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

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
establishing by the first computing device on the first network a second secure communications channel with a third computing device on a third network;
receiving, via the second secure communications channel from the third computing device, a second software product and a second software product identifier that identifies a previously manufactured second software product;
obtaining second validation information that uniquely identifies the previously manufactured second software product;
analyzing the second validation information and the second software product to determine whether the second software product is different from the previously manufactured second software product; and
in response to determining that the second software product is identical to the previously manufactured second software product, sending a message to the third computing device indicating that the second software product is validated.