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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:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1994
Matthew R Siegel, Seattle, WA (US);
John I Ferrell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An improved system and method for determining software reliability is provided. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a mapping mechanism and a preferred automated testing system are used. The mapping mechanism provides for the creation of a number of hits to failure metric. The preferred automatic testing system of the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides for the automatic testing of software and the creation of the number of hits to failure and the elapsed time to failure. The combination of the number of hits to failure metric and the results of the preferred automated testing system provide for a more accurate indication of the reliability of software.