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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Timothy J. Hahn, Cary, NC (US);
Bernard P. Palmer, Jr., Marietta, GA (US);
Michael P. Waidner, Greenwich, CT (US);
James J. Whitmore, Carlisle, PA (US);
Timothy J. Hahn, Cary, NC (US);
Bernard P. Palmer, Jr., Marietta, GA (US);
Michael P. Waidner, Greenwich, CT (US);
James J. Whitmore, Carlisle, PA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques for establishing entitlement to a computer program product are provided, and include providing a client identity in a registration process to produce an entitlement file, obtaining an encoded version of a computer program product, and transforming the computer program product into an installation product in a computer storage medium, wherein the installation product comprises the entitlement file to establish entitled use of the computer program product. Also, techniques for facilitating security compliance of a computer program product include providing an encoded version of a computer program product, and providing an installation product builder for the computer program product, wherein the installation product builder creates an installation product in a computer storage medium using a client identity and the encoded version of the computer program product during a registration process, and wherein the created installation product comprises an entitlement file to facilitate security compliance of the computer program product.