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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Margus Veanes, Bellevue, WA (US);
Colin Campbell, Seattle, WA (US);
Wolfram Schulte, Bellevue, WA (US);
Margus Veanes, Bellevue, WA (US);
Colin Campbell, Seattle, WA (US);
Wolfram Schulte, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Modeling protocols. A method includes accessing a number of model programs. Each model program includes computer-executable instructions. The computer-executable instructions describe the behavior of at least one of another program, system, or component. Model programs may be disjointed in that they have independent meaning or dependent in that they include at least one of a state variable, action, or precondition that is dependent on another model program to impart meaning to the model program. An output model program is composed by unification including substituting state variables into another of the model programs without executing the model programs. Traces are generated from the output model program. Each of the traces includes a path of labels. The labels describe actions of the output model program from an initial state to an accepting state where a run is allowed to stop. The traces are output to a user.