Software Activation: A Truly Unique & Innovative Solution
Sentinel HASP features a Software Activation Tool which allows software publishers to deploy their software over the Web or through traditional physical shipment of shrink-wrapped product.
Sentinel HASP's Software Activation tool is unique because it is the only solution on the market that gives paying customers the ability to activate and use their software via the Internet with an electronic product key, or with a HASP HL hardware key. This ensures that only legitimate, paying users are allowed to activate the software and offers publishers the ability to track who has activated software and the number of times they can activate it.
Software activation tools have traditionally enabled software vendors to assign a limited grace period in which the end-user may use the software-fully-functional or restricted-without activating it. During the grace period, end users can activate the product at a time that is most convenient for them.
Sentinel HASP features another unique innovation in that it is the only solution that enables a grace period for software protected with a hardware key. This means that software protected with a HASP HL key can be purchased and delivered over the Internet. The end user can immediately begin using the software, even as the HASP HL key is shipped.
Software Activation with a HASP SL Protection Key
When software-based Product Activation is chosen, the software is activated and can be used only after an internet transaction is performed. The end user electronically transmits a unique Product Key supplied by the software vendor, to a remote Sentinel HASP Business Studio Server and a HASP SL protection key containing license terms is sent back and installed on the end-user's PC-activating the software. The Business Studio API included with Sentinel HASP enables integration with your backend systems such as ERP or CRM.
Sentinel HASP's software activation tool is secured with an SSL-based (Secure Socket Layer) communication channel between the end-user machine and the activation server.
Software Activation with a HASP HL Protection Key
When hardware-based software activation is chosen, the software is activated and can be used in accordance with the license terms only after a HASP HL key is connected to the end-user's PC. Sentinel HASP's innovative LicenseOnChip™ technology securely stores the license and its terms on the HASP HL key. Software protected with a HASP HL key can also be purchased and delivered over the internet with Sentinel HASP's Software Activation tool. The end user can then immediately begin using the software, while waiting for the physical HASP HL key to arrive.
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