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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Adrian Jascau, Munich, DE;
Andreas Lange, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Adrian Jascau, Munich, DE;
Andreas Lange, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Aladdin Europe GmbH, Germering, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of adding a copy protection function to a program to be installed on a computer system comprising a copy protection unit is provided, said method comprising the steps of determining a decision section of the program, wherein information influencing the further course of the program is defined during execution of the program, as a function of the current running state of the program, and converting the decision section by means of code which is executable exclusively in the copy protection unit and which is executed in the copy protection unit during execution of the program.