{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11249881","patent":{"patent_number":"US-11249881","title":"Selectively tracing portions of computer process execution","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2020-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2022-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F"],"num_claims":20,"abstract":"Expressly turning tracing on and off at each juncture between code that a developer wants to have traced and other code may reduce trace file size but adds computational cost. Described technologies support selectively tracing a process's execution, with some extra tracing done beyond the code the developer wanted traced, but with significantly reduced computational cost, by reducing the number of trace enablement and disablement operations. A trace controller uses a tracing disablement distance variable whose values indicate the computational distance from trace disablement. A distance variable modifier automatically moves the distance variable closer to a stop-tracing value as the process executes. The amount of extra tracing is balanced against the reduction in trace enablement/disablement operations by tuning thresholds, based on information about routine size and computational cost. Operation of the trace controller is illustrated by sample APIs, a tracing state diagram, and a side-by-side comparison, among other items."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Selectively tracing portions of computer process execution","description":"Expressly turning tracing on and off at each juncture between code that a developer wants to have traced and other code may reduce trace file size but adds computational cost. Described technologies s","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11249881","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11249881","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Selectively tracing portions of computer process execution\" (US-11249881). https://patentable.app/patents/US-11249881","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11249881","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-11249881","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-31T23:15:28.942Z"}