Patent ID: 9710253
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing software patch submissions for integration into a working build, the method comprising executing on a first computing device the steps of: receiving, by the first computing device, a plurality of software patches from one or more second computing devices, queueing, by the first computing device, the plurality of submitted software patches into a queue; assigning, by the first computing device, to each software patch in the queue, a respective priority score based on at least one of: selecting, by the first computing device, a first software patch from the queue as a next software patch to be integrated into the working build, integrating the first software patch into the working build, resulting in an updated working build that comprises a functionality of the first software patch; and wherein the respective priority score of a given software patch is lowered when the given software patch was submitted by a user who has at least one other software patch assigned to the failed-patch pool.