Systems and methods for outputting debug messages

• US 20060179352A1
• Filed: 02/09/2006
• Published: 08/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tira Wireless, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Tira Wireless, Inc.
• Inventors: West, Bryan Lawrence, Lau, Allen N.L., Calinescu, Ion-Dan
• Application Number:
  US11/350,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20060179352A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3624 by performing operations on the source code, e.g. via a compiler
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software

Abstract

A method and system of outputting a debug message from a mobile device application are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (a) inserting an instruction set into the application which enables an application to output a debug message; (b) loading the application on the mobile device; and c) executing the application on the mobile device, such that that at least one debug message is output during execution of the application. The system includes: a) an instruction set which enables output of the debug message during execution of the application; and b) an executable module which inserts the instruction set into the application.

Claims

1. A method of outputting at least one debug message from an application configured to execute on a mobile device having a display, the method comprising:

a) inserting an instruction set into the application, the instruction set adapted to output the at least one debug message;

b) loading the application on the mobile device; and

c) executing the application on the mobile device, wherein the at least one debug message is output during execution of the application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the inserting step comprises inserting a first method call to a first method, the first method adapted to add the at least one debug message to a queue.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the queue comprises a plurality of the debug messages.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the queue is a first-in-first-out queue.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the queue comprises an array.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the inserting step comprises inserting a program code adapted to display the contents of the queue on a message window on the display, wherein the program code is executed in sequence following the execution of a portion of the application adapted to generate output to the display.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising storing the contents of the queue in an internal log, the internal log being stored in a persistent memory of the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising viewing the internal log on the display after execution of the application is completed or terminated.

10. The method of claim 4, further comprising sending the contents of the queue to a server via a network connection.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the server comprises a remote web server, wherein the sending step comprises sending the contents of the queue to the web server via a http connection.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising appending the debug message to a file stored on the web server.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising viewing the contents of the file on a web browser application running on a computer located remotely from the web server, wherein the file is adapted to store debug messages.

2. The method of claim 2, wherein the executing step comprises displaying the at least one debug message on the display of the mobile device.

14. A system for outputting a debug message from an application configured to execute on a mobile device having a display, the system comprising:

a) an instruction set adapted to output the debug message during execution of the application; and

b) an executable module adapted to insert the instruction set into the application.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the instruction set is in bytecode form.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the instruction set comprises a first method call adapted to add the debug message to a queue.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the queue comprises an array.

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising an internal log stored in a persistent memory of the mobile device, wherein the internal log is adapted to store the queue.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising a server connected to the mobile device by a network, wherein the mobile device is adapted to send the queue to the server.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising a file stored on the server, wherein the debug message is appended to the file.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the server comprises a web server, the system further comprising a web browser application adapted to run on a computer located remotely from the web server, wherein the file is adapted for viewing on the web browser application.