Patent ID: 8745375
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of handling usage of software in a disconnected computing environment, said method comprising: generating by a computer processor a digital certificate comprising date and time frame constraints; signing by a computer processor the digital certificate by a certificate authority, the digital certificate including a first certificate authority public key; associating by a computer processor said signed digital certificate to said software; embedding by a computer processor a second certificate authority public key in the software, wherein embedding the second certificate authority public key further comprises hard-coding said second certificate authority public key in said software; and executing by a computer processor in the disconnected computing environment said software when said signed digital certificate is signed by said certificate authority, when said first certificate authority public key matches said second certificate authority public key and when said date and time frame constraints are satisfied in the disconnected computing environment.