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Patent No.:

US 9417867 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kelly Abuelsaad, Somers, NY (US);

Shane B. McElligott, Apex, NC (US);

Hien Q. Nguyen, Beaverton, OR (US);

Susan M. Romero, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeffrey D. Young, Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/70 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06F 8/72 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for s identifying program files within one or more programs that will likely require update to implement a proposed programming task is disclosed. A processor identifies a previous programming task that matches the proposed programming task. The processor also identifies a set of program files that were updated to implement the previous programming task. The processor then displays the set of program files or existing versions of the set of program files as program files that will likely require update for the proposed programming task.


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