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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Wajahat Ali, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/665 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to recipient-specific feature activation. In an embodiment, a device may store firmware for executing a superset of device features associated with an intended recipient. The device may be configured to limit device functions to a subset of the device features or a specific firmware configuration based on an indication remotely received from an activation authority. Intended recipients may include specific customers of the device, an intended market or region, or other recipients.