Patent ID: 7234133
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: inserting marker code within a code portion of a code section, the marker code including a reference date, wherein the code portion is not to be included within a final version of the code section, wherein inserting the marker code comprises including scan code comprising an illegal code statement for a programming language within the marker code, the scan code designed to be detected by a scanning tool; inserting a first command within the marker code to compare the reference date to a current date when running the code portion, to thereby output a comparison result; inserting a second command within the marker code to disable operation of the code section when the comparison result indicates that the current date is on or after the reference date; running the code section; determining from the comparison result that the current date is on or after the reference date; and disabling operation of the code section.