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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:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
John Michael Lake, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06F 8/77 (2018.01); G06F 40/146 (2020.01); G06F 40/197 (2020.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06F 8/77 (2013.01); G06F 40/146 (2020.01); G06F 40/197 (2020.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for determining software complexity. A plurality of versions of a software module whose complexity is to be determined are compressed. Lengths of the compressed versions are compared, one with another, to provide complexity metrics.