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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1996
David Rickel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James B McBeath, Bellevue, WA (US);
GLOBEtrotter Software, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
A static debugging tool for use with a computer and for debugging a binary program file includes an analyzer for causing the computer to statically analyze a representation of a binary program file to detect the presence of program errors and potential errors in the binary program file without executing the binary program file. The static debugging tool causes the computer to output an error list of the errors and potential errors detected by the analyzer. In a preferred embodiment, the analyzer detects the errors and potential errors in the representation of the binary program file by following all of the possible flow paths of the representation of the binary program file while tracking the use of various program parameters for any inconsistent use of the various program parameters. A method for statically debugging a binary program file is also described.