Software product piracy monetization process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9836730
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13957419

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A method includes a step of providing a computer readable non-transitory storage medium comprising a computer readable code as a software product configured to run on a local computer and configured to perform a software piracy monetization process. The software product includes one or more configurable features having a feature property, the feature property including a state. The method further includes running the computer readable code on the local computer, and collecting, by the software product running on the local computer, hardware fingerprint data from the local computer. The method further includes connecting with a computer feature server, and determining if the software product is legitimate. If not, the method includes a step of sending a message to the local computer. The message includes instructions to change the state of a feature property of the software product to alert a user that the software product is not legitimate.

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  • COREL CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fakhraei, Alireza Ottawa, CA 3 3
Metrailler, Gerard Orleans, CA 2 3

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