Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Branch auditing in a computer program
- Patent Title (中): 计算机程序中的分支审计
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Application No.: US13741227Application Date: 2013-01-14
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Publication No.: US09047448B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Cedric Tessier , Daniel Reynaud , Jean-Baptiste Aviat , Jonathan Gregory McLachlan , Julien Lerouge , Pierre Betouin
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/38
- IPC: G06F7/38 ; G06F9/00 ; G06F9/44 ; H04L9/32 ; G06F11/30 ; G06F12/14 ; G06F21/14 ; G06F21/51

Abstract:
A branch auditing system can be automatically injected into a computer program, in one embodiment, in response to a programming call provided in source code by a programmer who has selected a particular branch, in a set of possible branches, for auditing. The branch auditing system can record, in an obfuscated data structure, a path taken at the particular branch and the parameters associated with the branch and later an auditor can determine whether the path taken was valid, and if the path taken was invalid, operations can be performed to protect the program, system and/or user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140201720A1 BRANCH AUDITING IN A COMPUTER PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2014-07-17
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