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Address pinning

US9197446B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 2012
Grant dateNov 24, 2015
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/53
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for memory address pinning. One of the methods includes loading a software module into a sandbox environment; receiving, a message from the software module to a recipient, the message includes a memory address; determining whether to pin the memory address; and passing the message to an address pinning unit which replaces at least a portion of the memory address with at least a portion of a specified replacement address, when it is determined to pin the memory address, and passes the modified message to be delivered to the recipient.

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