US Patent 7596780 System and method for virtual catching of an exception

Patent 7596780 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on September, 2009 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

7596780

Date of Patent

September 29, 2009

Patent Application Number

10971542

Date Filed

October 22, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tuan Q. Dam

Patent abstract

The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for virtually catching an exception. A debugger receives a notification identifying information about an exception that occurred during execution of an application. The debugger then selectively chooses a location on a call stack where execution of the application resumes after the stack is unwound up to the selected location. The location being between a statement on the stack causing the exception and a handler on the stack. The handler being identified during a search phase for exception processing. The mechanism being operative for both handled exceptions and unhandled exceptions.