Identify Software Ltd.

Identify Software Ltd. (Il)

Indentify Software Ltd. (Il)

Valery Golender

Shlomo Wygodny

Ido Ben Moshe

Vladimir Andreev

Ido Ben-Moshe

Vladislav Gusev

In a general aspect, a tracer is configured to instrument an application by injecting at least one interrupt instruction at a function entry point in a memory image of the application such that executable code of the application is not modified. The tracer is configured to collect information relating to execution of the application when the inserted at least one interrupt instruction is triggered during runtime of the application including tracing at least one operating system function used by the application at the function entry point. The tracer is configured to create an application signature based on the collected information. The application signature provides information about at least one system object accessed by the at least one operating system function.

System and method for troubleshooting software configuration problems using application tracing

A software system is disclosed which facilitates the process of tracing the execution paths of a program, called a client or application. Trace data corresponding to selected system resources that interact with the execution of the application is collected during the tracing operation and stored in an application signature. A computer system user can generate trace options, trace the application, and compare the application signature to a known software configuration. The application signature is compared to a reference signature created by tracing the execution of the application on a system with the known software configuration. In another embodiment, the application signature is compared to a static configuration of a reference computer.

A software system is disclosed that provides remote troubleshooting and tracing of the execution of computer programs. The software system includes an information-gathering module that gathers run-time information about program execution, program interaction with the operating system and the system resources, monitors user actions and captures screen output, and passes the gathered information to an information-display module, the gathered information allowing a support technician (e.g., a software developer, a help desk person, etc.) to see the user interactions with the program and corresponding reactions of the system, and/or to remotely view environment variables, file access operations, system interactions, and user interactions that occur on the user's computer and locate failed operations that cause execution problems.

System and method for software diagnostics using a combination of visual and dynamic tracing

A software system is disclosed which facilitates the process of tracing the execution paths of a program, called the client. The tracing is performed without requiring modifications to the executable or source code files of the client. Trace data collected during the tracing operation is collected according to instructions in a trace options file. At run time, the tracing library attaches to the memory image of the client. The tracing library is configured to monitor execution of the client and to collect trace data, based on selections in the trace options file. Conditional tracing, through the use of triggers and actions taken in response to the triggers, allows the developer to control the tracing operation. The triggers can be conditional triggers in which the corresponding action is taken only if a conditional expression is satisfied. The system can trace multiple threads and multiple processes. The tracing system provides a remote mode and an online mode. In remote mode, the developer sends the trace control information (which can include triggers and corresponding actions) to a remote user site together with a small executable image called the agent that enables a remote customer, to generate a trace file that represents execution of the client application at the remote site. In online mode, the developer can generate trace options (including triggers and corresponding actions), run and trace the client, and display the trace results in near real-time on the display screen during execution of the client program.

System and method for conditional tracing of computer programs

Analysis of execution traces to identify execution problems is described. Analysis of the execution trace allows the user to detect application execution patterns. Each pattern represents a sequence of operations performed by the application. Some patterns correspond to normal execution of the application. Some patterns correspond to typical operations such as file opening, file saving, site browsing, mail sending. Diagnostic classes include patterns associated with certain malfunctions. In one embodiment, the system includes a learning mode wherein the system accumulates patterns belonging to different classes and stores them in a pattern database. In one embodiment, the system also includes a recognition mode where the system matches the trace against the pattern database and assigns trace regions to specific classes such as normal, abnormal, classes of specific problems or user activities, etc.

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