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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Irdeto B.v., Hoofddorp, NL;

Inventor:

Robert Krten, Hoofddorp, NL;

Assignee:

Irdeto B.V., Hoofddorp, NL;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/12 (2013.01); G06F 21/14 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/121 (2013.01); G06F 21/125 (2013.01); G06F 21/14 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0735 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0737 (2013.01);
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.


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