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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
John M. Hughes, Hebron, CT (US);
John M. Hughes, Hebron, CT (US);
TopCoder, Inc., Glastonbury, CT (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to methods and a system for supporting software. In one embodiment, a method for providing an updated version of a software program includes receiving an indication of a fault in a software program, distributing the faulty software program to a distributed community of programmers, receiving updated versions of the faulty software program from a subset of the distributed community of programmers, and determining a preferred updated software program from the received updated versions of the software program. In another embodiment, a system for providing an updated version of a software program includes a communication server for communicating faulty software programs and updates of the programs to and from the distributed community of programmers, a component storage module for storing the faulty software program, and a software testing module for determining a preferred updated version of the faulty software program.