Portable debugging service utilizing a client debugger object and a server debugger object

Patent 5787245 Issued on July 28, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 13, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Object Technology Licensing Corp.

Application

No. 557660 filed on 11/13/1995

US Classes:

714/38Of computer software

Examiners

Primary: Beausoliel, Robert W. Jr.
Assistant: Elmore, Stephen C.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Kudirka & Jobse

International Class

G06F 011/00

Abstract

A set of portable services for debugging computer software programs is disclosed. The services provide an object-oriented programming framework which is portable to various hardware and operating system platforms. The framework consists primarily of a debugger server and a debugger client. Multiple debugger clients, which target multiple processes executing on heterogeneous systems, can be used concurrently from a single high-level debugger process. Clients can processes locally and remotely. The client interface is portable to any platform that supports C++. A string class defines storage for variable length character strings.

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