Bigsoft brother - software method for tracking and identifying illegal software piracy, installation, copying and theft of software
CA 2231978 A1 · Owner: Brisson, Andre J. · Inventors: Brisson, Andre J.
Overview
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Source code and method to be protected a software application to be used both during installation of software, programs and the running of these software applications interfacing with the , hardware of the recipient computer, in particular to scan and retrieve the hard disk drive part number in order to track illegal use, illegal installation or illegal copying of software (as well as registering legal use of software). Code is compiled into, the install executable of software which will copy two registration files onto recipient computer: one registration, file in the active directory of the software being installed and one , registration file in an arbitrary directory of the recipient …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 20, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 20, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 20, 2020.
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