Patent ID: 8589881

Claim:
A web-based software debugging apparatus, comprising: a web interface to communicate with a web browser executed by a user on a user computer; wherein the web interface enables the user of the web browser to make a request for a debugging service for software, the debugging service and software both performed in a remote target system, and to verify a debugging result of the software; a debugger client to receive the debugging service request for the software via the web interface, and to provide the debugging result to the web interface; and, a debugger server on a host computer to receive the debugging service request from the debugger client, transmit the debugging service request through a connection to the target system, receive the debugging result from the target system and to transmit the debugging result to the debugger client; wherein the web interface and debugger client are implemented on the user computer or on the host computer; wherein the web interface only communicates with the remote target via the debugger server; wherein the debugger server comprises: a server manager to receive the debugging service request from the debugger client, and to receive the debugging result from the target system; an information converter manager to convert the debugging service request and the debugging result to a format of a command used in a GNU Source-Level Debugger (GDB); and a process controller to drive the GDB for a general control associated with debugging of the software according to the converted command; and wherein the information converter manager comprises: a command converter to convert the debugging service request to the format of the command used in the GDB; a standard error converter to process a standard error according to the debugging result; a standard output converter to process a standard output according to the debugging result; and a result analyzer to transfer a processing result of the standard error or the standard output to the server manager.