Patent ID: 7152245
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for installing a black box on a computing device, the black box operating in combination with a trusted component on the computing device, the trusted component employing the black box to decrypt encrypted content for being rendered on the computing device only when rights and restrictions specified in a license corresponding to the encrypted content so allow, the system comprising: an administrator having access to the computing device for querying same for machine properties thereof; a black box server in communication with the administrator, the administrator for sending the machine properties of the computing device to the black box server as part of a request for a new black box for the computing device, the black box server in response for constructing the new black box based in part on the machine properties so as to tie the new black box to the computing device, the black box server for delivering the new black box to the administrator and the administrator for installing the new black box on the computing device, wherein the administrator comprises an activation provider running on the computing device and an activation manager in communication with the activation provider, the activation provider for determining the machine properties of the computing device and sending same to the activation manager, the activation manager for sending the request to the black box server and receiving the new black box in response thereto, the activation provider for receiving the new black box from the activation manager and installing same on the computing device, wherein the activation manager runs on at least one activation server having network access to the black box server by way of a first network and network access to the computing device and activation provider thereon by way of a second network.