Windows remote debugger service

• US 20060195894A1
• Filed: 02/25/2005
• Published: 08/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Johnson, Scott M., Nita, Marius D., Herrboldt, Scott T.
• Granted Patent: US 7,748,033 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/11
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software

Abstract

Systems and methodologies for a scalable remote debugging system that can debug machines positioned behind a firewall and thru the Internet, via employing an Internet Friendly Relay Service (IFRS). The IFRS can be positioned in a common reach location and provide a secure method of exchanging communication traffic over HTTP using SSL and security tokens in real time. Web server(s) of the IFRS can further employ an authorization and/or tracking system to verify connection of a client thereto, for debugging purposes.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates a remote debugging operation comprising:

an Internet Friendly Relay Service (IFRS) that implements a seamless connection over Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) between a Tester(s) and a Developer(s) located behind respective firewall(s), to facilitate a scalable debugging procedure therebetween, the IFRS positioned in a common reach area.

2. The system of claim 1, the IFRS comprising a web server(s) and a state server(s) that receive commands and provide responses to the Tester and Developer via a polling arrangement.

3. The system of claim 2, the IFRS facilitates formation of an adaptive poll on the web server(s) by employing a Poisson statistical distribution for polling the IFRS.

4. The system of claim 1, the IFRS includes an Internet Information Services (IIS) web server.

5. The system of claim 1, the IFRS includes an IFRS manager that tracks an authorization for a client connected thereto.

6. The system of claim 5, the IFRS manager tracks an identity of a machine connected to the IFRS.

7. The system of claim 1, the IFRS includes an artificial intelligence component to regulate or balance a load level.

8. The system of claim 7, balance of the load level comprises at least one of a commence, pause, resume and halt of data exchange.

9. The system of claim 1, at least one of the Tester and the Developer further comprises an intelligent proxy(ies) to aggregate communication with the IFRS.

10. A method of debugging a machine comprising:

registering a Tester and Developer that are positioned behind a firewall(s) with an Internet Friendly Relay Service (IFRS);

polling the IFRS by the Tester and Developer; and

seamlessly connecting the Tester and Developer over Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving a return ticket by the Tester from the IFRS.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising notifying the Developer via e-mail upon registering the Tester with the IFRS.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising obtaining debugging parameters by the Developer.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising launching a debugger tool on a machine to be debugged.

15. The method of claim 10 further comprising employing an artificial intelligence scheme to regulate a load on the IFRS.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising employing a classifier that is at least one of implicitly trained and explicitly trained.

17. The method of claim 15, regulating the load act comprises at least one of commencing, pausing, resuming and halting of data exchange.

18. The method of claim 10 further comprising tracking an authorization for a client connected to the IFRS.

19. The method of claim 10 further comprising adapting a polling on the IFRS via a mathematical algorithm.

20. A system that facilitates a remote debugging operation comprising:

intercepting means for seamlessly connecting an end user with a Developer over Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP), the end user and the Developer located behind respective firewall(s), and

means for regulating a load on the intercepting means.