Computer program protection method
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1. In a computer program protection method intended to distinguish between computer programs recorded on a bona fide recording medium and corresponding programs copied from such bona fide medium onto a similar recording medium, the steps of:
- a. Writing a code signal at a predetermined location in said information recording medium in accordance with an instruction incorporated within the program to be protected;
b. Verifying in the computer the code signal stored at said predetermined location; and
c. The step of utilizing as said bona fide recording medium, a medium which is unresponsive to such instruction to write said code signal at said predetermined location.
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Abstract
A computer program protection method which permits copying of the program by a user, but which incorporates a novel information coding technique to prevent operational response by the computer using a copy.
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1. In a computer program protection method intended to distinguish between computer programs recorded on a bona fide recording medium and corresponding programs copied from such bona fide medium onto a similar recording medium, the steps of:
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a. Writing a code signal at a predetermined location in said information recording medium in accordance with an instruction incorporated within the program to be protected; b. Verifying in the computer the code signal stored at said predetermined location; and c. The step of utilizing as said bona fide recording medium, a medium which is unresponsive to such instruction to write said code signal at said predetermined location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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