Patents by Inventor Sekhar P. Chintalapati

Sekhar P. Chintalapati 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).

  • Anti-debugging protection of binaries with proxy code execution
    Patent number: 8271803
    Abstract: A first process operating on a computer comprises code to be executed in connection therewith, where the code includes at least one triggering device. A digital license corresponds to the first process and sets forth terms and conditions for operating the first process. A second process operating on the computer proxy-executes code corresponding to each triggering device of the first process on behalf of such first process. The second process includes a selection of options to thwart reverse engineering by a debugger if a debugger is detected. The options include execution by a proxy engine of a re-routed call, crashing the first process, detection ad elimination of a debugger related interrupt a call to an arbitrary function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Payne Goldsmid, Nir Ben-Zvi, Sekhar P. Chintalapati, Karan Singh Dhillon, Nathan Ide, David John Linsley, Ping Xie