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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2001
Philip G Durr, Redmond, WA (US);
Donald J Munsil, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark P Derbecker, Seattle, WA (US);
Lindsay W Steventon, Redmond, WA (US);
Philip G Durr, Redmond, WA (US);
Donald J Munsil, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark P Derbecker, Seattle, WA (US);
Lindsay W Steventon, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A program modification database and method for identifying a candidate entry within the correction database for a particular executable program are disclosed. The program modification database provides a general depository of program changes, referred to herein as substitute program segments, and a set of executable program entries containing program matching criteria and corresponding program changes. The program modification database includes an index. Each entry in the index includes a piece of identifying information for a referenced, corresponding executable program entry. The program modification database architecture is applicable to any type of program segment information for modifying either instruction code or data values within a program. The types of information, within a program matching criteria, taken from an executable program file used to identify a corresponding executable program entry within the program modification database are selectable on an individual basis from an extensible set of executable program information types.