Patents by Inventor Micheal S. McCowan

Micheal S. McCowan 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).

  • Introspection of software program components and conditional generation of memory dump
    Patent number: 9043653
    Abstract: An approach for introspection of a software component and generation of a conditional memory dump, a computing device executing an introspection program with respect to the software component is provided. An introspection system comprises one or more conditions for generating the conditional memory dump based on operations of the software component. In one aspect, a computing device detects, through an introspection program, whether the one or more conditions are satisfied by the software component based on information in an introspection analyzer of the introspection program. In addition, the computing device indicates, through the introspection program, if the one or more conditions are satisfied by the software component. In another aspect, responsive to the indication, the computing device generates the conditional memory dump through the introspection program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James I. Martineau, Lorelei M. McCollum, Micheal S. McCowan
  • INTROSPECTION OF SOFTWARE PROGRAM COMPONENTS AND CONDITIONAL GENERATION OF MEMORY DUMP
    Publication number: 20140068341
    Abstract: An approach for introspection of a software component and generation of a conditional memory dump, a computing device executing an introspection program with respect to the software component is provided. An introspection system comprises one or more conditions for generating the conditional memory dump based on operations of the software component. In one aspect, a computing device detects, through an introspection program, whether the one or more conditions are satisfied by the software component based on information in an introspection analyzer of the introspection program. In addition, the computing device indicates, through the introspection program, if the one or more conditions are satisfied by the software component. In another aspect, responsive to the indication, the computing device generates the conditional memory dump through the introspection program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James I. Martineau, Lorelei M. McCollum, Micheal S. McCowan