US 2007/0169068 A1Published application

Function calling method for computer system, computer system, and library

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

InventorsKoji Kanazawa, Kazuo Kawabe

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Abstract

According to one embodiment, a computer system includes a library which supplys a plurality of functions, and a program which calls the function, and the program including a function calling unit which disguises, upon calling a first function from the library, the calling process of the first function as a calling process of a second function, and a return value obtaining unit which obtains a return value of the second function from the library as a return value of the first function, and the library including, a function call reception unit which converts, receiving a request to call the second function from the program, the calling process of the second function into the calling process of the first function, and a return value send back unit which sends back, to the program, the return value of the first function as the return value of the second function.

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Dependent claims

A function calling method for a computer system in which a library for supplying a plurality of functions transmits/receives a parameter and a return value to/from a program for calling the function, comprising:

holding, in advance, an identical common key for encrypting data in both the library and the program;
outputting, from the program to the library, a request to generate a parameter key for encrypting the parameter and the return value;
generating the parameter key in the library in response to the request from the program, encrypting the generated parameter key with the common key, and transmitting the encrypted parameter key to the program;
decrypting, in the program, the parameter key from the library with the common key, encrypting, with the parameter key, the parameter for a calling process of a first function, and requesting the library to call a second function set to disguise the calling process of the first function by using the encrypted parameter as another event;
decrypting, in the library, the parameter used to call the second function with the parameter key, calling the first function by using the decrypted parameter, encrypting a return value of the first function with the parameter key, and sending back the encrypted return value as the return value of the second function;
and
decrypting, in the program, the return value of the second function from the library with the parameter key, and setting the decrypted return value as the return value of the first function.

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A computer system comprising:

a library configured to supply a plurality of functions;
and
a program configured to call the function, and
the program including:
a function calling unit configured to, upon calling a first function from the library, disguise the calling process of the first function as a calling process of a second function;
and
a return value obtaining unit configured to obtain a return value of the second function from the library as a return value of the first function, and
the library including:
a function call reception unit configured to, receiving a request to call the second function from the program, convert the calling process of the second function into the calling process of the first function;
and
a return value send back unit configured to send back, to the program, the return value of the first function as the return value of the second function.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.