PRODUCT AUTHORIZATION WITH CROSS-REGION ACCESS

摘要

A method and system for authorizing access to a product to limit suspected cross-region access is provided. The system receives from a customer device a product key that identifies a product and a product region. The system identifies a customer region indicating where the customer device is located. The system authorizes the customer's access to the product unless the product region does not match the customer region and the blocking of access is confirmed by applying a blocking rule so that access to the product is authorized even though a cross-region access is suspected.

主权项

1. A method for authorizing access to a product by a customer, the method comprising:
receiving from a customer device a product key that identifies the product and a product region; receiving a customer address associated with the customer device; identifying from the customer address a customer region indicating where the customer device is located; when the product region matches the customer region, authorizing access to the product by the customer; and when the product region does not match the customer region,
applying blocking rules to determine whether access to the product by the customer should be blocked,upon determining that access should be blocked, blocking access to the product by the customer; andupon determining that access should not be blocked, authorizing access to the product by the customer.