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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:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Baldischweiler, München, DE;
Stefan Pfab, Grosshesselohe, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/05 ; G11C 2/900 ; G06F 1/500 ; G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/05 ; G11C 2/900 ; G06F 1/500 ; G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
The method described is distinguished in that overwriting return addresses stored for later use and/or using incorrectly stored or overwritten return addresses as a return address are prevented. This further prevents deliberate manipulation of program execution of software programs.