Patents by Inventor William Martin Schell

William Martin Schell 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).

  • Method of and apparatus for efficiently debugging programs given limited system resources
    Patent number: 5794045
    Abstract: A device for creating and analyzing larger symbolic representations without the limitations imposed by available resources of previous devices is disclosed. More specifically, a debugger for debugging a symbolic representation of a program is disclosed. The debugger comprising means for inputting a set of characteristics, means for linking the set of characteristics to the symbolic representation, means for identifying a first portion of the symbolic representation mutually exclusive from the set of characteristics, and means for analyzing a second portion of the symbolic representation for the set of characteristics wherein the second portion being mutually exclusive from the first portion. A method of debugging programs using the debugger, in addition to the resultant debugged program, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: William Martin Schell, Kanwar Jit Singh, Guy Ashley Story, Pasupathi Ananta Subrahmanyam