Patent ID: 8091095
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: on a website, receiving information into a computer from an electronic device which includes electronic circuitry thereon, said circuit being separable from said computer and also operable with said computer to carry out operations when connected to said computer; said information received including information from a memory on said electronic circuitry, said information including a circuit code in said memory identifying at least one circuit; said website receiving a validation request with said circuit code, determining a location from which a validation is requested, and determining whether said circuit code is authorized from said location; and returning validation information to said electronic circuit that is required by said electronic circuitry to work properly, said validation information being sent only if said electronic information is authorized for said location from which said validation information is requested, and where said at least one circuit is prevented from any of said operations without receiving a validation of said circuit code from said web site, wherein said website looks up said circuit code in an internal database, and determines if a location for said circuit code matches said location from which validation is requested, and returns said validation only if said location for said circuit code matches said location from which validation is requested.