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

Claim 8:
9. A computing device, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor device coupled to the memory to:
establish on a first network a first secure communications channel with a second computing device on a second network;
receive, 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;
obtain, 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;
analyze 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, send a first message to the second computing device indicating that the first software product is not validated.