Data structure for identifying hardware and software licenses to distribute with a complying device
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    发明申请
    Data structure for identifying hardware and software licenses to distribute with a complying device 审中-公开
    用于识别与合规设备一起分发的硬件和软件许可证的数据结构

    公开(公告)号:US20060288422A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-21

    申请号:US11157886

    申请日:2005-06-21

    IPC分类号: H04N7/16

    CPC分类号: G06F21/572 G06F2221/0735

    摘要: Systems and methods for software licensing enforcement using an ACPI BIOS. A digital license is provided that includes information about both the software and hardware on which it is to be run. The licensing process receives hardware and software information from the end user and binds the license to both. A main BIOS binary contains code and static motherboard specific data. Dynamic state values containing, e.g., machine-specific system management data, such as, a serial number may be stored subsequently on NVRAM or its equivalent. The main BIOS binary allows provides sufficient functionality to test the hardware. Once the software to be loaded on the system is known, a corresponding digital license containing both the software and hardware information is loaded to NVRAM.

    摘要翻译: 使用ACPI BIOS执行软件许可的系统和方法。 提供了一个数字许可证,其中包含有关要在其上运行的软件和硬件的信息。 许可过程从最终用户接收硬件和软件信息,并将许可证绑定到两者。 主BIOS二进制包含代码和静态主板特定数据。 包含例如机器特定的系统管理数据(诸如序列号)的动态状态值可以随后存储在NVRAM或其等效物上。 主BIOS二进制允许提供足够的功能来测试硬件。 一旦要在系统上加载的软件是已知的,则将包含软件和硬件信息的相应数字许可证加载到NVRAM。