ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,728, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BlackBerry Ltd. (Waterloo, Canada).

"Determining security risks in binary software code using a software relationship model" was invented by Adam John Boulton (Wirral, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and software can be used to determine security risks in binary software using a software relationship model. In some aspects, a method comprises: receiving a software relationship model that identifies: (i) a set of software components, and (ii) communication interfaces between software components in the set of software components; receiving a set of binary software c...