US Patent 7434207 Floating debugger

Patent 7434207 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on October, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Microsoft

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

74342070

Patent Inventor Names

Sam Spencer0

Date of Patent

October 7, 2008

Patent Application Number

101888850

Date Filed

July 2, 2002

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tuan Q. Dam

Patent abstract

Floating or movable windows are provided to display information during debugging, either above the source code, or attached to the source code in the locations that they are relevant to. The floating windows can be semi-transparent in order to allow visibility to both the information in the window and the underlying information such as source code. The windows have different behavior, location, and look, depending on the type of information displayed in window and its relation to the underlying code.