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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jenny J. He, Hursley, GB;
Adrian P. Kyte, Winchester, GB;
Guan Jun Liu, Beijing, CN;
Joseph R. Winchester, Hursley Park, GB;
Bei Chun Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/73 (2018.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/73 (2013.01); G06F 11/3612 (2013.01); G06F 11/3636 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for performing automated operations to support the identification of software documentation in need of updating. Application screen shots or other documentation anchors are generated having metadata regarding the application source code that is executing or recently executed. When the application software is updated, code path metadata is compared with source code changes to identify areas of documentation that may need updating.