Patents by Inventor Vito Joseph Sabella

Vito Joseph Sabella has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Simultaneous tamper-proofing and anti-piracy protection of software
    Patent number: 8239967
    Abstract: Simultaneous tamper-proofing and anti-piracy protection of software is provided by splitting applications into two parts: an application, and an application launcher. The application is subject to the tamper-proofing protections deployed by a networked service, while the application launcher is subject to anti-piracy protections. To ensure that the application benefits from the anti-piracy protection of the application launcher, the application and application launcher share a trusted challenge-response relationship. The application includes a challenger library for issuing challenges to the application launcher, and the application launcher includes a responder library for responding to such challenges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lonny Dean McMichael, Boo Boon Khoo, Vito Joseph Sabella
  • SIMULTANEOUS TAMPER-PROOFING AND ANTI-PIRACY PROTECTION OF SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20090183263
    Abstract: Simultaneous tamper-proofing and anti-piracy protection of software is provided by splitting applications into two parts: an application, and an application launcher. The application is subject to the tamper-proofing protections deployed by a networked service, while the application launcher is subject to anti-piracy protections. To ensure that the application benefits from the anti-piracy protection of the application launcher, the application and application launcher share a trusted challenge-response relationship. The application includes a challenger library for issuing challenges to the application launcher, and the application launcher includes a responder library for responding to such challenges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lonny Dean McMichael, Boo Boon Khoo, Vito Joseph Sabella