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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Caglar Gunyakti, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ferdinand Jay Alabraba, Seattle, WA (US);
Aidan T. Hughes, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Caglar Gunyakti, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ferdinand Jay Alabraba, Seattle, WA (US);
Aidan T. Hughes, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for generating a-compact hardware identification (CHWID) for a given computer system are disclosed. The compact hardware identification (CHWID) may be used to control the use of software on the given computer system depending on the degree of hardware changes to the computer system. The compact hardware identification (CHWID) may be electronically transmitted over limited bandwidth media, such as a telephone.