Patent ID: 7849513

Claim:
A system to control authorized use of a software program in an electronic device, comprising; a. an electronic device; b. a restricted use software program loaded into said electronic device, said software program being associated with a unique first code number that must be inputted into said electronic device when initially executing or installing said software program into said electronic device, said software program also associated with a second code number and a third code number that must be entered into said electronic device and verified before said software program used in said electronic device; c. an intermediate object selectively linked to said electronic device, said intermediate object contains a second code number stored thereon that is verified by said software program when said intermediate object is linked to said electronic device; and; d. a third code number not located on the intermediate object and inputted to said electronic device, said third code number separately transmitted to said electronic device; before said software program used on said electronic device; e. attempting to use said software program on said electronic device, said software program verifies that said second code number stored on said intermediate object and said third code number transmitted to said electronic device match said second and third code numbers associated with said software program, if all said codes match then software program used and if at least one code does not match, then use of said software program is not permitted.