Patent ID: 7490081
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for automatic identification and notification of relevant program defects, the computer implemented method comprising: receiving a program defect description from a user of a defect database; responsive to determining that the program defect description is new, creating an event record of the program defect description; extracting each word and each phrase of the program defect description in sequential order from the program defect description, wherein the each phrase comprises at least two words; determining whether the each word and the each phrase are included in a defect dictionary on the defect database; responsive to locating the each word and each phrase in the defect dictionary, updating the defect dictionary to include the each word and the each phrase from the program defect description; responsive to the absence of the each word and the each phrase in the defect dictionary, adding the each word and the each phrase to the defect dictionary; searching a plurality of defect databases for the each word and the each phrase; responsive to locating at least one defect database among the plurality of defect databases containing the each word and the each phrase, calculating a final word relevancy percentage for the each word and the each phrase, wherein calculating a final word relevancy percentage for the each word and the each phrase further comprises: