Patents by Inventor Peter Gerard Provost

Peter Gerard Provost 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).

  • Identifying impacted tests from statically collected data
    Patent number: 9389986
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying impacted tests from statically collected data. In general, static dependency data, possibly augmented with some dynamic data, is used to find an appropriate set of impacted tests for code changes. In some embodiments, static dependency analysis is used to identify tests impacted by a code change. Heuristics can be used to assist with identifying an appropriate set of impacted tests to run for a code change. Dynamic data can be used to augment static dependency data to identify more optimal sets of impacted tests to run for a code change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Arun Mathew Abraham, Haiying Xu, Jun Su, Peter Gerard Provost, Jing Fan, Jean-Marc Prieur
  • IDENTIFYING IMPACTED TESTS FROM STATICALLY COLLECTED DATA
    Publication number: 20140331206
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying impacted tests from statically collected data. In general, static dependency data, possibly augmented with some dynamic data, is used to find an appropriate set of impacted tests for code changes. In some embodiments, static dependency analysis is used to identify tests impacted by a code change. Heuristics can be used to assist with identifying an appropriate set of impacted tests to run for a code change. Dynamic data can be used to augment static dependency data to identify more optimal sets of impacted tests to run for a code change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arun Mathew Abraham, Haiying Xu, Jun Su, Peter Gerard Provost, Jing Fan, Jean-Marc Prieur
  • COLLABORATIVE TOOL USE IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20090249226
    Abstract: A collaborative tool is integrated into a virtual collaborative environment. The collaborative tool allows use of the tool by one or more physically remote users while providing full functionality and features which may not be available in the virtual collaborative environment. A substantially seamless transition is had between using the tool in the virtual environment and the real world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dragos A. Manolescu, Peter Gerard Provost