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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Ashwin S. Needamangala, Redmond, WA (US);
Mariyan D. Fransazov, Redmond, WA (US);
John R. Ashmun, Redmond, WA (US);
Kantcho I. Bogdev, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ying Deng, Redmond, WA (US);
Ashwin S. Needamangala, Redmond, WA (US);
Mariyan D. Fransazov, Redmond, WA (US);
John R. Ashmun, Redmond, WA (US);
Kantcho I. Bogdev, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ying Deng, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Module interrogation techniques are described in which modules configured to rely upon one or more operating system features are interrogated to determine which features are used and by which modules. A module is loaded that is configured to interact with a plurality of features provided by an operating system. Using one or more redirection techniques, calls made by the module to access features of the operating system are redirected to alternate functionality. Based on the redirection, data is generated to indicate the features of the operating system that are used by the module. The techniques may be performed for each of a plurality of modules to populate a database that relates features of the operating system to the plurality of modules.