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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Eric Fleischman, Redmond, WA (US);
Eliot Gillum, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew Robert Ayers, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Edgar Fanfant, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Hakki Tunc Bostanci, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric Fleischman, Redmond, WA (US);
Eliot Gillum, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew Robert Ayers, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Edgar Fanfant, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Hakki Tunc Bostanci, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A service accessible by a set of entities may be provided to each entity at a different service level (e.g., with a different set of privileges) based on the privilege level of the entity. However, many users may attempt to perform malicious activities through the service, and may do so with impunity if the penalties of detection are inconsequential. Instead, privilege levels of entities may be established based on the claims of assets having identifiable value. Such claims may be established by submitting an asset identifier to the service, such as proof of a software license identified by the submission of a license key purchased at a substantial cost. The penalties of malicious activities performed by such users may include the invalidation of such asset identifiers. Establishing the privilege levels of respective entities in this manner raises the penalties, and hence the deterrence, of attempted malicious use of the service.