Patent ID: 11861004
Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
establishing by a first computing device on a first network a first secure communications channel with a second computing device on a second network;
receiving, via the first secure communications channel from the second computing device, a first software product and a first software product identifier that identifies a previously manufactured first software product;
obtaining, from a storage device that is inaccessible to any device other than the first computing device, first validation information that uniquely identifies the previously manufactured first software product;
analyzing the first validation information and the first software product to determine whether the first software product is different from the previously manufactured first software product; and
in response to determining that the first software product is different from the previously manufactured first software product, sending a first message to the second computing device indicating that the first software product is not validated.