US Patent 7568188 Method for testing a software shim

Patent 7568188 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on July, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Microsoft

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

75681880

Patent Inventor Names

Diaa Fathalla0

Date of Patent

July 28, 2009

Patent Application Number

103839940

Date Filed

March 7, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tuan Q. Dam

Patent 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.