • TARGETING CODE SECTIONS FOR CORRECTING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT DEFECTS USING RECORDS OF A DEFECT TRACKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120167053
    Abstract: An unresolved defect can be identified in a computer program product. It may not be initially known which of a plurality of different code segments of the computer program product are able to be modified to correct to repair the unresolved defect. A subset of the different code segments can be predicted utilizing information contained within a database of previously reported defects. The predicting can be determined based on a set of code segments that were previously modified to correct or repair the previously reported defects as detailed within the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: MATTHEW G. MARUM, SAMUEL G. PADGETT, NIRAV S. SHETH, STEVEN K. SPEICHER, MICHEAL J. TABB