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Inherited product activation for virtual machines

A virtualization and mechanism technology, applied in the field of legacy product activation of virtual machines, which can solve problems such as unreliable solutions

Active Publication Date: 2015-05-13
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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Virtualization makes these solutions unreliable by virtualizing the hardware

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[0016] Computing environment in general

[0017] Certain specific details are set forth in the following description and drawings to provide a thorough understanding of various embodiments of the invention. Certain well-known details often associated with computing and software technology are not described in the following disclosure to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the various embodiments of the invention. Further, those skilled in the relevant art will understand that they can practice other embodiments of the invention without one or more of the details described below. Ultimately, while various methods are described with reference to sequences and steps in the following disclosure, such descriptions are used to provide a clear implementation of embodiments of the invention and no sequence of steps or steps should be taken as required to practice the invention.

[0018] It should be understood that the various techniques described herein may be implemented in conjunction...

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Methods and systems are disclosed in which inherited activation opens a secure communication path from the host operating system (OS) to the guest (virtual machine) OS. The license state of the software on the host is passed through this channel, and software installed in the guest uses this information to inform its own product activation process. The virtualized (guest) software may then activate without any outside communication when the license requirements for the host are met.

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Background technique [0001] Virtualization enables the creation of fully configured computers entirely out of software. For example, when a guest computer system is emulated on a host computer system, the guest computer system is referred to as a "virtual machine" because the guest computer system exists within the host computer system as a software representation of the operation of a specific hardware architecture. Inside a virtual machine, an operating system can be installed just as it would be installed on physical hardware. [0002] A virtual machine may use a software application that applies an activation mechanism. For example, some applications may employ a licensing mechanism that allows a user to use the application on one or more virtual machines subject to certain terms and conditions. "Product activation" in this context describes an action that satisfies the requirements of a licensing mechanism to allow use of the software. When it comes to virtual machines...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/445G06F21/10G06F21/60
CPCG06F9/445G06F9/45533G06Q20/00G06F21/606G06F21/10
Inventor A.J.史密斯T.M.巴拉斯焦A.巴夫C.考E.巴赫胡伯尔M.P.霍拉尔
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC