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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean Mollier, Bougival, FR;
Assignee:
Cii Honeywell Bull (Societe Anonyme), Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380-4 ; 235382 ; 235376 ; 364900 ; 380 25 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for protecting software delivered to a user by a supplier. The method amounts to rendering the programs non-executable in the state in which they have been delivered to the users. With each program (P.sub.i) there is associated a validation key defined via a main validation key (V.sub.i) delivered by the supplier and recorded in a storage area (M) of the user's machine (1), and via a supplementary key (V'.sub.i) computed on the lever of a card (C) issued to the user via a secret code (S) and via arguments (b.sub.i) that identify each program (P.sub.i) and are recorded in a storage area (M1) of the card (C).