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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Kenneth D. Ray, Seattle, WA (US);
James M. Alkove, Woodinville, WA (US);
Lonny Dean Mcmichael, Fall City, WA (US);
Nathan T. Lewis, Monroe, WA (US);
Patrik Schnell, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kenneth D. Ray, Seattle, WA (US);
James M. Alkove, Woodinville, WA (US);
Lonny Dean McMichael, Fall City, WA (US);
Nathan T. Lewis, Monroe, WA (US);
Patrik Schnell, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An anti-cheating system may comprise a combination of a modified environment, such as a modified operating system, in conjunction with a trusted external entity to verify that the modified environment is running on a particular device. The modified environment may be may be modified in a particular manner to create a restricted environment as compared with an original environment which is replaced by the modified environment. The modifications to the modified environment may comprise alternations to the original environment to, for example, detect and/or prevent changes to the hardware and/or software intended to allow cheating or undesirable user behavior.