CONCURRENT EXECUTION OF A COMPUTER SOFTWARE APPLICATION ALONG MULTIPLE DECISION PATHS
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Abstract
Managing the execution of a computer software application by duplicating a primary instance of a computer software application during its execution in a primary execution context to create multiple duplicate instances of the computer software application in corresponding duplicate execution contexts, and effecting a selection of a different candidate subset of predefined elements for each of the duplicate instances.
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45 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
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26. A computer hardware system configured to manage execution of a computer software application, comprising:
a hardware processor configured to initiate the following operations; identifying, during execution of a primary instance of the computer software application, the primary instance reaching an execution point that presents a plurality of predefined options to a user; generating, prior to selection by the user of one of the pre-defined options and based upon the execution point being reached, a plurality of duplicate instances of the primary instance; assigning, respectively, execution paths corresponding to the plurality of predefined options to each of the plurality of duplicate instances; executing, prior to the selection by the user of one of the predefined options, the plurality of duplicate instances along their respective execution paths; determining that one of the plurality of pre-defined options has been selected; and terminating, based upon the one predefined option being selected, each of the duplicate instances not associated with the one predefined option. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer program product, comprising:
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a hardware storage device having computer-readable program code stored therein for managing execution of a computer software application, the computer-readable program code, which when executed by a computer hardware system, causes the computer hardware system to perform; identifying, during execution of a primary instance of the computer software application, the primary instance reaching an execution point that presents a plurality of predefined options to a user; generating, prior to selection by the user of one of the pre-defined options and based upon the execution point being reached, a plurality of duplicate instances of the primary instance; assigning, respectively, execution paths corresponding to the plurality of predefined options to each of the plurality of duplicate instances; executing, prior to the selection by the user of one of the predefined options, the plurality of duplicate instances along their respective execution paths; determining that one of the plurality of pre-defined options has been selected; and terminating, based upon the one predefined option being selected, each of the duplicate instances not associated with the one predefined option. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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