TW522700B - Software protection method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a software protection method, wherein the software storage medium and the IC card are installed on the information device simultaneously, and compared with the registration center through the network. The IC card is formed as the only mechanism for running the software, and controls the information device using the corresponding software to the IC card. The present invention can prevent from stealing and controlling the usage of corresponding software to the IC card, and avoid the unauthorized usage and software copies.

Description

522700 I. Description of the invention (ο The present invention relates to a software protection method, in more detail, in particular, it refers to software that can be used with chip cards in information equipment, which can be used normally after confirmation is correct, and the use of software can be prevented. Software protection method. ^ According to the general software, the storage media is sold to the user. After the user obtains the software storage medium and installs it on the information equipment and personal computer, the software can be used and operated. However, the software storage medium can be carried and Can install most information equipment and personal computers, as long as you purchase a software storage f, you can distribute them for common use by others; otherwise = sub-media to copy, use for others, and after re-production; = Sale of Profits' For the software storage media products that the developers have worked hard to develop, they ca n’t bear normal profits for a long time, resulting in no R & D and manufacturing. This is not only a loss for the operators, but also a user ’s production. The storage medium of imitation carcass is only protected by the password of the software program. Decryption, especially if there are other software programs: password; decryption theft, and the software's storage media-related data can also be decrypted or damaged to make it unrecognizable, and it can be used in large quantities, and the software storage media can be re-used, Really useful, this

Decisive lack. The tea maker is extremely urgent to solve the case. The inventor has been engaged in computer software and development and design for many years. In view of the fact that computer software has passwords and is still related to product research or misappropriation, in order to protect software research and development manufacturers from being vulnerable to counterfeit legitimate rights , Is actively researching and improving, and then has the present invention = development security industry

Page 4 522700 V. Description of the invention (2) That is, the present invention law is a registration mechanism for software storage network connection. It controls the capital creation time and can be pre-determined. Objectives The purpose of the comparison between the media and the chip center is to use nuclear information equipment. The installation of information equipment by the information equipment enables a better understanding of the manufacturing process and the following. Here is the first picture: this brother ~ this picture. The third picture is this picture. The fourth picture is this picture. The fifth picture is the younger brother of the list. The sixth picture is recorded in the graphic information device of the present invention ......... The Internet ......... The first aspect of the invention is to provide a software protection card that is simultaneously installed in the information equipment, and the chip card is the only one that opens the carcass chip card corresponding software. In providing a software protection method, # chip card corresponds to software, and chip cards can use crystal moon cards to correspond to software. The structure, features, functions, and advantages can obtain the preferred embodiment, and the associated schematic diagram of the preferred embodiment is illustrated with the illustration. The installation and use flow of the preferred embodiment shows the database form of the first preferred embodiment of the invention. The installation form of the first preferred embodiment of the invention shows the installation software of the first preferred embodiment of the invention. Library form labeling and name ... (20) ... (30) Another schematic diagram of the chip card copy registration of the preferred embodiment. Comparison table Read-write device ............ (21) Registration center ............ (40)

522700 V. Description of the invention (3) Database ......... (41) ......... (42) Cross reference ......... (43) List ......... • (44) Card number ... (45) Storage media ... (50) ...- (10) As shown in the figure, please refer to the first embodiment. The general steps include: 1. First, insert the chip card (10) into the card number of the-card (10) and the user's basic information center (40) to transmit data, and Log in (4 1) to complete the card issuer. 2. The user obtains a legal software (10), the software storage medium (50) is placed (2 1), the chip card (10) is inserted into the slot, and the information device (20) is installed and completed to complete the installation. Use the internal (20) hardware characteristic parameters, the software (10) card number, and other parameters; 3. The information device (20) is transmitted to the registration center via the remote network (30) at the same time ( 40) Receive the many special forms (42), please refer to the third picture 'information equipment (20), input the chip material, and connect to a registration in the registration center (4 0) via a network (30). The database storage medium (50) is equipped with a chip card for reading and writing on the information device (20) and is installed in the corresponding plug-in control of the information device (20), and the information device storage medium (50) serial number and the chip card are assembled. The cryptographic operations of these many characteristic parameters are not the main book center (4 0); the micro parameters are registered in the database (4 1).

522700 V. Card number (4 2 1) of the invention description (4) (1 0), hardware characteristic parameters (4 2 2) of the information device (2 0), remote software storage medium (50) serial number (4 2 3) Other characteristic parameters are registered in the form (42) of the database (41) and a comparison parameter (4 3) is registered in the form (4 2) through a specific operation (such as HASHING hash algorithm, etc.) y 4. The registration center (40) scans the number of the same software storage media serial number in the database (41) is lower than the set number. Please refer to the second and fifth figures. The chip card (1 0) The card number belongs to the data in the database (4 1). After the above confirmation and the software can be installed, it is registered in one of the database (4 丨) and cleared ^ (44). The registration center (40) generates a The software product name (45) and registered in the list (4 4); 5. The registration center (40), the comparison parameter (43) recorded in the form (42) of the database (41), is encrypted first Calculation, and then the network (50) 1 is dedicated to the remote information device (2 0) 'Qing see the second figure, the information device (2 0) The hard disk and the chip card (10) respectively store the comparison parameters; the information device (20) and the chip card (1q) of the present invention can perform encryption operations. The chip card (10) must be installed with a difference The CPU can perform the encryption operation. The information device (20) can use the internal system hardware device to perform the encryption operation, so that the encryption operation should be decrypted in accordance with the registration center (40). After the data is transmitted, it can be decrypted into decipherable data. 6. The hard disk of the information device (20) and the chip card (10) store the same comparison parameters, and send them to the new installation program in the information device (20), and start the new installation program '俾The information device (20) is a program for installing software contained in the software storage medium (50);

522700 V. Description of the invention (5) ^ ^ One ~-1 The user can use the corresponding software operator in the information device (20). False = The above description can be understood. Please refer to the second and fourth figures. The hard system of the present invention (2 ()) includes a hard disk, [ρυ and related specific parts, and a software storage medium (5 〇) includes the serial number, category, and the characteristic parameters of the chip card (丨 〇), the holder's basic information, and so on, so when such characteristic parameters are collected, they are transmitted to the registration center via the network (30). (40), generating a logarithmic number through a specific operation (such as HASHING hash algorithm, etc.), and then transmitting it to the information device through encrypted operation (⑵) and the chip and card (:): Save the information device (2 0) Perform the normal installation of the new installer and start the software operator. When in use, the information device (20) is turned on. Please refer to the fourth figure. The chip card (1 0) stores the comparison parameters with the information device (20). The comparison parameters stored in the hard disk match, and the user starts normally. Software operator; if a user inserts another chip card (not the same chip card (i 0)) into the information device (20), the information device (20) already has the software storage medium (50) ), Because the card number of the chip card is different from that of the chip card (i 〇), and the comparison parameters stored in the two are also different, the comparison between the new installation program in the information device (20) is different. The next step cannot be set to start the software, which can prevent misappropriation and protect the legal owner of the software. Another example is that the counterfeiter copied the software storage medium (50). No matter whether the counterfeiter is decrypting or destroying the serial number, when the user purchases the counterfeit software storage medium, the serial number of the imitated software storage medium is the same, that is, the authorization number is the same. , When the user uses the counterfeit software storage medium, when they install the counterfeit software 522700 V. Description of the invention (6) The mass storage medium is transmitted to the Zhuxin (40) The scanned software is stored in the same store and is related to the registration center The card number of the counterfeit wafer card center (40) issued by Jingxin (40) limited (40) cannot be installed. The legal issue is the legal issue product (4 0). Check that the registration is installed. Steps, this act, the opposite. At the time, the serial number of the counterfeit software storage medium will be transmitted to the book center (40) via the network. Please refer to the second figure. The registration center can determine the serial number of the counterfeit software storage medium. The serial number of the storage media is the same. If the number of such software storage media serial number reaches the limited number, the software storage media will be deemed to be counterfeit products and all the card numbers of the security card (1 0) It has already been registered at the beginning of issuance. For example, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 to 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 belong to the registration center card number range. Please refer to the second figure, then when another imitation The card number does not belong to 0 0 0 0 00 0 1 to 555 5555. After receiving the message and decrypting and scanning, you can confirm the data in the chip library (4 1). After the above confirmation, the software If so, the registration center (40) will determine that the chip card is counterfeit or inferior and refuse to install it. f Say that if the software storage medium or chip card is counterfeit or non-compliance, please refer to the second figure, after the registration step of the registration center of the present invention, 'it will be detected by the government, and responded in a timely manner, Tongxin (40 ) Denial of installation 'causes the new installer to fail to execute security. It can effectively prevent counterfeit software storage media, and chip cards can be illegal. It can effectively protect the rights and benefits of legitimate software development and manufacturers. The registration center (40) can be based on actual needs and allowances. Legal use of a set number of information devices (personal computers)

Page 9 522700 V. Description of the invention (7) The software storage medium (50) and chip card (10) are installed, please refer to the third picture. The present invention allows three personal computers to install legal software storage media and chips. Card, and record the two sets of control parameters in the form (4 2) of the registration center (40), and simultaneously store the three sets of control parameters in the chip card (1 0); at the same time, the three personal computers are installed legally The software storage medium, the chip card 'two personal computers, and the chip card respectively store corresponding comparison parameters.

Users can install software storage media (50) corresponding to the only chip card (10) on three personal computers, any one of them. Please refer to the third, fourth, and fifth figures for the comparison parameters of this personal computer. Compared with the chip card v 10), two sets of control parameters are stored in the same set. The new installer in the same personal computer will be able to proceed to the next step and execute the function of installing the corresponding software after the new installer compares. The installation of legal software storage media and chip cards can be used at any time legally with a set number of personal computers, and only one of the personal computers can be used, and other users cannot steal the software legally installed by the three personal computers. Bring into play the principle of user payment. 'Users must also be able to use legal software in different places, which is convenient.' At the same time, software companies can also protect the practical benefits of due rights due to anti-piracy.

It is worth mentioning here that if the software is used legally, three sets of personal computers are installed with legal software storage media and chip cards, and three sets of records are recorded in the form (4 2) of the registration center (40). Control parameters, and three sets of control parameters have been stored in the chip card. When a computer is damaged or the hardware characteristic parameters are changed due to upgrade, the user only needs to start the newly replaced personal computer to contact the registration center (40), Request a replacement PC for registration

Page 10 522700 V. Description of the invention (8) The form (42) of the center (40) is deleted and uninstalled, and the user can follow the previous steps to match the legal software storage media (50) with the chip card (). ) It can be placed in a newly replaced personal computer, shut down, and perform installation operations. For current computers due to frequent upgrades, users can reinstall legally used software in a timely manner, which is practical and convenient. Another thing worth mentioning is' When the user's chip card is lost, the user can contact the registration center ', he can apply online directly through the Internet, or notify by letter' that the user only needs to use the chip card (1〇) Card number 〇01, the user's basic information is transmitted to the registration center (4〇), after the database (4 丨) to verify it, boundless. Refer to the sixth figure, the registration center (4 〇) can be another The piece 10) corresponding to the card number ⑽2 is registered in the database (41) of the registration center (40), and the comparison parameter (43) of the chip card (10) before the database (41) is stored in the chip Card (10 ′), and the database (41) cancels the card number of the chip card (10) and related information. When the user obtains a reprocessed chip card (丨 〇 '), the number of pairs of the chip card (ι〇') is reprocessed by the registration center (40), and it is the same as the chip card.) F = 2 Γ Hai chip card (10 ') has installed the software or performed the operation. The person who has the body, can make the card remedy to the user and pick it up; the registration: ⑽Cancel the person who can't pick it up. So, there will be no cases of being stolen. The software protection method of the present invention is compatible with legal software storage media, and the comparison parameters are stored in the information equipment. Start a new installation program to make the crystal 522700 V. Description of the invention (9) The chip card is the only mechanism to open software, control the information equipment to use the chip card corresponding software, prevent the theft and eliminate counterfeit software, ensure the legitimate rights and interests of users and industry, and have industrial The novelty of using and first creation should meet the requirements of the invention patent.

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Claims (1)

522700 VI. Application for patent scope 1. / Software will center the chip book at the end of the information setting and register the characteristic parameters correspondingly; the registration parameters will be recorded on the chip card; otherwise, the penalties and information equipment will be produced Record, and connect a note through the road, the two are connected to the chip card and other centers, a _ operation to form a storage medium, install, and log in the database to protect the characteristic parameters, the general steps include: card insertion In the information equipment, open the card through the network; obtain a software storage medium with a chip card, and boot it to complete the preparation for installation; the hardware of the information equipment and the software storage medium are aggregated and transmitted to the network respectively The registration center will register the relevant data through specific storage, and at the same time, the registration center will check the software setting conditions, confirm that the software storage medium can generate a message that it cannot be installed, and notify the information equipment center to receive the many characteristic parameters, and use a hardware , The software storage medium and chip card and other specific operations form a comparison parameter; the registration center will Recognize the comparison parameters of the software storage medium, send them to the information device via the network, and store them in the information device and the chip card respectively; the new installation program in the information device receives the information device and the comparison parameters in the chip card as Similarly, the new installer determines that the comparison result is correct, and the information device installs the software storage media program; the user can use the corresponding software operator in the information device. 2. The software protection method described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the information device or the chip can choose one of them, additionally perform an encryption function, and perform 1 _ ϋ 5b Page 14