Patents by Inventor Shinoj Zacharias

Shinoj Zacharias 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: 10248546
    Abstract: A computer-implemented facility is provided for intelligent mobile device selection for mobile application testing. The computer-implemented facility determines features of a new mobile application to be tested, and compares the features of the new mobile application with features of multiple known mobile applications to identify one or more known mobile applications with similar features. Based at least in part on automated analysis of user reviews of the one or the more known mobile applications operating in one or more types of mobile devices, the facility provides one or more risk scores for operation of the new mobile application in the one or more types of mobile devices. Further, based on the risk scores, a recommended set of mobile devices in which to test the new mobile application may be generated for use in testing the new mobile application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Roger Snook, Leigh A. Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Publication number: 20190065341
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to debugging a set of code components of an application program. A set of defect data which indicates a set of defects may be collected with respect to an application program. The set of defect data may be derived from a set of post-compilation users of the application program. A set of test case data which indicates a set of user interface features of the application program may be collected with respect to the application program. The set of test case data may be derived from a set of development tests of the application program. Using both the set of defect data and the set of test case data, a set of fragility data for the set of code components of the application program may be determined. Based on the set of fragility data, the set of code components of the application program may be debugged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Leigh A. Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Publication number: 20190057013
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to debugging a set of code components of an application program. A set of defect data which indicates a set of defects may be collected with respect to an application program. The set of defect data may be derived from a set of post-compilation users of the application program. A set of test case data which indicates a set of user interface features of the application program may be collected with respect to the application program. The set of test case data may be derived from a set of development tests of the application program. Using both the set of defect data and the set of test case data, a set of fragility data for the set of code components of the application program may be determined. Based on the set of fragility data, the set of code components of the application program may be debugged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Leigh A. Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Patent number: 10170153
    Abstract: An approach is provided for auto-adjusting instructional video playback based on cognitive user activity detection analysis. The approach includes, for instance, providing for playback an instructional video, including a series a steps to accomplish one or more tasks, and monitoring, during playback of the instructional video, progress of a user through the series of steps. The monitoring includes, at least in part, video monitoring the user, and using an activity detection analysis to detect, based on the monitoring, actions by the user as the user progresses through the series of steps. Playback of the instructional video is automatically adjusted based on the activity detection analysis to match the progress of the user through the series of steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Roger C. Snook, Leigh A. Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Patent number: 10169576
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for malware collusion detection in a mobile computing device. In one embodiment, a method for malicious inter-application interaction detection in a mobile computing device includes filtering applications installed in a mobile device to a set of related applications and then monitoring in the mobile device execution of the related applications in the set. The method additionally includes computing resource utilization of one of the related applications executing in a background of the mobile device while also computing execution performance of a different one of the related applications. Finally, the method includes responding to a determination that the computed resource utilization is high while the computed execution performance is poor by generating a notification in the display of the mobile device that the one of the related applications is suspected of malware collusion with the different one of the related applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Roger C. Snook, Leigh Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Patent number: 10169202
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to debugging a set of code components of an application program. A set of defect data which indicates a set of defects may be collected with respect to an application program. The set of defect data may be derived from a set of post-compilation users of the application program. A set of test case data which indicates a set of user interface features of the application program may be collected with respect to the application program. The set of test case data may be derived from a set of development tests of the application program. Using both the set of defect data and the set of test case data, a set of fragility data for the set of code components of the application program may be determined. Based on the set of fragility data, the set of code components of the application program may be debugged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Leigh A. Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Patent number: 10169200
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to debugging a set of code components of an application program. A set of defect data which indicates a set of defects may be collected with respect to an application program. The set of defect data may be derived from a set of post-compilation users of the application program. A set of test case data which indicates a set of user interface features of the application program may be collected with respect to the application program. The set of test case data may be derived from a set of development tests of the application program. Using both the set of defect data and the set of test case data, a set of fragility data for the set of code components of the application program may be determined. Based on the set of fragility data, the set of code components of the application program may be debugged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Leigh A. Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Publication number: 20180341574
    Abstract: A computer-implemented facility is provided for intelligent mobile device selection for mobile application testing. The computer-implemented facility determines features of a new mobile application to be tested, and compares the features of the new mobile application with features of multiple known mobile applications to identify one or more known mobile applications with similar features. Based at least in part on automated analysis of user reviews of the one or the more known mobile applications operating in one or more types of mobile devices, the facility provides one or more risk scores for operation of the new mobile application in the one or more types of mobile devices. Further, based on the risk scores, a recommended set of mobile devices in which to test the new mobile application may be generated for use in testing the new mobile application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Vijay EKAMBARAM, Roger SNOOK, Leigh A. WILLIAMSON, Shinoj ZACHARIAS
  • Publication number: 20180293155
    Abstract: A computer-implemented facility is provided for intelligent mobile device selection for mobile application testing. The computer-implemented facility determines features of a new mobile application to be tested, and compares the features of the new mobile application with features of multiple known mobile applications to identify one or more known mobile applications with similar features. Based at least in part on automated analysis of user reviews of the one or the more known mobile applications operating in one or more types of mobile devices, the facility provides one or more risk scores for operation of the new mobile application in the one or more types of mobile devices. Further, based on the risk scores, a recommended set of mobile devices in which to test the new mobile application may be generated for use in testing the new mobile application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Vijay EKAMBARAM, Roger SNOOK, Leigh A. WILLIAMSON, Shinoj ZACHARIAS
  • Publication number: 20180268865
    Abstract: An approach is provided for auto-adjusting instructional video playback based on cognitive user activity detection analysis. The approach includes, for instance, providing for playback an instructional video, including a series a steps to accomplish one or more tasks, and monitoring, during playback of the instructional video, progress of a user through the series of steps. The monitoring includes, at least in part, video monitoring the user, and using an activity detection analysis to detect, based on the monitoring, actions by the user as the user progresses through the series of steps. Playback of the instructional video is automatically adjusted based on the activity detection analysis to match the progress of the user through the series of steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Vijay EKAMBARAM, Roger C. SNOOK, Leigh A. WILLIAMSON, Shinoj ZACHARIAS
  • Patent number: 10079719
    Abstract: An approach is provided for tuning middleware. Performance-related settings are loaded. Performance data of the middleware of a MobileFirst Platform (MFP) running in a docker container infrastructure is received. The performance data is collected by agents installed in container groups. Based on the performance data, a performance issue in one of the container groups is identified and a server included in the one container group is identified as a source of the performance issue. Recommendations are generated for tuning the middleware by modifying one or more of the performance-related settings. While the middleware is running in the docker container infrastructure, one of the recommendations is applied to modify one of the performance-related settings which dynamically tunes the middleware, thereby resolving the performance issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Girish Dhanakshirur, Josephine E. Justin, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Publication number: 20180260264
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, system, and computer program product for collecting serviceability data for analyzing a customer's issue. An analysis agent is launched upon initiation of a trace as a result of an error. The analysis agent accesses trace specification on a customer environment to determine an order of processing for a specific task. The analysis agent maps the trace specification to a set of APIs invoked by an operating system for the specific task. The analysis recreates the error in the customer environment based on the mapping of the trace specification to the set of APIs invoked by the operating system. The analysis agent diagnoses the error while monitoring the recreation of the error in the customer environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Krishna K. CHANDRASEKAR, Shinoj ZACHARIAS
  • Patent number: 10067857
    Abstract: A computer-implemented facility is provided for intelligent mobile device selection for mobile application testing. The computer-implemented facility determines features of a new mobile application to be tested, and compares the features of the new mobile application with features of multiple known mobile applications to identify one or more known mobile applications with similar features. Based at least in part on automated analysis of user reviews of the one or the more known mobile applications operating in one or more types of mobile devices, the facility provides one or more risk scores for operation of the new mobile application in the one or more types of mobile devices. Further, based on the risk scores, a recommended set of mobile devices in which to test the new mobile application may be generated for use in testing the new mobile application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Roger Snook, Leigh A. Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Publication number: 20180203793
    Abstract: A computer-implemented facility is provided for intelligent mobile device selection for mobile application testing. The computer-implemented facility determines features of a new mobile application to be tested, and compares the features of the new mobile application with features of multiple known mobile applications to identify one or more known mobile applications with similar features. Based at least in part on automated analysis of user reviews of the one or the more known mobile applications operating in one or more types of mobile devices, the facility provides one or more risk scores for operation of the new mobile application in the one or more types of mobile devices. Further, based on the risk scores, a recommended set of mobile devices in which to test the new mobile application may be generated for use in testing the new mobile application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Vijay EKAMBARAM, Roger SNOOK, Leigh A. WILLIAMSON, Shinoj ZACHARIAS
  • Publication number: 20180203792
    Abstract: A computer-implemented facility is provided for intelligent mobile device selection for mobile application testing. The computer-implemented facility determines features of a new mobile application to be tested, and compares the features of the new mobile application with features of multiple known mobile applications to identify one or more known mobile applications with similar features. Based at least in part on automated analysis of user reviews of the one or the more known mobile applications operating in one or more types of mobile devices, the facility provides one or more risk scores for operation of the new mobile application in the one or more types of mobile devices. Further, based on the risk scores, a recommended set of mobile devices in which to test the new mobile application may be generated for use in testing the new mobile application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Vijay EKAMBARAM, Roger SNOOK, Leigh A. WILLIAMSON, Shinoj ZACHARIAS
  • Publication number: 20180137275
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for malware collusion detection in a mobile computing device. In one embodiment, a method for malicious inter-application interaction detection in a mobile computing device includes filtering applications installed in a mobile device to a set of related applications and then monitoring in the mobile device execution of the related applications in the set. The method additionally includes computing resource utilization of one of the related applications executing in a background of the mobile device while also computing execution performance of a different one of the related applications. Finally, the method includes responding to a determination that the computed resource utilization is high while the computed execution performance is poor by generating a notification in the display of the mobile device that the one of the related applications is suspected of malware collusion with the different one of the related applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Roger C. Snook, Leigh Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Patent number: 9971679
    Abstract: The method includes identifying a test report log for a regression test. The method further includes identifying one or more errors in the identified test report log. The method further includes determining a severity category for the one or more identified errors in the identified test report log. The method further includes determining a severity category for the identified test report log based on the determined severity category for the one or more identified errors in the identified test report log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Brealey, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Publication number: 20180121318
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to debugging a set of code components of an application program. A set of defect data which indicates a set of defects may be collected with respect to an application program. The set of defect data may be derived from a set of post-compilation users of the application program. A set of test case data which indicates a set of user interface features of the application program may be collected with respect to the application program. The set of test case data may be derived from a set of development tests of the application program. Using both the set of defect data and the set of test case data, a set of fragility data for the set of code components of the application program may be determined. Based on the set of fragility data, the set of code components of the application program may be debugged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Leigh A. Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Publication number: 20180121319
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to debugging a set of code components of an application program. A set of defect data which indicates a set of defects may be collected with respect to an application program. The set of defect data may be derived from a set of post-compilation users of the application program. A set of test case data which indicates a set of user interface features of the application program may be collected with respect to the application program. The set of test case data may be derived from a set of development tests of the application program. Using both the set of defect data and the set of test case data, a set of fragility data for the set of code components of the application program may be determined. Based on the set of fragility data, the set of code components of the application program may be debugged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Leigh A. Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias
  • Publication number: 20180121317
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to debugging a set of code components of an application program. A set of defect data which indicates a set of defects may be collected with respect to an application program. The set of defect data may be derived from a set of post-compilation users of the application program. A set of test case data which indicates a set of user interface features of the application program may be collected with respect to the application program. The set of test case data may be derived from a set of development tests of the application program. Using both the set of defect data and the set of test case data, a set of fragility data for the set of code components of the application program may be determined. Based on the set of fragility data, the set of code components of the application program may be debugged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Leigh A. Williamson, Shinoj Zacharias