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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY TRACKING AN ACTIVATION OF PROTECTED SOFTWARE

  • US 20100017886A1
  • Filed: 12/11/2007
  • Published: 01/21/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. System for remotely tracking the activation of a protected software in a device, the protected software remaining unusable by the device as long as the protected software has not been activated;

  • the system comprising a plurality of devices and an authorisation apparatus that are adapted to communicate with each other;

    each device comprising a storage unit containing the protected software, a device memory and an electronic chip having an identification number uniquely identifying the electronic chip and the device from the other devices, andthe authorisation apparatus comprising an encryption processor adapted to calculate an encrypted identity using the identification number;

    wherein each device is adapted to transmit its identification number to the authorisation apparatus;

    the authorisation apparatus is adapted to record the received identification number and to transmit an encrypted identity calculated from the identification number to the device; and

    the device contains a decryption processor adapted to decrypt the transmitted encrypted identity calculated from the identification number to produce a decrypted identity and the electronic chip is adapted to activate the protected software only if the identification number of the device corresponds to the decrypted identity.

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