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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Irdeto B.v., Hoofddorp, NL;
Robert Krten, Hoofddorp, NL;
Irdeto B.V., Hoofddorp, NL;
Abstract
A method for securely executing an item of software. One or more security modules are executed by a computer and a computer executes the item of software. The execution of the item of software includes, at at least one point during execution of the item of software at which a predetermined function is to be performed, attempting to perform the predetermined function. The attempt to perform the predetermined function including sending, to an address system, a request for an address of instructions for carrying out the predetermined function, the request including an identifier of the predetermined function; receiving, from the address system in response to the request, an address generated by the address system based, at least in part, on (a) the identifier and (b) verification data provided to the address system from at least one of the one or more security modules; and continuing execution of the item of software at the address received from the address system.