- Patent Title: Creating test cases for testing software using anonymized log data
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Application No.: US17194668Application Date: 2021-03-08
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Publication No.: US11709764B2Publication Date: 2023-07-25
- Inventor: Vagner Figueredo de Santana , Sheldon Busby , Gray Franklin Cannon , Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto , Patrick Veedock
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP
- Agent Robert A. Voigt, Jr.
- Main IPC: G06F11/36
- IPC: G06F11/36 ; G06F21/62

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for generating test cases for testing software. Log files are analyzed for indications of software defects resulting in software errors. For those log files that were found to indicate software errors, such log files are analyzed to determine if they contain personal data that needs to be anonymized based on an entropy score of the personal data. When the entropy score of the personal data is below a threshold value, anonymized variations of the personal data are generated. Trace logs are then created containing the anonymized variations of the personal data, which are returned to a software tester to create a test case for testing software using the created trace logs without having access to personal data. In this manner, the software tester may reproduce the software errors without having access to the personal data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220283930A1 CREATING TEST CASES FOR TESTING SOFTWARE USING ANONYMIZED LOG DATA Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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