ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,199, issued on April 15, was assigned to IRDETO B.V. (LS Hoofddorp, Netherlands).
"Protecting an item of software" was invented by Robert Krten (Hoofddorp, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a computer to execute an item of software. The computer executes security modules, each performing a respective security-related operation. The computer executes the item of software and, at a point during execution of the item of software at which a predetermined function is to be performed, the computer attempts to perform the predetermined function by sending, to an address system, a request message, including an...