Patent ID: 11934493
Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising operations of:
checking, by an intelligent time detector service running on a computing system, a trial period duration of software on the computing system;
starting, by the intelligent time detector service, a counter for the software, and the counter is configured to generate a counter value based on a clock of the computing system;
storing, by the intelligent time detector service, a counter value of the counter, wherein an accuracy of the counter value is maintained notwithstanding a change to the system clock; and
when the counter value reaches the trial period duration, decommissioning, by the intelligent time detector service, the software after the trial period has expired,
wherein the intelligent time detector service prevents tampering with the counter and counter value.