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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2005
Applicants:

Dean Mulla, Saratoga, CA (US);

Rahul Khanna, Beaverton, OR (US);

Keith R. Pflederer, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dean Mulla, Saratoga, CA (US);

Rahul Khanna, Beaverton, OR (US);

Keith R. Pflederer, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to apparatuses, methods, and systems for a computing system feature activation mechanism. In an embodiment, a computing system receives a remotely generated feature activation information. The computing system compares the remotely generated feature activation information with a built-in feature activation mechanism. In an embodiment, a feature of the computing system is activated if the remotely generated feature activation information matches the built-in feature activation mechanism. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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