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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1997
Vita Bortnikov, Haifa, IL;
David John Lambert, Rochester, MN (US);
Bilha Mendelson, Haifa, IL;
Robert Ralph Roediger, Rochester, MN (US);
William Jon Schmidt, Rochester, MN (US);
Inbal Shavit-Lottem, Kibbutz Bet-Oren, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for a profiling system wherein profile data is stored in a separable hierarchical fashion such that profile data for each compiled procedure in a computer program can be readily identified and utilized. In particular, each source module has a corresponding profile data file and each procedure has a corresponding procedure profile area. The system and method also includes a mechanism for verifying the existence and validity of profile information, and a mechanism for handling invalid profile information.