Software Code Identifier Comparison for Deployment Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing software code verification techniques are inefficient and prone to errors when comparing multiple versions of software code, particularly in DevOps environments, leading to false positives and difficulty in ensuring the same code is deployed in production as tested.

Innovation Solution

Applying a function, such as a hash function, to generate unique identifier values for different software code versions, allowing for reliable comparison and detection of unexpected or anomalous versions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional software code comparison techniques are used to verify code versions, then code verification can be performed, but the process is inefficient and prone to errors leading to false positives

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecode verification accuracyVSAvoidcode verification efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical code comparison methods (line-by-line text comparison) with a cryptographic hash function-based verification system. By converting code into fixed-length hash values, the system achieves both high reliability through accurate matching and high productivity through rapid computation, eliminating false positives inherent in traditional comparison techniques.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms the code verification problem by changing the parameter representation from raw code text to cryptographic hash values. This parameter transformation enables efficient comparison operations while maintaining verification accuracy, as even single-bit differences in code produce completely different hash values, eliminating false positives.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If detailed code comparison is performed to ensure code integrity, then verification accuracy improves, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecode identity detection accuracyVSAvoidverification processing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the essential identity characteristic of software code by computing cryptographic hash values. Instead of comparing entire code bases, the system extracts and compares only the hash values, which uniquely represent the code identity. This extraction achieves precise code identity detection while dramatically reducing processing time and computational resources.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a cryptographic copy (hash value) of the original code that preserves the code's identity information in a condensed form. This hash copy can be rapidly compared and stored, enabling precise verification without the time cost of comparing the full original code, thus resolving the contradiction between precision and processing time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Adaptability or versatility

If manual code verification processes are used, then flexibility is maintained, but human error increases leading to deployment of untested or malicious code

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveverification process flexibilityVSAvoidrisk of malicious code deployment

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service verification where the cryptographic hash function automatically verifies code integrity without human intervention. The system autonomously computes hash values, compares them, and determines code identity, eliminating human error while maintaining process flexibility through automated workflows that can be integrated into existing DevOps pipelines.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces cryptographic hash values as an intermediary between code development and deployment processes. This intermediary provides an automated, error-proof verification mechanism that mediates the transition from testing to production, eliminating the risk of malicious or untested code deployment while preserving workflow flexibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12481498B2Software code verification using software code identifier comparison

Publication Date: 2025.11.25 DELL PROD LP

AI summary

Techniques are provided for software code verification using a comparison of software code identifiers. One method comprises obtaining a first software code identifier for a first version of software code, wherein the first software code identifier is obtained by applying a function to the first version of the software code; comparing a second software code identifier to the first software code identifier, wherein the second software code identifier is obtained by applying the function to a second version of the software code; and performing an automated action based on a result of the comparison. The comparison may detect a difference between the first and second versions of the software code. The first version of the software code may comprise software code associated with a first stage of a software development cycle and the second version of the software code may comprise software code associated with a different stage.