Patent ID: 7039833
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for automatically identifying a program error in a computer program, operable to: receive a program error message indicating that a new program error has occurred during execution of the program; generate a program stack trace for the new program error indicating the source of the new program error within the program; apply a first operation to at least a first portion of the program stack trace for the new program error to generate a first numerical code associated with the new program error; compare the first numerical code associated with the new program error to one or more stored first numerical codes associated with previously identified program errors to determine whether the new program error is the same as at least one of the previously identified program errors; if the first numerical code associated with the new program error is the same as the first numerical code of a previously identified program error, provide stored information associated with resolving the previously identified program error for use in resolving the new program error; apply a second operation to at least a second portion of the program stack trace to generate a second numerical code associated with the new program error, the second portion of the program stack trace being a subset of the first portion of the program stack trace; and compare the second numerical code associated with the new program error to one or more stored second numerical codes associated with the previously identified program errors to determine whether the new program error is the same as at least one of the previously identified program errors.