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Blacklisting of fault generating software code

  • US 9,298,585 B1
  • Filed: 01/15/2014
  • Issued: 03/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving, over a network, respective crash reports for a plurality of browsers, each crash report including an identification of one or more executables related to a software crash of one of the plurality of browsers, wherein software code of the one or more executables is included in a memory space of the one of the plurality of browsers during the software crash;

    analyzing the plurality of received crash reports together to determine a browser component affected by software code of an executable included in respective memory spaces of the plurality of browsers to cause one or more software crashes of the browsers;

    computing, for the executable, a fault level based on at least a number of crashes of the browser component that is associated with the executable and a number of crashes of the browser component independent of the executable; and

    including an identifier representing the executable in a list of blacklisted executable identifiers based on the determined fault level of the executable.

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