Patents by Inventor Robert David Gardner

Robert David Gardner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for performing deep static analysis with or without source code
    Patent number: 10768913
    Abstract: A method may include initiating a static analysis of code including a first function, detecting, in the first function and by the static analysis, an indirect call to a second function whose identity is unknown until the code is executed, detecting, in the code, a conditional block including a first instruction sequence and a second instruction sequence, determining, by the static analysis, that the first instruction sequence sets a value that identifies the second function, and adding the value to a called function list for the code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Liam Richard Howlett, Robert David Gardner
  • METHOD FOR PERFORMING DEEP STATIC ANALYSIS WITH OR WITHOUT SOURCE CODE
    Publication number: 20200065076
    Abstract: A method may include initiating a static analysis of code including a first function, detecting, in the first function and by the static analysis, an indirect call to a second function whose identity is unknown until the code is executed, detecting, in the code, a conditional block including a first instruction sequence and a second instruction sequence, determining, by the static analysis, that the first instruction sequence sets a value that identifies the second function, and adding the value to a called function list for the code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Liam Richard Howlett, Robert David Gardner