Patents by Inventor Richard Coppen

Richard Coppen 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).

  • Testing of combined code changesets in a software product
    Patent number: 10169214
    Abstract: A method tests changesets in a software product. One or more processors determine whether there is sufficient building and testing capacity to test a single changeset individually. In response to determining that there is not sufficient building and testing capacity to test the single changeset individually, one or more processors: select a first combination of changesets; calculate an interaction between changesets in said each combination; determine that the first combination of changesets has a lower amount of overlapping of code than any other combination of changesets from the multiple changesets; and select the first combination of changesets for building and testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Bakowski, Richard Coppen
  • TESTING OF COMBINED CODE CHANGESETS IN A SOFTWARE PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20170116106
    Abstract: A method tests changesets in a software product. One or more processors determine whether there is sufficient building and testing capacity to test a single changeset individually. In response to determining that there is not sufficient building and testing capacity to test the single changeset individually, one or more processors: select a first combination of changesets; calculate an interaction between changesets in said each combination; determine that the first combination of changesets has a lower amount of overlapping of code than any other combination of changesets from the multiple changesets; and select the first combination of changesets for building and testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Ben Bakowski, Richard Coppen
  • Testing of combined code changesets in a software product
    Patent number: 9582403
    Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product tests combined code changesets in a software product. One or more combinations of two or more changesets are selected, wherein a changeset is a set of changes to a software product submitted by a single developer source. For each combination of two or more changesets, an interaction between changesets is calculated, wherein the interaction is an overlapping of code found in two or more changesets. A combination of two or more changesets that has a predetermined minimum interaction between changesets is selected for building and testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Bakowski, Richard Coppen
  • TESTING OF COMBINED CODE CHANGESETS IN A SOFTWARE PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20150067647
    Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product tests combined code changesets in a software product. One or more combinations of two or more changesets are selected, wherein a changeset is a set of changes to a software product submitted by a single developer source. For each combination of two or more changesets, an interaction between changesets is calculated, wherein the interaction is an overlapping of code found in two or more changesets. A combination of two or more changesets that has a predetermined minimum interaction between changesets is selected for building and testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Ben Bakowski, Richard Coppen