Patent ID: 7788637

Claim:
One or more processor-readable storage media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform acts comprising: generating a processor-executable instruction stream from one or more constituent components; and constructing an operating-system process comprising the generated processor-executable instruction stream, the operating-system process with its generated processor-executable instruction stream being unalterable once the operating-system process is constructed; based on, at least in part, the generated processor-executable instruction stream, creating at least one fixed identity for the operating-system process and associating the created fixed identity with the operating-system process, the fixed identity identifying the constructed and unalterable operating-system process, the fixed identity being based, at least in part, upon inherent properties of the constructed operating-system process, the fixed identity being representative of the constructed operating-system process, the fixed identity being associated with the constructed operating-system process, and the fixed identity being unalterable once the operating-system process is constructed; confirming the fixed identity of the generated processor-executable instruction stream of the constructed operating-system process; responsive to the confirming, when the fixed identity is confirmed, executing the generated processor-executable instruction stream of the constructed operating-system process; when the fixed identity is unconfirmed, blocking execution of the generated processor-executable instruction stream of the constructed operating-system process.