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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas Matthieu Alsina, Paris, FR;
Scott T. Boyd, Montara, CA (US);
Michael Kuohao Chu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Augustin J. Farrugia, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Gianpaolo Fasoli, Redwood City, CA (US);
Patrice O. Gautier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean B. Kelly, Cupertino, CA (US);
Payam Mirrashidi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Pedraum Pardehpoosh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Conrad Sauerwald, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kenneth W. Scott, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajit Shinh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Braden Jacob Thomas, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew R. Whalley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a unique (or quasi unique) identifier can be received by an application store, or other on-line store, and the store can create a signed receipt that includes data desired from the unique identifier. This signed receipt is then transmitted to a device that is running the application obtained from the on-line store and the device can verify the receipt by deriving the unique (or quasi-unique) identifier from the signed receipt and comparing the derived identifier with the device identifier stored on the device, or the vendor identifier assigned to the application vendor.