Inventor
HUGHES AIDAN T
US28 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
24 patentsUS7503072B2Mar 10, 2009
Hardware ID to prevent software piracy
MICROSOFT CORP56 citations94
US7346585B1Mar 18, 2008
Computer software and services license processing method and system
MICROSOFT CORP93 citations94
US8001383B2Aug 16, 2011
Secure serial number
MICROSOFT CORP16 citations92
US7779274B2Aug 17, 2010
Systems and methods for providing time-and weight-based flexibility tolerant hardware ID
MICROSOFT CORP17 citations92
US7610296B2Oct 27, 2009
Prioritized files
MICROSOFT CORP21 citations92
US7302590B2Nov 27, 2007
Systems and methods for providing time-and weight-based flexibly tolerant hardware ID
MICROSOFT CORP17 citations92
US7290149B2Oct 30, 2007
Verbose hardware identification for binding a software package to a computer system having tolerance for hardware changes
MICROSOFT CORP20 citations91
US7278131B2Oct 2, 2007
Compact hardware identification for binding a software package to a computer system having tolerance for hardware changes
MICROSOFT CORP21 citations91
US7594225B2Sep 22, 2009
Integrated setup for generating customization XML
MICROSOFT CORP24 citations90
US7712086B2May 4, 2010
Portable applications
MICROSOFT CORP27 citations88
US7702536B1Apr 20, 2010
Method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for tracking referrals and product sell-through
MICROSOFT CORP57 citations87
US7716664B2May 11, 2010
Metadata-based application model for large applications
MICROSOFT CORP9 citations82
US7917487B2Mar 29, 2011
Portable application registry
MICROSOFT CORP7 citations81
US7565323B2Jul 21, 2009
Hardware ID to prevent software piracy
MICROSOFT CORP15 citations81
US7379918B2May 27, 2008
Method and system for single reactivation of software product licenses
MICROSOFT CORP13 citations81
US7685591B2Mar 23, 2010
Customizing a software application through a patch file
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations79
US7921059B2Apr 5, 2011
Licensing upsell
MICROSOFT CORP15 citations76
US7257712B2Aug 14, 2007
Runtime digital signatures
MICROSOFT CORP11 citations76
US7308542B1Dec 11, 2007
Data integrity protection for stored data
MICROSOFT CORP9 citations66
US7647640B2Jan 12, 2010
System for binding secrets to a computer system having tolerance for hardware changes
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations63
US7296294B2Nov 13, 2007
System for binding secrets to a computer system having tolerance for hardware changes
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations63
US7882358B2Feb 1, 2011
Reversible hashing for E-signature verification
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations62
US7644314B2Jan 5, 2010
Retroactive verbose logging
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations54
US9292665B2Mar 22, 2016
Secure serial number
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations52