US 10,872,133 B1Granted

Software application activation using a picture-based activation key

AssigneeNortonLifeLock Inc.

InventorsSomard Kruayatidee, Jonathon Salehpour

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Abstract

Software activation using a picture-based activation key. In some embodiments, a method may include presenting, on a display of the network device, a request for a user to enter a picture-based activation key in order to activate a software application on the network device. The method may also include receiving, at the network device, the picture-based activation key that includes pictures. The method may also include confirming, at the network device, that the received picture-based activation key is a valid picture-based activation key for the software application. The method may further include, in response to confirming that the received picture-based activation key is a valid picture-based activation key for the software application, activating the software application on the network device.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for software activation using a picture-based activation key, at least a portion of the method being performed by a network device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

presenting, on a display of the network device, a request for a user to enter a picture-based activation key, or a numeric and/or alphabetic character-based activation key as an alternative to the picture-based activation key, in order to activate a software application on the network device, a number of pictures in the requested picture-based activation key being less than a number of numeric and/or alphabetic characters in the requested numeric and/or alphabetic character-based activation key, the software application comprising program code in the form of computer-executable instructions configured to cause the network device to perform a certain operation or group of operations;
receiving, at the network device, the picture-based activation key that includes multiple pictures;
confirming, at the network device, that the received picture-based activation key is a valid picture-based activation key for the software application;
and
in response to confirming that the received picture-based activation key is a valid picture-based activation key for the software application, activating the software application on the network device.

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A computer-implemented method for software activation using an emoji-based activation key, at least a portion of the method being performed by a network device comprising one or more processors, the method comprising:

presenting, on a display of the network device, a request for a user to enter an emoji-based activation key, or a numeric and/or alphabetic character-based activation key as an alternative to the emoji-based activation key, in order to activate a software application on the network device, a number of emojis in the requested emoji-based activation key being less than a number of numeric and/or alphabetic characters in the requested numeric and/or alphabetic character-based activation key, the software application comprising program code in the form of computer-executable instructions configured to cause the network device to perform a certain operation or group of operations;
receiving, at the network device, the emoji-based activation key that includes multiple Unicode emoji characters;
confirming, at the network device, that the received emoji-based activation key is a valid emoji-based activation key for the software application;
and
in response to confirming that the received emoji-based activation key is a valid emoji-based activation key for the software application, activating the software application on the network device.

2 more elements

presenting, on a display of the network device, a request for a user to enter an emoji-based activation key, or a numeric and/or alphabetic character-based activation key as an alternative to the emoji-based activation key, in order to activate a software application on the network device, a number of emojis in the requested emoji-based activation key being less than a number of numeric and/or alphabetic characters in the requested numeric and/or alphabetic character-based activation key, the software application comprising program code in the form of computer-executable instructions configured to cause the network device to perform a certain operation or group of operations;
receiving, at the network device, the emoji-based activation key that includes multiple Unicode emoji characters each paired with an alphanumeric character;
confirming, at the network device, that the received emoji-based activation key is a valid emoji-based activation key for the software application;
and
in response to confirming that the received emoji-based activation key is a valid emoji-based activation key for the software application, activating the software application on the network device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/011,369Filed 18 Jun 2018
Granted: 22 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 21/12
Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material ; Digital rights management [DRM]: protecting…
G06F 21/36
User authentication: by graphic or iconic representation
G06F 21/629
Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules: to features or functions of an application
G06F 21/1015
By binding digital rights to specific entities: to users

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