Patent ID: 8504994
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system that facilitates a visual process of identifying and isolating software execution problems within a client program without requiring modifications to the executable of the client program, said system comprising: a first computer having a first processor and a first display device, the first processor executing the client program in a runtime environment that includes generating information displayed on the first display device; a second computer having a second processor and a second display device, the first computer being remote from but communicatively connected to the second computer; a trace options module configured, when executed using the second processor, to receive from a user a selection of one or more source code portions of the client program, the selections being recorded in a trace control file that is sent to the first computer with a tracing agent; an information-gathering module configured, when executed using the first processor, to: an information-display module configured, when executed on the second processor, to: