DEBUGGING SESSION HANDOVER

• US 20140281730A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cadence Design Systems Incorporated (Cadence Group)
• Original Assignee: Cadence Design Systems Incorporated (Cadence Group)
• Inventors: CHAZAN, Nadav, Cohen, Ynon, Paz, Nir, Ashkenazi, Yonatan, Tabakman, Tal
• Application Number:
  US13/803,955
• Publication Number:
  US 20140281730A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/38.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3636 by tracing the execution of the program
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/366 using diagnostics G06F11/0703 takes precedence

Abstract

A method includes, during operation of a software debugging tool on a software program, and upon indication by a first user of the software debugging tool of a step of the operation as a event of interest, collecting data related to that event of interest. A unique identifier is assigned to the collected data. Access to the collected data is enabled for a second user of the software debugging tool.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

during operation of a software debugging tool with post-process capability on a software program, and upon indication by a first user of the software debugging tool of a step of the operation as an event of interest, collecting data related to that event of interest;

assigning a unique identifier to the collected data; and

enabling access to the collected data by a second user of the software debugging tool.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting the data comprises enabling entering of an annotation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected data comprises a configuration of displayed execution data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling access comprises storing the collected data and the unique identifier in a database that is accessible by the second user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling access comprises sending a notification to the second user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the second user to operate the software debugging tool to utilize the identifier of each of a plurality of the events of interest that were indicated by the first user to navigate to a selected event of interest of said plurality of the events of interest.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein navigating to the selected event of interest comprises reproducing a configuration of a display by the software debugging tool.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein navigating to the selected event of interest comprises enabling access to an annotation related to the selected event of interest.

5. The method of claim 5, wherein the database is accessible to the first user and to the second user via a network.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a processor will cause the processor to perform the method of:

enabling indication of an event of interest during operation of a software debugging tool with post-process capability;

collecting data related to the indicated event of interest;

assigning a unique identifier to the collected data; and

enabling access to the collected data.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the stored instructions include instructions to enable entering of an annotation related to the indicated event of interest.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the stored instructions include instructions to generate a notification regarding the identified event of interest.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the stored instructions include instructions to store the collected data with the unique identifier.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the stored instructions include instructions to enable selection of an event of interest from a plurality of the indicated events of interest.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the stored instructions include instructions to reproducing a configuration of a display by the software debugging tool at the time of indication of the selected event of interest.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the stored instructions include instructions to enable access to an annotation related to the selected event of interest.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the stored instructions include instructions to enable continued operation of the software debugging tool after said selection of an event of interest.

18. A system comprising:

a processing unit in communication with a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium contains a set of instructions wherein the processing unit is designed to carry out the set of instructions to;

enable indication of one or more events of interest during operation of a software debugging tool with post-process capability;

collect data related to each of said one or more events of interest;

assign a unique identifier to the collected data related to each of said one or more events of interest;

enable access to the collected data; and

enable selection of an event of interest of said one or more events of interest.

19. The system of claim 18, comprising a plurality of intercommunicating workstations.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the selection of the event of interest is enabled at a workstation of said plurality of intercommunicating workstations that is different than a workstation of said plurality of intercommunicating workstations that is operated to indicate said one or more events of interest.