A method to provide a software package and a provider station and a user station realising the method and a basis software package
CA 2229136 A1 · Owner: Alcatel · Inventors: Peeters, Johan; Swinnen, Philippe Francois Marie Octave Ghislain; Peters, Laurent Marie L.
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The method is used to provide a software package for installation in a user station (US) without revealing the contents of the software package. The method includes the steps of encoding a readable source version (PACK.SOURCE) of the software package following a predefined encoding algorithm thereby generating an encoded software package (PACK.ENC) and delivering the encoded software package (PACK.ENC) from a provider station (PS) to the user station. In order to install the encoded software package (PACK.ENC) at the user station (US) the method further includes the step of providing, either together with the encoded software package (PACK.ENC) or separately, a basis software package …
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- Filed March 10, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 10, 2018.
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