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Hardware specific product license validation

  • US 8,676,714 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2009
  • Issued: 03/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a request from a computing system for validation of a license of a software product installed thereon, the request being accompanied by a plurality of component descriptors that specify constituent hardware components of the computer system, wherein the component descriptors comprise component class identifiers of the components;

    determining whether the license is of a type limited to one or more pre-determined license classes, wherein the pre-determined license classes are defined at least in part by unique component identifiers of the hardware components and component class identifiers of the hardware components; and

    if the license is of a type limited to one or more pre-determined license classes, using the component descriptors to verify that the computing system belongs to a type of computing system that is associated with a license class indicated in the license of the software product.

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