WO1999018490A1 - Procede et appareil de securite des donnees numeriques - Google Patents

Procede et appareil de securite des donnees numeriques Download PDF

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WO1999018490A1
WO1999018490A1 PCT/GB1998/002957 GB9802957W WO9918490A1 WO 1999018490 A1 WO1999018490 A1 WO 1999018490A1 GB 9802957 W GB9802957 W GB 9802957W WO 9918490 A1 WO9918490 A1 WO 9918490A1
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Angus Lamberton Jamieson
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I.P.R. Co. (21) Limited
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Priority to AU92750/98A priority Critical patent/AU9275098A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F21/00—Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
    • G06F21/10—Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material ; Digital rights management [DRM]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2211/00—Indexing scheme relating to details of data-processing equipment not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00
    • G06F2211/007—Encryption, En-/decode, En-/decipher, En-/decypher, Scramble, (De-)compress

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  • This invention relates to protecting digitally encoded data from unauthorised use.
  • the invention is particularly, but not exclusively, concerned with ensuring that computer software can be used on only one machine and cannot be copied in a usable form for use on multiple machines .
  • a method of preventing unauthorised use of digital data in which said data is loaded on a carrier medium together with a predetermined algorithm, the carrier medium is supplied to a user together with a separate device in which the same predetermined algorithm is encoded, and when the data is first loaded on a user machine a data item associated with that machine is identified and twice modified by use of the algorithm, once within the user machine and once within the separate device.
  • the data when the data is first loaded in a user machine at least one data item unique to that machine is encrypted to form a first number, the first number is displayed on a screen, the
  • the user keys the first number into the external device wherein it is decrypted and transformed via the algorithm to provide a second number which is displayed to the user, and the user then enters the second number in the user machine wherein it is subsequently retained.
  • the user machine locates said unique data item(s) and encrypts it to form said first number, and compares the first number now generated with the stored second number via the predetermined algorithm to authorise or deny use.
  • the data may include software enabling the data to be deinstalled from that user machine by a process including deletion of the algorithm from that machine.
  • a device for use in the foregoing method includes data entry means, calculating means including embedded data defining said algorithm, and data output means, whereby entry of said first number leads to the outputting of said second number .
  • the data entry means is a keyboard
  • the data output means is a display
  • the device is a self-contained, readily portable (preferably credit card sized) unit.
  • Fig 1 is a flow chart illustrating the method of operation of one embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig 2 is a front view of a card for use in the method .
  • computer software is supplied to a purchaser on a suitable medium such as a floppy disk in the usual way and this is packaged together with a card 10 which will be described in further detail below.
  • the software as supplied includes the security routines which will now be described with reference to Fig 1.
  • UDI unique data identifier
  • the UDI is encrypted by a simple routine to form a first number.
  • the first number is a seven digit number in which some positions are random numbers which are ignored in the further steps to be described, and other positions are the UDI modified by adding or subtracting predefined numbers.
  • the card 10 is a credit card sized calculator having a keyboard 12 and a display 14.
  • the card 10 contains a conventional chip which has a predefined mathematical algorithm burned in during manufacture. The user keys in the seven digit number which is processed via the algorithm, with the random numbers being ignored, to produce a second number, preferably in the form of five digit number.
  • the card 10 may be provided with OK and clear keys. This allows the user to compare the number which he has keyed in with the seven digit number on the computer screen before pressing the OK key.
  • the card 10 is preferably set up in such a way that the user may make only a limited number of entries, for example three.
  • the software loaded in the computer contains the same algorithm and therefore can translate the second number via the algorithm into the format of the first number and check that these correspond.
  • the second, five digit number is retained as part of the software thereafter and each time the software is run the seven digit number is generated and compared via the algorithm of the stored five digit number.
  • the effect of this arrangement is that the software can be copied freely from one machine to another but will only ever run on the machine on which it was first installed.
  • the invention relies upon the use of an algorithm which is resident in the software and is also resident in an external device such as the card 10, and on the use of the algorithm to manipulate some numerical value which is unique (or nearly so) to a . specific machine.
  • the card could become disabled after use and have to be thrown away or returned to the supplier.
  • more sophisticated arrangements are possible. For example, it would be possible to make use of similar process steps to deinstall the software from the machine on which it was first loaded and reinstalled on another machine, with the algorithm hidden in the card being used to authorise the deinstallation.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé permettant d'empêcher l'utilisation multiple non autorisée de logiciels ou analogues, utilisant un algorithme prédéterminé prévu aussi bien dans le logiciel, que dans un dispositif extérieur afin d'exécuter une routine d'autorisation qui comprend l'utilisation de l'algorithme pour transformer une donnée élémentaire propre à la machine particulière sur laquelle le logiciel a été chargé en premier.
PCT/GB1998/002957 1997-10-04 1998-10-05 Procede et appareil de securite des donnees numeriques WO1999018490A1 (fr)

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GBGB9721053.8A GB9721053D0 (en) 1997-10-04 1997-10-04 Software guardcard
GB9721053.8 1997-10-04

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WO2003036442A2 (fr) * 2001-10-26 2003-05-01 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Procede d'association d'un domaine des donnees logicielles a du materiel specifique
WO2008034900A1 (fr) * 2006-09-21 2008-03-27 Boesgaard Soerensen Hans Marti Fabrication de fichiers de programme exécutables par ordinateur à partir d'un code source
US8468351B2 (en) 2006-12-15 2013-06-18 Codesealer Aps Digital data authentication
US9471910B2 (en) 1999-10-25 2016-10-18 Smartflash, LLC Data storage and access systems

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FR2654234A1 (fr) * 1989-11-03 1991-05-10 Gremillet Dominique Dispositif et procede pour la realisation de verrouillages materiels ou logiciels, dynamiques et aleatoires, associes a des clefs dynamiques et intelligentes.
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EP0302710A2 (fr) * 1987-08-05 1989-02-08 International Business Machines Corporation Une méthode pour commander l'utilisation des programmes d'ordinateur
FR2654234A1 (fr) * 1989-11-03 1991-05-10 Gremillet Dominique Dispositif et procede pour la realisation de verrouillages materiels ou logiciels, dynamiques et aleatoires, associes a des clefs dynamiques et intelligentes.
US5259029A (en) * 1990-05-16 1993-11-02 Duncan Jr F Jeff Decoding device for computer software protection

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US9471910B2 (en) 1999-10-25 2016-10-18 Smartflash, LLC Data storage and access systems
WO2003036442A2 (fr) * 2001-10-26 2003-05-01 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Procede d'association d'un domaine des donnees logicielles a du materiel specifique
WO2003036442A3 (fr) * 2001-10-26 2004-03-18 Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv Procede d'association d'un domaine des donnees logicielles a du materiel specifique
WO2008034900A1 (fr) * 2006-09-21 2008-03-27 Boesgaard Soerensen Hans Marti Fabrication de fichiers de programme exécutables par ordinateur à partir d'un code source
US8468351B2 (en) 2006-12-15 2013-06-18 Codesealer Aps Digital data authentication
US8949607B2 (en) 2006-12-15 2015-02-03 Codesealer Aps Digital data authentication

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