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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
May. 10, 2000
Richard Allen Perona, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Clifford Andrew Williams, Phoenix, AZ (US);
General Dynamics Decision Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
Software execution control in which a series of two-way rule checks is performed between software-defined communications system component records to ensure and maintain system security and integrity. A system platform ( ) performs a series of two-way rule checks between records of a system platform ( ) and an application ( ) called by the platform ( ), between records of the called application ( ) and a module ( ) that defines the called application ( ), and between the records of the module ( ) that defines the called application ( ) and the platform ( ). Both the called application ( ) and the module ( ) that defines the called application ( ) are then instantiated if the two-way rule checks are successful. Because the rule checks are performed in a two-way manner, restrictions such as licensing and source restrictions may be placed not only on system modules ( ), but also on the applications ( ) using the modules ( ), thereby enabling higher levels of system security to be achieved. In addition, the present invention minimizes processing overhead by providing for load-time rule checking rather than run-time checking associated with conventional enforcement systems.