SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING SOFTWARE FROM UNLICENSED COPYING AND USE

Patent №

US 5,530,752

Granted

1996-06-25

Filed 1994

Owner

CONVEX COMPUTER CORPORATION

+1 more

Lab

AI components

1

evo

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

08199686

Disclosed are systems and methods for protecting a software program from unauthorized use and copying through the removal at least one of a plurality of instructions comprising a software program, and encrypting the removed instruction utilizing an encryption algorithm to produce an encrypted instruction, the encryption algorithm responsive to a randomly generated key.

Evolutionary computationG06F 21/125G06F 2207/7219G06F 2211/007

AI classification

Evolutionary computation0.98
AI hardware0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Natural language0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Planning0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

CONVEX COMPUTER CORPORATION

assignment · 68830924

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

assignment · 81670771

Assignors

RUBEN, ROBERT J.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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