Apparatus, method and system for generating a unique hardware adaptation inseparable from correspondingly unique content

A system for generating software for a device which is inseparable from selected content, the device having a unique identifier, the system comprising:

• an interface for transferring encrypted content and corresponding control information for transmission to the device having the unique identifier;
• a memory storing the unique identifier;
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• a processor coupled to the memory and to the interface, the processor adapted to encrypt the selected content, based upon the unique identifier, to form the encrypted content, and to generate a plurality of executable instructions for the device corresponding to the unique identifier and the encrypted content, to form the corresponding control information.

A method for generating software for a device which is inseparable from selected content, the selected content having been encrypted to form encrypted content, the encrypted content having a unique identifier, the method comprising:

• (a) receiving the unique identifier;
• (b) generating a plurality of executable instructions for the device corresponding to the unique identifier to form corresponding control information;
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• (c) transferring the corresponding control information to the device having the encrypted content with the unique identifier.

An adaptive integrated circuit, the adaptive integrated circuit adapted to receive encrypted content and corresponding configuration information, the adaptive integrated circuit comprising:

• an interconnection network adapted to transfer the encrypted content and corresponding configuration information;
• a memory storing the unique identifier;
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• a plurality of computational elements coupled to the interconnection network and to the memory, the plurality of computational elements adapted, in response to the corresponding configuration information and the unique identifier, to configure for decryption of the encrypted content to form selected content and to configure for an operating mode to utilize the selected content.

A method for encrypting an executable module, the executable module having control information combined with selected content, the control information for programming a device for a corresponding operating mode for use of the selected content, the method comprising:

• (a) receiving a request for the selected content and for the corresponding operating mode;
• (b) combining the selected content with control information to form the executable module, the control information for generating the corresponding operating mode;
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• (c) using a unique identifier, encrypting the executable module to form an encrypted executable module.