ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,529, issued on April 22, 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 method for a computer to execute an item of software including, the software including one or more security modules. At at least one point during execution of the item of software at which a predetermined function is to be performed, a request is sent to an address system for carrying out the predetermined function, the request including an identifier of the predetermined function. In response to the request, an address generated by the ...