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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Balaji V. Atyam, Austin, TX (US);

Nicholas E. Bofferding, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Andrew Geissler, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Michael C. Hollinger, Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3616 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method and system for assessing risk of a software program and software updates to a program to prioritize verification resources, which includes receiving code for a software product for a testing assessment. The code is analyzed according to a risk assessment criteria, and the risk assessment criteria includes risk assessment factors. The risk assessment factors for the code are weighted as part of the criteria. A risk assessment score of the code is determined based on the criteria. Testing resources are allocated in response to the risk assessment score.


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