Smart card with keypro function
AssigneeWinbond Electronics Corp.
InventorsChe-Min Liao, Hsi-Jung Tsai
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a security system for a software. The security system for a software includes an IC card interface electrically connected to the input/output interface of the computer, and an IC card storing therein a computer authentication signal of the software for reading a user authentication signal sent by the software via the IC card interface, checking if the user authentication signal is consistent with the computer authentication signal, and sending a confirmation signal to initiate the software when the user authentication signal is consistent with the computer authentication signal.
Claims11
A security system for a software installed in a computer having an input/output interface, comprising:
- an IC card interface electrically connected to said input/output interface of said computer;
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- an IC card storing therein a computer authentication signal of said software for reading a user authentication signal sent by said software via said IC card interface, checking if said user authentication signal is consistent with said computer authentication signal, and sending a confirmation signal to initiate said software when said user authentication signal is consistent with said computer authentication signal.
A security checking method for a software installed in a computer having an input/output interface, comprising steps of:
- providing an IC card interface electrically connected to said input/output interface of said computer;
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- providing an IC card storing therein a computer authentication signal of said software;
- checking if a user authentication signal sent by said software is consistent with said computer authentication signal;
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- sending a confirmation signal to initiate said software when said user authentication signal is consistent with said computer authentication signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.