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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2005
Applicant:
Mark L. Benedikt, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventor:
Mark L. Benedikt, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Software piracy is inhibited by distributing unique software product keys operable in hardware or a hardware linked device. Software operable on the hardware requires the presence of the key in or accessible via the hardware, and operates only if the hardware product key is present. A method for securing software includes the steps of: providing a plurality of unique product activation keys designed for access by a computer program and delivering the keys to a hardware manufacturer. The computer program seeks at least one of said plurality of unique product activation keys in the read only memory device.