Patent
1995-10-04
2000-02-01
Hafiz, Tariq R.
395704, 395707, G06F 945
Patent
active
060212721
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for transforming and manipulating program object code. A set of program object code is transformed into a form in which it may be readily manipulated, preferably a form which is independent of both the processor and the operating system with which the object code will execute. The transformed object code is manipulated, preferably to add error-checking instructions, but possibly to add other functions or to alter the functions of the object code. The manipulated code is then reverse-transformed to program object code of the same type as the original object code.
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Cahill Conor P.
Hohndel Dirk H.
Matthews Edmund R.
Wexelblat David E.
Zhang Ning
Chaki Kakali
Hafiz Tariq R.
Platinum Technology, Inc.
Sernofsky Steven A.
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