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2011-04-26

2011-04-26

Smithers, Matthew B (Department: 2437)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Data processing protection using cryptography

C713S176000, C713S187000, C726S026000

Reexamination Certificate

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07934104

ABSTRACT:
Systems, methods and media for verifying the existence of a licensed software installation at the time of an update to the software are disclosed. In one embodiment, a package of files for the update is encrypted with a copy of a key file that is contained in the original installation. The encrypted package of files is stored at a remote location that is accessible by way of a website. When a user seeks to download an update, the user must provide a copy of the key file used to encrypt the data. The user-provided key file is then used to decrypt the encrypted package.

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Ganesh Vaidyanathan, Steven Mautone, “Security in dynamic web content management systems applications”, Dec. 2009, Communications of the ACM , vol. 52 Issue 12, Publisher: ACM, pp. 121-125.

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