CN109960900B

CN109960900B - Registration code generation method and system

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Publication number: CN109960900B
Application number: CN201910249646.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 贾鹏
Original assignee: Fuji Film Industry Development Shanghai Co ltd
Current assignee: Fuji Film Industry Development Shanghai Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-29
Filing date: 2019-03-29
Publication date: 2023-09-15
Anticipated expiration: 2039-03-29
Also published as: CN109960900A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a software registration activation technology, and in particular, to a registration code generation method and system. The registration code generation method comprises the following steps: receiving a first registration code request from a client, wherein the first registration code request comprises a received combined authorization code and universal machine code information of the client, and the received combined authorization code indicates a software combination currently requested to be installed; performing authorization verification based on the stored corresponding authorization information regarding receipt of the combined authorization code; responsive to the authorization verification passing, sending respective second registration code requests to corresponding software servers of all software in the software combination, each second registration code request including generic machine code information; receiving registration codes of all software in the corresponding software combination and machine code verification codes associated with at least part of the registration codes, wherein the machine code verification codes indicate a combination mode of universal machine code information used for generating the machine codes; and sending all the received registration codes and the machine code verification codes to the client.

Description

Registration code generation method and system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a software registration activation technology, and in particular, to a registration code generation method and a registration code generation system.

Background

Currently, the field of computer software mainly adopts registration codes to activate the software. Computer software registration codes refer to sequences of letters, numbers, or other symbols entered in accordance with specified requirements during the installation or use of the software in order to perform the functions of the software without limitation. The software registration code is mainly used for realizing the function of activating the software, thereby achieving the purpose of normally using the software.

Existing software registration codes typically require machine code to be obtained from the terminal in which the software is installed to generate them. The machine code is typically generated by hashing one or more machine information describing the terminal with a software product password. The one or more machine information describing the terminal includes, but is not limited to, computer hard disk serial number, CPU serial number, BIOS number, network card MAC address, system time, and operating system information.

The above-described software registration code may be generated for a software developer by an associated manager of the software developer by providing the software developer with the machine code acquired from the terminal.

However, with today's business processes becoming increasingly complex, one piece of software often needs to cooperate with other pieces of software to perform complex functions together. For example, a business process of a print job may require multiple steps such as image processing, encryption, and printing. Therefore, the print control software needs to schedule the image data stream to be processed by professional image processing software and encryption software before printing output can be completed.

In order to complete registration of a plurality of software, the prior art needs to generate a machine code corresponding to each software, and then submit the machine code to a registration code manager of the corresponding software to obtain the registration code so as to complete the registration process. The registration and activation of the whole set of software requires repeated steps, and the acquisition modes of registration codes are different according to different ways of providing the registration codes by software manufacturers. If some software developers only provide offline registration code generation, users also need to agree with different software vendor registration code managers in advance, so that the installation and registration work of a plurality of matched software cannot be completed at one time.

To increase the efficiency of installing registration software, some software developers pre-assign registration codes to their common software agents for user installation. Such pre-assigned registration codes do not require verification of the machine code of the terminal on which the software is to be installed, which is detrimental to the security of the software authorization, and the field engineers of the software agent may also lose, leak, or even misuse these pre-assigned registration codes, thereby compromising the benefit of the software developer.

Therefore, there is a need in the art for a registration code generation technique that facilitates improving the efficiency of registering active software while ensuring security of software authorization.

Disclosure of Invention

The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects, and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineate the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

In order to improve the efficiency of registering and activating software on the premise of ensuring the security of software authorization, the invention provides a registration code generation method and a registration code generation system.

The registration code generation method provided by the invention can be used for generating the registration code for installing software. The registration code generation method comprises the following steps:

receiving a first registration code request from a client, wherein the first registration code request comprises a received combined authorization code and universal machine code information of the client, and the received combined authorization code indicates a software combination currently requested to be installed;

Performing authorization verification based on stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code;

responsive to authorization verification passing, sending respective second registration code requests to corresponding software servers of all software in the software combination, each second registration code request including the generic machine code information;

receiving registration codes corresponding to all software in the software combination and machine code verification codes associated with at least part of the registration codes, wherein the machine code verification codes indicate a combination mode of the universal machine code information used for generating the machine codes; and

and sending all the received registration codes and the machine code verification codes to the client.

Preferably, in the above registration code generating method provided by the present invention, the stored corresponding authorization information about the received combined authorization code may include an authorization number of the received combined authorization code,

the performing of the authorization verification based on the stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code may include the steps of:

judging whether the current authorization quantity of the received combined authorization code is more than or equal to 1, if so, the authorization verification is passed, otherwise, the authorization verification fails,

The registration code generating method may further include the steps of:

in response to receiving all registration codes from each software server, subtracting one from the stored number of grants corresponding to the received combined grant code.

Preferably, in the above-mentioned registration code generation method provided by the present invention, the stored corresponding authorization information about the received combined authorization code may further include a validity period of the received combined authorization code,

the performing of the authorization verification based on the stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code may further include the steps of:

and judging whether the received combined authorization code is out of date or not based on the validity period of the received combined authorization code, and if so, failing to authorize verification.

Optionally, in the above registration code generating method provided by the present invention, the stored corresponding authorization information about the received combined authorization code may further include an authorization code verification password, the first registration code request from the client may further include the received authorization code verification password,

and judging whether the received authorization code verification password is consistent with the stored authorization code verification password, if not, failing to verify the authorization.

Optionally, in the above method for generating registration codes provided by the present invention, the method further includes the steps of:

a combined authorization code is pre-generated for a specified software combination, the specified software combination including at least one piece of authorization software, and the generated combined authorization code is stored locally in association with authorization information for the specified software combination.

Optionally, in the above method for generating a registration code provided by the present invention, the received combined authorization code may correspond to multiple software.

Optionally, in the above registration code generating method provided by the present invention, the generic machine code information may include a machine code generated by a part of software in the software combination at the client, and client generic software and hardware information for other software in the software combination,

the receiving registration codes corresponding to each software in the software combination and machine code verification codes associated with at least part of the registration codes comprises:

receiving respective registration codes from corresponding software servers of the portion of software in the software portfolio; and

respective registration codes and associated machine code verification codes are received from corresponding software servers of the other software in the software combination.

Preferably, in the above method for generating a registration code provided by the present invention, the client generic software and hardware information may include one or more of a computer hard disk serial number, a CPU serial number, a BIOS serial number, a network card MAC address, operating system information, a user name, an email address, and a company name.

before receiving the first registration code request, receiving a software installation request from the client, wherein the software installation request comprises the received combined authorization code; and

and responding to the software installation request, and sending the software IDs of all the software in the software combination corresponding to the combined authorization code to the client.

Optionally, in the above registration code generating method provided by the present invention, at least part of the second registration code request may further include a software function combination code, where the software function combination code indicates an installed software function of the corresponding software.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a registration code generation system.

The registration code generation system provided by the invention can be used for generating registration codes for installing software. The registration code generation system includes a registration server including a processor and a memory, the processor configured to:

Preferably, in the above registration code generating system provided by the present invention, the stored corresponding authorization information about the received combined authorization code may include an authorization number of the received combined authorization code, and the processor may be further configured to:

Judging whether the current authorization quantity of the received combined authorization code is more than or equal to 1, if so, passing authorization verification, otherwise, failing authorization verification, and

Preferably, in the above registration code generating system provided by the present invention, the stored corresponding authorization information about the received combined authorization code may further include a validity period of the received combined authorization code, and the processor may be further configured to:

Optionally, in the above registration code generating system provided by the present invention, the stored corresponding authorization information about the received combined authorization code may further include an authorization code verification password, the first registration code request from the client may further include the received authorization code verification password,

the processor may be further configured to:

Optionally, in the above registration code generating system provided by the present invention, the processor may be further configured to:

a combined authorization code is pre-generated for a specified software combination, which may include at least one authorization software, and the generated combined authorization code is stored locally in association with authorization information for the specified software combination.

Optionally, in the registration code generating system provided by the invention, the received combined authorization code may correspond to multiple software.

Optionally, in the registration code generating system provided by the invention, the generic machine code information may include machine codes generated by part of software in the software combination at the client and client generic software and hardware information for other software in the software combination,

the processor may be further configured to:

Preferably, in the above registration code generating system provided by the present invention, the client generic software and hardware information may include one or more of a computer hard disk serial number, a CPU serial number, a BIOS serial number, a network card MAC address, operating system information, a user name, an email address, and a company name.

receiving a software installation request from the client before receiving the first registration code request, the software installation request may include the received combined authorization code; and

Optionally, in the above registration code generating system provided by the present invention, at least part of the second registration code request may further include a software function combination code, where the software function combination code indicates an installed software function of the corresponding software.

Drawings

The above features and advantages of the present invention will be better understood after reading the detailed description of embodiments of the present disclosure in conjunction with the following drawings. In the drawings, the components are not necessarily to scale and components having similar related features or characteristics may have the same or similar reference numerals.

Fig. 1 shows a flow chart of a registration code generation method provided according to an aspect of the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of a simultaneous registration activation of multiple software provided in accordance with an aspect of the present invention.

Fig. 3 illustrates a schematic structure of a registration server provided according to an aspect of the present invention.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic structural diagram of a software server corresponding to software a provided according to an aspect of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a registration code generation system provided according to another aspect of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

101-105 registration code generation method;

201. a first registration code request;

2011. receiving a combined authorization code;

2012. general machine code information;

2013. receiving an authorization code verification password;

202. a second registration code request;

203. a registration code;

204. a machine code verification code;

21. a client;

22. a registration server;

221. a registration code module;

2211. a machine code generation interface unit;

2212. a registration code generation interface unit;

2213. a database;

2214. a network interface unit;

222. registering an authorization module;

2221. an authorization code interface unit;

2222. an authorization code verification interface unit;

2223. a database;

2224. a network interface unit;

223. a processor;

224. A memory;

231-234 software servers;

2311. a machine code generates a service interface;

2312. generating a service interface by the registration code;

2313. a network interface unit;

2314. registering the authorization verification interface unit.

Detailed Description

Further advantages and effects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure of the present specification, by describing the embodiments of the present invention with specific examples. While the description of the invention will be presented in connection with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the inventive features to that embodiment. Rather, the purpose of the invention described in connection with the embodiments is to cover other alternatives or modifications, which may be extended by the claims based on the invention. The following description contains many specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of the present invention. The invention may be practiced without these specific details. Furthermore, some specific details are omitted from the description in order to avoid obscuring the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In addition, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "horizontal", "vertical" as used in the following description should be understood as referring to the orientation depicted in this paragraph and the associated drawings. This relative terminology is for convenience only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention as it is described in terms of the apparatus being manufactured or operated in a particular orientation.

It will be understood that, although the terms "first," "second," "third," etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms and these terms are merely used to distinguish between different elements, regions, layers and/or sections. Accordingly, a first component, region, layer, and/or section discussed below could be termed a second component, region, layer, and/or section without departing from some embodiments of the present invention.

In order to improve the efficiency of registering activated software on the premise of ensuring the security of software authorization, the invention provides an embodiment of a registration code generation method and an embodiment of a registration code generation system.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a flow chart illustrating a registration code generating method according to an aspect of the present invention. Fig. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of a simultaneous registration activation of multiple software provided in accordance with an aspect of the present invention.

The registration code generation method provided in the present embodiment may be used to generate the registration code 203 for installing software. The registration code 203 refers to a sequence of letters, numbers, or other symbols input according to a specified requirement during the installation or use of the software in order to implement the function of the software without limitation. The software registration code 203 is mainly used for realizing the function of activating the software, thereby achieving the purpose of normally using the software.

The client 21, which needs to install software, the registration server 22 of the software agent, and the software servers 231-234 of the software developer may be connected through a network. Such networks include, but are not limited to, one or a combination of more of the internet Wide Area Network (WAN), enterprise or building Local Area Network (LAN), wiFi wireless communications, 3G/4G mobile communications networks.

As shown in fig. 1, in the above-mentioned registration code generation method provided in this embodiment, the method may include the steps of:

101: a first registration code request 201 is received from a client 21.

The client 21 includes, but is not limited to, a computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, and other various electronic terminals that need to install or register activation software. Different communication modules corresponding to different network forms can be provided on the client 21, so as to communicate with the registration server 22 of the software agent and the software servers 231-234 of the software developer under different network environments.

Preferably, the client 21 may choose to connect to the network or not according to the information security requirements in the actual application. In the case that the client 21 is not connected to the network, the machine code general collection software may have a function of generating a two-dimensional code, so that the collected software and hardware information is generated into the two-dimensional code, and the two-dimensional code is provided to the registration server 22 of the software agent through other communication devices.

As shown in fig. 2, the first registration code 201 request includes, but is not limited to, the received combined authorization code 2011 and the generic machine code information 2012 of the client 21.

The received combination authorization code 2011 may indicate the software combination currently requested to be installed, and more specifically may indicate the software IDs of all the software in the software combination. The software composition may correspond to one or more pieces of software (e.g., software a, software C, and software D) that are authorized by the software developer to the software agent.

The generic machine code information 2012 described above may be information applicable to any of the software servers 231-234 to generate machine code for verifying the identity of the client 21. The generic machine code information 2012 includes, but is not limited to, machine codes generated at the client 21 by portions of the software in the software combination described above (e.g., software a), and client generic software and hardware information for other software in the software combination (e.g., software C and software D). The client generic software and hardware information includes, but is not limited to, one or more of a computer hard disk serial number, a CPU serial number, a BIOS serial number, a network card MAC address, operating system information, a user name, an email address, and a company name. The client-side general-purpose software and hardware information may be collected by general-purpose machine code information collecting software installed on the client 21.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the software and hardware information of the client 21, such as the hard disk serial number, the CPU serial number, the BIOS serial number, the network card MAC address, the operating system information, the user name, the email address, and the company name, provided in this embodiment is merely an example of the general machine code information 2012, and it is intended to more specifically describe that the general machine code information 2012 may include software and hardware information required for generating a machine code by general software, so that the software servers 231-234 corresponding to the software that any user wants to install can obtain the required machine code from the general machine code information 2012.

Specifically, the registration server 22 may obtain the generic machine code information 2012 in the form of machine code generated by the client 21, or the generic machine code information 2012 in the form of client generic software and hardware information, from the client 21 based on the specific requirements of the different software servers 231-234 corresponding to the different software.

To achieve this function, the registration server 22 may receive a software installation request from the client 21 before receiving the first registration code request 201. The software installation request may also include receipt of the combined authorization code 2011.

In response to receiving the software installation request, the registration server 22 may transmit software IDs of all software in the software combination corresponding to the combined authorization code to the client 21, thereby creating a software list to be installed at the client 21.

Preferably, each software developer may generate a pair of public and private keys for cryptographic use, the public keys being stored in the registration server 22 and bound to the software IDs developed thereby.

Each software developer may also register a machine code generation service interface, and a registration code generation service interface, with the registration server 22.

The client 21 may read the above-mentioned list of software to be installed, and according to the rule set in the locally stored software a installation package, generate the machine code required for registering and activating the software a locally, and then send the machine code to the registration server 22 together with the first registration code request 201.

The client 21 may also send the software and hardware information of the client 21, such as the serial number of the hard disk of the computer, the serial number of the CPU, the serial number of the BIOS, the MAC address of the network card, the information of the operating system, the user name, the email address, and the company name, directly to the registration server 22 along with the first registration code request 201, so as to avoid the problem that the information contained in the machine codes required for registering and activating the software C and the software D are different, and the multiple machine codes need to be generated in the client 21 respectively.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that since it is no longer necessary to generate a plurality of machine codes at the client 21, respectively, a user or an installer of the software can apply for a plurality of registration codes required for the software at one time, thereby greatly improving the efficiency of registering the activated software.

In addition, the above-mentioned process of generating the machine code according to the software and hardware information of the client 21 is delayed to the scheme that the software server 233 and 234 are dynamically determined by each software machine code generation algorithm, so that the security of the machine code combination algorithm can be improved, the flexibility of the deployment of the related algorithm can be improved, and the security of the software registration process can be improved.

As shown in fig. 1, in the above method for generating registration codes provided in this embodiment, the method may further include the steps of:

102: authorization verification is performed based on stored corresponding authorization information regarding receipt of the combined authorization code.

To verify whether the received combined authorization code 2011 sent by the user or installer of the software is valid, the software agent may pre-generate a combined authorization code for the specified software combination on its registration server 22 and store the generated combined authorization code locally (registration server side 22) in association with the authorization information for the specified software combination. The combined authorization code can be a group of passwords, can also be information such as mail addresses or mobile phone numbers, and can also be an authorization verification service interface address. The software combination corresponding to each combined authorization code may include at least one authorization software.

Referring further to fig. 3, fig. 3 illustrates a schematic diagram of a registration server provided in accordance with an aspect of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 3, the registration server 22 may be provided with a registration code module 221 and a registration authorization module 222.

The registration code module 221 specifically includes a machine code generation interface unit 2211, a registration code generation interface unit 2212, a database 2213, and a network interface unit 2214.

The machine code generation interface unit 2211 is configured to accept registration of the corresponding software machine code generation interface, and generate a machine code and a machine code verification code used by the corresponding software registration through the registered machine code generation interface and the universal machine information.

The registration code generation interface unit 2212 is configured to accept registration of the corresponding software registration code generation interface, and generate a registration code corresponding to the software through the registered registration code generation interface, and the machine code verification code generated by the machine code generation interface 2211.

A database 2213 for recording registered software information, machine code generation interface information, registration code generation interface information, and storage and inquiry of generated registration codes.

The network interface unit 2214 is used for communicating with the client 21, the registration code authorization module 222, and the software servers 231-234.

The registration authorization module 222 specifically includes an authorization code interface unit 2221, an authorization code verification interface unit 2222, a database 2223, and a network interface unit 2224.

The authorization code interface unit 2221 is configured to generate and manage an authorization code for corresponding software registration. The authorization code may include both an authorization code for a single software registration authorization and a combined authorization code for use with multiple software registration authorizations.

An authorization code verification interface unit 2222 for verifying the provided authorization code.

A database 2223 for recording information related to the software registration authorization code.

A network interface unit 1044 for communicating with the registration code module 221. For instance, where the authorization code verification service is provided by a software developer, it may also be in communication with the software servers 231-234.

The user or installer of the software may input a corresponding code on the client 21 where the software is to be installed, based on the combined authorization code provided by the software agent, so as to send the received combined authorization code 2011 to the registration server 22. The registration server 22 may read the received combined authorization code 2011 and compare it to the locally stored combined authorization code.

In response to being able to find the corresponding combined authorization code from the received combined authorization code 2011, the registration server 22 may obtain the software combination that the user needs to install from the corresponding authorization information of the locally stored combined authorization code.

In response to failing to find the corresponding combined authorization code from the received combined authorization code 2011, the registration server 22 may determine that the received combined authorization code 2011 is invalid and may send a prompt to the user to enter the code again after confirmation through the client 21.

Preferably, the corresponding authorization information of the locally combined authorization code may further include authorization quantity information of the software combination.

In response to being able to find the corresponding combined authorization code according to the received combined authorization code 2011, the registration server 22 may further determine whether the current authorized number of software combinations corresponding to the received combined authorization code 2011 is greater than or equal to 1.

If the current authorization number of the corresponding software combination is 1 or more, the registration server 22 may determine that the software combination may be authorized, and thus may determine that authorization verification is passed.

Otherwise, if the current authorization number of the corresponding software combination is 0, the registration server 22 may determine that the software combination cannot be authorized, and thus may determine that authorization verification fails. Accordingly, the registration server 22 may prompt the software agent to continue to assign more authorization amounts to the software portfolio or prompt the software agent to apply for more software authorization amounts to the corresponding software developer.

Preferably, the corresponding authorization information of the local combined authorization code may further include validity period information of the received combined authorization code.

In response to being able to find a corresponding combined authorization code from the received combined authorization code 2011, the registration server 22 may further determine whether the received combined authorization code 2011 has expired based on the validity period of the received combined authorization code.

If the combined authorization code 2011 has expired, the registration server 22 may determine that the software combination has not been authorized and may therefore determine that authorization verification has failed. Accordingly, the registration server 22 may prompt the software agent whether to extend the validity period for the software combination to continue authorizing the software combination.

Preferably, the corresponding authorization information of the locally stored combined authorization code may further include an authorization code verification password, and the first registration code request 201 from the client 21 may further include a received authorization code verification password 2013.

In response to being able to find the corresponding combined authorization code from the received authorization code 2011, the registration server 22 may also determine whether the received authorization code verification password 2013 is consistent with the locally stored authorization code verification password.

If the received authorization code verification password 2013 is inconsistent with the locally stored authorization code verification password, the registration server 22 may determine that the received combined authorization code 2011 is counterfeit, and thus may also determine that the authorization verification fails.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the above case of further authorization verification of the remaining authorization quantity, validity period and authorization code verification password of the software combination is only a specific preferred scheme provided in this embodiment, and is mainly used for facilitating the software agent to manage various different software agents of the agent and further preventing others from maliciously pirating the agent software. The three preferred embodiments may be implemented independently, or may be used in a superimposed manner to obtain a better effect. In other embodiments, a person skilled in the art may further add or replace a specific authorization verification manner to obtain a corresponding verification effect based on the inventive concept.

103: in response to the authorization verification passing, a respective second registration code request 202 is sent to the corresponding software servers 231, 233, 234 of all software in the software combination.

Specifically, in response to verifying the first registration code request 201 issued by the user or software installer, the registration server 22 may send a corresponding second registration code request 202 to the corresponding software servers 231, 233, 234 that received all of the software (e.g., software a, software C, and software D) in the software combination corresponding to the combined authorization code 2011. The second registration code request 202 may include generic machine code information 2012 for each software server 231, 233, 234 to obtain the required software and hardware information of the client 21 according to different specific requirements thereof to generate machine codes. The machine code is used to indicate the identity of the client 21 applying for installing the software in case that another person maliciously installs the software on a different client 21 using a registration code provided by the software developer without limitation.

The software servers 231-234 may generate registration codes 203 for each software based on the machine code, the machine code verification code 204, and the registered registration code generation service interface.

Referring further to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a software server 231 corresponding to software a provided according to an aspect of the present invention.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that software servers 232-234 may also have the same architecture as software server 231.

As shown in fig. 4, a machine code generation service interface 2311, a registration code generation service interface 2312, a network interface unit 2313, and a registration authority verification interface unit 2314 may be included in the software server 231.

A machine code generation service interface 2311 for a machine code generation service interface registered with the registration code module 221 and providing a machine code generation service via the service interface.

A registration code generation service interface 2312 for registering with the registration code module 221 to generate a service interface and providing a machine code generation service via the service interface.

A network interface unit 1053 for communicating with the registration code module 221. For applications where a registration authorization verification service is provided by a software developer, it may also be used to communicate with the registration authorization module 222.

Preferably, the second registration code request 202 sent by the registration server 22 to the software server 231 may further comprise a software function combination code corresponding to the software a having a different version or different authorization hierarchy. The software function combination code may be used to indicate the installed software functions of software a, including but not limited to the installed version of software a and the specific authorization hierarchy of software a.

The software server 231 may generate registration codes 203 corresponding to different installation versions and different authorization levels based on the software function combination code.

104: registration codes 203 corresponding to each of the software in the software combination are received, and machine code verification codes 204 associated with at least a portion of the registration codes 203.

The software servers 231, 233, 234 of the respective software developers may generate a registration code 203 for activating the software based on the second registration code request 202 received by the respective software developers, and return the registration code 203 to the registration server 22.

In response to receiving the registration codes 203 corresponding to all of the software in the software combination from each software server 231, 233, 234, the registration server 22 may subtract one from its stored number of grants of the software combination corresponding to the received combined grant code 2011 to update the current number of grants of the software combination.

As described above, the client 21 may directly send the software and hardware information of the client 21 such as the computer hard disk serial number, the CPU serial number, the BIOS number, the network card MAC address, the operating system information, the user name, the email address, and the company name to the registration server 22 together with the first registration code request 201. The registration server 22 may in turn forward these generic machine code information 2012 to the software servers 233, 234 corresponding to software C and software D, respectively.

The software servers 233, 234 corresponding to software C and software D may generate a machine code using part or all of the generic machine code information 2012, respectively, according to the second registration code request 202 and the software specific rules received by them, and generate the registration code 203 using the generated machine code, and return the generated registration code 203 to the registration server 22 together with a machine code verification code 204.

The machine code verification code 204 herein may indicate the manner in which the generic machine code information 2012 used to generate the machine code is combined. For example: the machine code verification code 204 of the software C may indicate that the software C employs the computer hard disk serial number, the CPU serial number, and the BIOS number of the client 21 to generate the machine code of the client 21, and the machine code verification code 204 of the software D may indicate that the software D employs the CPU serial number, the network card MAC address, the operating system information, and the user name of the client 21 to generate the machine code of the client 21.

Corresponding to the embodiments described above in which the different software employs different generation machine code schemes, the registration server 22 may receive the respective registration code 203 from the corresponding software server 231 of software a in the software combination, and the respective registration code 203 and associated machine code verification code 204 from the corresponding software servers 233, 234 of software C and software D in the software combination.

105: all registration codes 203 and machine code verification codes 204 received are sent to the client 21.

The registration server 22 may send all the received registration codes 203 and machine code verification codes 204 to the client 21 in the form of a registration code list, thereby creating a registration code list containing one or more registration codes 203 at the client 21 to activate the software installation package installed at the client 21.

Specifically, since the software C and the software D generate the machine code on the software servers 233 and 234 by providing all the software and hardware information of the client 21, respectively, the software installation package stored in the client 21 may also preferably verify whether the specified software and hardware information included in the machine code verification code 204 is consistent with the software and hardware information of the client 21, thereby verifying whether the client 21 is a terminal authorized by the software servers 233 and 234, so as to avoid the problem of piracy.

In another embodiment provided by the invention, in which a single piece of software is installed on a client with network access function, the user or installer of the software may also preferably use XML or JSON format.

The XML format is as follows:

wherein the rawmanecode is a locally generated machine code of software with a machine code generator.

The user or installer of the software accesses the registration code server using the browser in the client, and inputs the authorization code, the authorization code verification information, and the generic machine code information common machine code in the browser to initiate the registration code generation request.

After receiving the registration code generation request, the registration code module initiates a verification request to the registration authorization module by using the authorization code and the authorization code verification information.

The registration authorization module verifies the number of authorization codes, the expiration time and the authorization verification information.

If the authorization verification fails, returning information of the authorization verification failure to the registration code module. And the registration code module returns the information which fails to verify to the client browser.

If the authorization verification is successful, returning the software ID corresponding to the authorization code and the software function combination code to the registration code module.

The registration code module uses the returned software ID to find the registered machine code generation service interface and the registration code generation service interface.

The registration code module uses software function combination codes, and universal machine code information common code sends a machine code generation request to a corresponding software server through a registered machine code generation service interface.

After receiving the machine code generation request, if the universal machine code information common machine code already contains a locally generated machine code localgenerratedcode of the software to be registered, the software server can directly return the localgenerratedcode as the generated machine code. If no localGenenratedCode is included, one or more information is selected from the generic machine code information common code according to the software vendor's own algorithm to generate the machine code and a machine code verification code. The machine code verification code is used for recording a combination mode of the universal machine code information used for generating the machine code. The machine code verification code is determined by the algorithm of each software. For example, the verification code abcd of software a represents the use of the computer hard disk serial number, the CPU serial number, the BIOS serial number, the network card MAC address, and 1234 represents the use of the computer hard disk serial number, the CPU serial number, the BIOS serial number. And B software uses efgh to generate machine code using computer hard disk serial number, CPU serial number, BIOS number, network card MAC address. The machine code verification code may be null. Where localGenenratedCode is used, the machine code verification code is null.

And the software server sends the generated machine code and the machine code verification code to the registration code module.

After receiving the generated machine code and machine code verification code, the registration code module uses the registration code service interface registered by the current software ID, and the software server initiates a registration code generation service request.

After receiving the registration code generation service request, the software server generates a registration code by using the machine code and sends the generated registration code to the registration code module.

The registration code module informs the registration authorization module that the authorization quantity associated with the authorization code is reduced by one, and stores the generated registration code, machine code verification code and other information in a database.

And the registration code module sends the generated registration code and the machine code verification code to the client browser.

After receiving the generated registration code and machine code verification code, the client browser runs the registration program of the software to be registered and inputs the registration code and the machine code verification code.

If the machine code verification code is not null, corresponding machine software and hardware information can be collected according to the machine code verification code according to the behavior defined by the software to be registered to generate a machine code for registration code verification, and then the machine code verification and registration process is completed compared with the machine code restored by the registration code. If the machine code verification code is empty, the software compares the machine code generated by the local machine code generation program and the machine code restored by the registration code during application, and completes the registration code verification and registration process.

In another embodiment of installing multiple software on a client with network access function, the client may be equipped with a computer for registering multiple software, the software to be registered matches with the authorization software for combining authorization codes, and is equipped with universal machine code information collecting software.

A browser is used in a client computer to access a registration authorization server.

In the browser, the combined authorization code and the combined authorization code verification information are input, and the registration authorization module is requested to inquire about the related information of the combined authorization code.

The registration authorization module returns relevant information of the combined authorization code, including a software ID list, detailed information of each software, authorization quantity, expiration time and the like.

Software and hardware information is collected using generic machine code information collection software. The software and hardware information includes but is not limited to:

computer hard disk serial number, CPU serial number, BIOS serial number, network card MAC address, operating system information, user name, email address, company name, etc.

For software with a machine code generator, the machine code generator of the software can be directly operated to obtain the machine code.

The information is encapsulated into a generic machine code information format, preferably in XML or JSON format, using generic machine code information collection software.

The XML format is as follows:

then, for each software entry in the software ID list, the registration code generation process of the single software is repeated, generating the registration code and the machine code verification code associated with the software ID. (refer to the above generation of a single registration code for details and details are omitted here)

After the registration codes of the software in the all software ID list are generated, all the generated registration codes of the software and the verification codes of the machine code are summarized and returned to the client browser.

In another embodiment of the present invention, where a client that does not have a network access function installs multiple pieces of software, the client may not have a network access function due to information security requirements or client hardware limitations.

At this time, the mobile terminal having a network access function is preferably used as a communication device to communicate with the registration server. In the case of having a network access function, a mobile terminal having a network access function may be used as a communication device to communicate with the registration server.

The following is an embodiment using a WeChat applet and a smart phone as a communication device.

The user or installer of the software may have previously deployed the registration code service applet to the microcommunicating server.

The client is a computer with software to be registered, the software to be registered is matched with the authorization software of the combined authorization code, and the universal machine code information collecting software is installed.

The user can access the registration code generation micro-letter applet using the mobile phone.

In the micro-letter applet, a combined authorization code and combined authorization code verification information are input to request to query the related information of the combined authorization code.

Preferably, in the registration authorization code generation stage, the mobile phone number of the field engineer of the software agent is designated as authorization code (or combined authorization code) verification information, and only the WeChat account bound with the mobile phone number can use the authorization code.

The WeChat applet returns, via the authorization query interface of the registration authorization server, information about the combined authorization code, including a list of software IDs, details of each software, the number of authorizations, expiration time, etc.

The XML format is as follows:

the general information collecting software converts the general machine code information into one to a plurality of two-dimensional codes (depending on the information length).

And scanning the two-dimensional code of the universal machine code information by using a mobile phone, and inputting the universal machine code information into a WeChat applet.

A registration code generation request is initiated at the WeChat applet, which is forwarded by the WeChat applet to the registration server.

After the registration codes of the software in the all software ID list are generated, summarizing and returning all the generated registration codes of the software and verification codes of the machine code to the WeChat applet.

While, for purposes of simplicity of explanation, the methodologies are shown and described as a series of acts, it is to be understood and appreciated that the methodologies are not limited by the order of acts, as some acts may, in accordance with one or more embodiments, occur in different orders and/or concurrently with other acts from that shown and described herein or not shown and described herein, as would be understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an embodiment of a registration code generation system is also provided herein.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a registration code generating system according to another aspect of the present invention.

The registration code generation system provided by the invention can be used for generating registration codes for installing software. As shown in fig. 5, the registration code generation system includes a registration server 22, and the registration server 22 includes a processor 223 and a memory 224.

The processor 223 may be configured to implement the registration code generation method provided in any of the embodiments described above.

Those of skill in the art would understand that information, signals, and data may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.

Those of skill would further appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

The various illustrative logical modules, and circuits described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented or performed with a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. A software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC. The ASIC may reside in a user terminal. In the alternative, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a user terminal.

In one or more exemplary embodiments, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software as a computer program product, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. Any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a web site, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital Subscriber Line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of medium. Disk (disk) and disc (disk) as used herein include Compact Disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital Versatile Disc (DVD), floppy disk and blu-ray disc where disks (disk) usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs (disk) reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.

The previous description of the disclosure is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the spirit or scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not intended to be limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A registration code generation method for generating a registration code for installing software, the registration code generation method comprising:

2. The registration code generation method of claim 1, wherein the stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code includes an authorization quantity of the received combined authorization code, and wherein performing authorization verification based on the stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code includes:

the registration code generation method further comprises the following steps:

3. The registration code generation method of claim 2, wherein the stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code further includes a validity period of the received combined authorization code, and wherein performing authorization verification based on the stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code further includes:

4. The registration code generation method of claim 2, wherein the stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code further includes an authorization code verification password, wherein the first registration code request from the client further includes the received authorization code verification password,

the performing authorization verification based on the stored corresponding authorization information about the received combined authorization code further includes determining whether the received authorization code verification password is consistent with the stored authorization code verification password, if not, the authorization verification fails.

5. The registration code generation method according to claim 1, further comprising:

6. The registration code generation method of claim 1, wherein the received combined authorization code corresponds to a plurality of software.

7. The registration code generation method of claim 1, wherein the generic machine code information includes machine codes generated at the client by a portion of the software in the software combination and client generic software and hardware information for other software in the software combination,

8. The registration code generation method of claim 7, wherein the client generic software and hardware information includes one or more of a computer hard disk serial number, a CPU serial number, a BIOS number, a network card MAC address, operating system information, a user name, an email address, and a company name.

9. The registration code generation method of claim 7, further comprising:

10. The registration code generation method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the second registration code request further includes a software function combination code indicating an installed software function of the corresponding software.

11. A registration code generation system for generating a registration code for installing software, the registration code generation system comprising a registration server comprising a processor and a memory, the processor configured to:

12. The registration code generation system of claim 11, wherein the stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code includes an authorization quantity of the received combined authorization code, the processor further configured to:

13. The registration code generation system of claim 12, wherein the stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code further includes a validity period of the received combined authorization code, the processor further configured to:

14. The registration code generation system of claim 12, wherein the stored corresponding authorization information regarding the received combined authorization code further includes an authorization code verification password, wherein the first registration code request from the client further includes the received authorization code verification password,

the processor is further configured to:

15. The registration code generation system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

16. The registration code generation system of claim 11, wherein the received combined authorization code corresponds to a plurality of software.

17. The registration code generation system of claim 11, wherein the generic machine code information includes machine codes generated at the client by a portion of the software in the software combination and client generic software and hardware information for other software in the software combination,

the processor is further configured to:

18. The registration code generation system of claim 17, wherein the client generic software and hardware information includes one or more of a computer hard disk serial number, a CPU serial number, a BIOS number, a network card MAC address, operating system information, a user name, an email address, a company name.

19. The registration code generation system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

20. The registration code generation system of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the second registration code request further includes a software function combination code indicating an installed software function of the corresponding software.