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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Lawrence Frenkiel, Carlton, AU;

Michael Priestly, Toronto, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01); G06F 8/73 (2018.01); G06F 8/36 (2018.01); G06F 8/20 (2018.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/73 (2013.01); G06F 8/20 (2013.01); G06F 8/36 (2013.01); G06F 17/212 (2013.01); G06F 17/218 (2013.01); G06F 17/30174 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments synchronize comments in a source code file with text of a source code document. In one embodiment, a source code file is analyzed. A set of source code comment text within the source code file is identified. A set of text is extracted from the set of source code comment text that has been identified. A set of metadata is generated for at least the set of text. A plurality of markup tags is applied to the set of text. The plurality of markup tags at least one of format and stylize the set of text when presented to the user. A source code document is generated that includes one or more of the set of text, the set of metadata, and the plurality of markup tags.


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