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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:
Apr. 13, 2004

Filed:

Jul. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Leif Ingemar Jaegtnes, Vienna, AT;

Gerhard Zimmermann, Vienna, AT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 ;
Abstract

A method and system to activate or deactivate modifiable features, the system comprising a protected device having a plurality of modifiable features and an identification means, a protective device for modifying the modifiable features of the protected device, wherein the protective device is adapted to be in selective in communication with the protected device and the protective device comprises a processor, a first memory in communication with the processor for storing a plurality of activation codes, a second memory in communication with the processor for storing a plurality of release programs corresponding to the activation codes.


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