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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Philippe Teuwen, Etterbeek, BE;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for protecting computer software code is disclosed. In the embodiment, the method involves receiving instructions corresponding to computer software code for an application, the instructions including a first section of instructions to protect that is indicated by a first indicator and a second section of the instructions to protect that is indicated by a second indicator, rewriting the first section of instructions into a first section of virtual instructions, and rewriting the second section of instructions into a second section of virtual instructions, wherein the first section of instructions includes a first virtual instruction that corresponds to a first handler and the second section of virtual instructions includes a second virtual instruction that corresponds to a second handler, the first handler having different properties than the second handler.