Jason S Dillon

US Patent:

20170147338, May 25, 2017

Filed:

Nov 25, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/951923

Inventors:

- Fulton MD, US
Michael HANSEN - Potomac Falls VA, US
Brian FOX - Goffstown NH, US
Jaime WHITEHOUSE - Guelph, CA
Jason DILLON - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

Abstract:

A computer system, method, or computer-readable medium controls a potentially unacceptable software component intended for a software repository. A pre-defined application or repository policy associated with the repository or application pre-defines risks and, for each of the risks, an action to take for the risk. The action can be a pass action or a does-not-pass action, which are pre-defined programmatic steps also defined in the policy. When the component is not new to the repository or the application, the component is passed through for the usual handling. When the component is new, risks are determined that match the software component; for risks which match, the actions are taken as defined in the pre-defined policy. The pass action can include adding the software component to the software repository. The does-not-pass action is followed for a component that does not pass as a potentially unacceptable software component.