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Patent No.:

US 7934104 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2006

Systems and methods for verifying a licensed installation at time of update

Applicant:

Phillip David Jones, Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventor:

Phillip David Jones, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Cynthia G. Seal

Schubert Law Group PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Matthew B Smithers

Assistant Examiner:

Courtney D Fields

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/22 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 99/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems, methods and media for verifying the existence of a licensed software installation at the time of an update to the software are disclosed. In one embodiment, a package of files for the update is encrypted with a copy of a key file that is contained in the original installation. The encrypted package of files is stored at a remote location that is accessible by way of a website. When a user seeks to download an update, the user must provide a copy of the key file used to encrypt the data. The user-provided key file is then used to decrypt the encrypted package.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Jones, Phillip. (2011). Systems and methods for verifying a licensed installation at time of update (U.S. Patent No. 7934104). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7934104

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