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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:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Applicant:
Diaa Fathalla, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Diaa Fathalla, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for testing a software shim is provided, in which a skeleton executable file is altered so that it mimics the executable file for which the shim is intended. The alterations made to the skeleton executable file may include one or more of the following: changing the file name, padding the file and changing the calculated checksum of the file.