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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

William James McCourt, Maidenhead, GB;

Adam John Boulton, Wirral, GB;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3616 (2013.01); G06F 11/3604 (2013.01); G06F 2201/81 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and software can be used to identify functions prone to logic errors in software components using binary static analysis. In some aspects, one computer-implemented method includes identifying a function defined within a binary software component; determining one or more complexity characteristics of the function based on included instructions; determining, based on the complexity characteristics, whether the function is likely to produce errors when the instructions included in the function are executed by a processor; and in response to determining that the function is likely to contain errors, generating an indication that the function requires further review.


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