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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2003
Chee Chew, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael P. Calligaro, Redmond, WA (US);
Dominique Fortier, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Igor Borisov Peev, Seattle, WA (US);
Chee Chew, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael P. Calligaro, Redmond, WA (US);
Dominique Fortier, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Igor Borisov Peev, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A keyed-build system for controlling the distribution of software. The system and method of the present invention control distribution of software by keying computer-executable programs with device identifications. Each of the computing devices of the keyed-build system contains a device identification that is uniquely associated with and is embedded in the device. A computer-executable program for use in a particular computing device is keyed with the device's unique device identification during the build process of the program. When the computer-executable program is launched on a computing device, the device identification in the program is compared with the device identification embedded in the computing device. If the two device identifications do not match, the computer-executable program is disabled.