Patent ID: 9117056
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for secure distribution of digital content, the method comprising: receiving at a particular customer device from a hardware server via a medium for distribution installation software and distribution identification information, the medium for distribution also including unprotected segments of the digital content, the unprotected segments being the segments remaining after the hardware server has disintegrated the digital content into a plurality of segments and selected segments to be protected; executing the installation software on the particular customer device, the installation software extracting from the particular customer device hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device; transmitting to the hardware server the distribution identification information and the unique hardware identification information extracted from the particular customer device; receiving at the particular customer device from the hardware server the selected segments modified to include the distribution identification information and the unique hardware identification information extracted from the particular customer device; integrating on the particular customer device the remaining unprotected unselected segments with the modified segments, thereby generating on the particular customer device modified digital content operable only on the particular customer device; and executing the modified digital content, wherein the selected modified segments include a routine for testing whether the particular customer device has hardware corresponding to the hardware identification information.