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System, method and computer program product for checking a software entity

US7853932B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2006
Grant dateDec 14, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/44589
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

System, method and computer program product for checking a software entity, the method includes: providing a direct acyclic graph representative of possible execution paths of the software entity; wherein multiple successor nodes that succeed a certain parent node are associated with different execution probabilities; randomly selecting a successor node out of the multiple successor nodes in response the execution probabilities; and checking the software entity in response to the selection.

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