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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1996
Mark D Anderson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Evan J Bigall, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christine Clifford, Mountain View, CA (US);
Reed Hastings, La Honda, CA (US);
Jon Sorensen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Douglas Pan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Rational Software Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for remotely monitoring the execution of computer programs are provided. Monitoring instructions are added the computer program so that during execution of the program, data may be collected regarding the program execution. The collected data may be automatically sent to a remote system or site for analysis. The monitoring instructions create little or no performance impact on the client yet provide valuable information to the developer of the program. Additionally, the monitoring instructions may be changes during computer program development.