Patents by Inventor Victor John Gettler

Victor John Gettler 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: 8141046
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for indicating thread swaps. A code is presented on a graphical user interface. A portion of the code is executed. A determination is made as to whether a change from an initial thread to a current thread occurred when execution of the portion of the code stops at a line of code in the portion of the code. A graphical indication is displayed identifying a thread swap in the graphical user interface in association with the line of code in which the thread swap occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cary Lee Bates, Victor John Gettler
  • Patent number: 7552425
    Abstract: Compiled breakpoint analysis includes a debugger user interface that is displayed for defining breakpoint properties. Responsive to a predefined user selection, a conditional breakpoint and condition are exported to be compiled for debug. When a source module is compiled for debug, the conditional breakpoint is inserted into the program executable for a user-selected line. When debugging the program executable, the compiled conditional breakpoint is identified. A compiled breakpoint table is used to set a conditional breakpoint on the user-selected line and to identify statement numbers for the true and false legs of a compiled condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cary Lee Bates, Victor John Gettler
  • Publication number: 20090094581
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for indicating thread swaps. A code is presented on a graphical user interface. A portion of the code is executed. A determination is made as to whether a change from an initial thread to a current thread occurred when execution of the portion of the code stops at a line of code in the portion of the code. A graphical indication is displayed identifying a thread swap in the graphical user interface in association with the line of code in which the thread swap occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Cary Lee Bates, Victor John Gettler
  • Publication number: 20090044177
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating enhanced source code analyzer results. The process receives a plurality of results generated by a static code analysis for a computer program. Profile data associated with the computer program is received. A priority for each result in the plurality of results is identified to form prioritized results. A prioritized static analysis report is generated using the prioritized results. The prioritized static analysis report indicates the priority for each result in the plurality of results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Cary Lee Bates, Victor John Gettler
  • Patent number: 7047519
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture are provided for tracking breakpoint hits. In one embodiment, a hit count is automatically incremented for each breakpoint. The hit count is stored for subsequent runs, thereby allowing a user to specify a breakpoint encounter number, N, to which a program may execute and then stop. Illustratively, each breakpoint encounter may have been automatically tracked prior to the user's specification of N. In another embodiment, a range in which the breakpoint is located is specified. The hit count is incremented for each encounter of the breakpoint in the range and reset each time the range is entered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cary Lee Bates, Paul Reuben Day, Victor John Gettler
  • Patent number: 6634020
    Abstract: In the present invention, a special purpose watch function is used to find reference to uninitialized memory within a computer program during debugging. The uninitialized memory watch may be implemented singularly with respect to a given memory allocation or as a watchpoint wherein a watch is set on a memory space for each instance of a memory allocation during execution of a program. At the point where this watch is set, the program assumes that the memory targeted is uninitialized. When storage to the target memory is made, the watch function marks that segment of memory as initialized and permits continued program execution. Upon detecting a reference to the memory, a determination is made as to whether the watched memory space is initialized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cary Lee Bates, Victor John Gettler
  • Publication number: 20030061599
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture are provided for tracking breakpoint hits. In one embodiment, a hit count is automatically incremented for each breakpoint. The hit count is stored for subsequent runs, thereby allowing a user to specify a breakpoint encounter number, N, to which a program may execute and then stop. Illustratively, each breakpoint encounter may have been automatically tracked prior to the user's specification of N. In another embodiment, a range in which the breakpoint is located is specified. The hit count is incremented for each encounter of the breakpoint in the range and reset each time the range is entered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cary Lee Bates, Paul Reuben Day, Victor John Gettler