Method and system for performing object file modifications

• US 8,589,345 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2012
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Gupta, Shivani
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Debbie
• Assistant Examiner(s): BOWEN, RICHARD L
• Application Number:
  US13/427,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20130254245A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/625
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems

Abstract

A method and apparatus for performing object modifications by using change-specific executable files comprises accessing at least one modification stub associated with an object file, wherein the modification stub comprises an instruction for modifying the object file, wherein the instruction identifies an element in the object file and defines instructions for modifying the identified element; applying a selected modification stub to the object file; and modifying the object file per the instruction contained in the modification stub.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of performing object file modifications comprising:

accessing at least one pre-defined modification stub associated with an object file, wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub and the object file co-reside on a cloud server, wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub is an executable file, and wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub comprises an instruction for non-destructively modifying the object file, wherein the instruction identifies an element in the object file and defines instructions for modifying the identified element, wherein identifying an element comprises parsing the modification stub to determine an object ID that defines the element and x and y coordinates that identify a path to the defined element;

applying a selected pre-defined modification stub to the object file; and

non-destructively modifying the object file per the instruction contained in the pre-defined modification stub.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub can be a plurality of pre-defined modification stubs applied to the object file in any order.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction includes multiple modifications to one or more elements.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the modification of the object file can be reversed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing, applying, and modifying are performed on a cloud-based server.

6. A non-transient computer readable medium for storing computer instructions that, when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform object file modifications comprising:

accessing at least one pre-defined modification stub associated with an object file, wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub and the object file co-reside on a cloud server, wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub is an executable file, and wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub comprises an instruction for non-destructively modifying the object file, wherein creating the accessed modification stub comprises identifying an element in an object file to be modified and an instruction for modifying the identified element, and wherein identifying an element comprises parsing the modification stub to determine an object ID that defines the element and x and y coordinates that identify a path to the defined element;

applying a selected pre-defined modification stub to the object file; and

non-destructively modifying the object file per the instruction contained in the pre-defined modification stub.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein creating the accessed modification stub further comprises:

defining a modification stub containing the instruction and an identification of the element, where the modification stub is adapted to be selectively executed to perform the modification.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein accessing, applying, and modifying are performed on a cloud-based server.

9. A system for performing object file modification, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory having instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

access at least one pre-defined modification stub associated with an object file, wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub and the object file co-reside on a cloud server, wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub is an executable file, and wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub comprises an instruction for non-destructively modifying the object file, wherein the instruction identifies an element in the object file and defines instructions for modifying the identified element, wherein identifying an element comprises parsing the modification stub to determine an object ID that defines the element and x and y coordinates that identify a path to the defined element;

apply a selected pre-defined modification stub to the object file; and

non-destructively modify the object file per the instruction contained in the pre-defined modification stub.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one pre-defined modification stub can be a plurality of pre-defined modification stubs applied to the object file in any order.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the instruction includes multiple modifications to one or more elements.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the modification of the object file can be reversed.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein accessing, applying, and modifying are performed on a cloud-based server.