Technique for enabling nominal flow of an executable file
US10628561B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/1077
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for enabling nominal flow of an executable file on a client is described. The executable file comprises executable code lacking at least one nominal constant, wherein only the nominal constant enables the nominal flow of the executable file and wherein a server has access to the at least one nominal constant. In a method aspect performed by the client, the method comprises retrieving hardware information of the client, wherein the hardware information is at least substantially unique. The method further comprises transmitting one of the hardware information and information derived therefrom to a server and, in turn, receiving at least one constant that has been transformed based on one of the hardware information and the information derived therefrom. The client then performs, using one of the hardware information and the information derived therefrom, an inverse transformation on the at least one transformed constant to recover the nominal constant. A server-side method aspect comprises receiving, from the client, one of the substantially unique hardware information and the information derived therefrom, transforming the at least one nominal constant using one of the h…
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