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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2008
Joseph E. Benedek, Issaquah, WA (US);
Roberto A. Franco, Seattle, WA (US);
Quji Guo, Stanford, CA (US);
J. Craig Hally, Sammamish, WA (US);
Reid T. Holmes, Nanaimo, CA (US);
Roman Pamucci, Bellevue, WA (US);
Edward J. Praitis, Woodinville, WA (US);
Christopher T. Sager, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian D. Wentz, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph E. Benedek, Issaquah, WA (US);
Roberto A. Franco, Seattle, WA (US);
Quji Guo, Stanford, CA (US);
J. Craig Hally, Sammamish, WA (US);
Reid T. Holmes, Nanaimo, CA (US);
Roman Pamucci, Bellevue, WA (US);
Edward J. Praitis, Woodinville, WA (US);
Christopher T. Sager, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian D. Wentz, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention improves the stability of a Web browser by identifying plug-in modules that cause failures. Data in memory at the time of a failure is analyzed, and a failure signature is generated. The failure signature is compared to a database of known failure signatures so that the source of the failure may be identified. If a plug-in module to a Web browser is identified as the source of a failure, options are presented to the user who may update the plug-in module with code that does not produce a failure or disable the plug-in module altogether.