US 2017/0286097 A1 · METHOD TO PREVENT OPERATING SYSTEM DIGITAL PRODUCT KEY ACTIVATION FAILURES

Abstract

A method, an information handling system (IHS), and a computer program product initiates injection verification to determine whether a key injection procedure to support automated system activation within a target IHS was completed successfully. An injection verification module (IVM) compares a copy of a selected and limited character sequence for a unique digital product key (DPK) utilized during key injection to a character sequence reported by an operating system (OS) image on a selected, target IHS. If the selected character sequence matches the reported character sequence, the IVM identifies the selected information handling system as a “passing” system on which the key injection procedure was successfully performed. If the selected character sequence for the unique DPK does not match the reported character sequence, the IVM identifies the selected information handling system as a “failing” system on which the key injection procedure was not successfully performed.

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Dependent claims

A method for determining whether an activation process key which is used for activation of an operating system (OS) product is successfully injected into an information handling system, the method comprising:

initiating a key injection procedure to inject into an information handling system at least one activation process key to support one of an automated system activation and a manual system activation;
in response to completion of the initiated key injection procedure, storing a copy of a selected character sequence of each activation process key utilized in the key injection procedure;
and
initiating an injection verification to determine whether the key injection procedure completed successfully, said initiating said injection verification comprising securely performing the injection verification to determine whether the key injection procedure successfully injected an activation process key into the information handling system by utilizing the selected character sequence of the activation process key and without fully identifying the activation process key.

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An information handling system comprising:

at least one processor;
at least one memory system comprising an operating system (OS) image and a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS);
a key injection module that:
initiates a key injection procedure to inject into an information handling system at least one activation process key to support one of an automated system activation and a manual system activation;
and in response to completion of the initiated key injection procedure, stores a copy of a selected character sequence of each activation process key utilized in the key injection procedure;
and
a key injection verification module that initiates an injection verification to determine whether the key injection procedure completed successfully, said initiating said injection verification comprising securely performing the injection verification to determine whether the key injection procedure successfully injected an activation process key into the information handling system by utilizing the selected character sequence of the activation process key and without fully identifying the activation process key.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method to prevent operating system digital product key activation failures

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Method to prevent operating system digital product key activation failures

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Abstract

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