Auditing application activities

US8990929B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8990929-B2
Application numberUS-46582006-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 21, 2006
Priority dateAug 21, 2006
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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A compiled application may be audited by analyzing the compiled application to identify methods that may be called during execution of the compiled application. The identified methods may be correlated with controllable activities, i.e., those activities facilitated by public APIs. An audit report may be used to report to a user or administrator indications that the compiled application may attempt certain activities.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of processing a compiled application, said method comprising: identifying, using a compiler modified to include a method identifying option, a method that may be called during execution of said compiled application, the identifying including: writing, to a first method-referencing document, a reference to said method that may be called during execution of said compiled application; and stripping extraneous information from said reference to gener…

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What does patent US8990929B2 cover?
A compiled application may be audited by analyzing the compiled application to identify methods that may be called during execution of the compiled application. The identified methods may be correlated with controllable activities, i.e., those activities facilitated by public APIs. An audit report may be used to report to a user or administrator indications that the compiled application may att…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Brown Michael K, Kirkup Michael G, Little Herbert A, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F21/577. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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