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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2004
Charles H. Shoemaker, Seattle, WA (US);
Colby D Boles, Seattle, WA (US);
John E Elsbree, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark J Weinberg, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark S Newell, Seattle, WA (US);
Michelle V Niethammer, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Fulmer, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles H. Shoemaker, Seattle, WA (US);
Colby D Boles, Seattle, WA (US);
John E Elsbree, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark J Weinberg, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark S Newell, Seattle, WA (US);
Michelle V Niethammer, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Fulmer, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Upon authentication via a required multi-function hardware component, coupled to a computer system with one or more computer-readable media, having a software product embodied thereon, one implementation, described herein, conditionally blocks or grants access to the software functionality of that software product on that computer system.