METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LICENSING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CIRCUITS

摘要

A method of controlling access to Intellectual Property (IP) blocks (42) embedded in a circuit comprises a decoding a circuit usage rights file (56) associated with the circuit and delineating usage rights associated with the IP blocks, determining from the circuit usage rights file (56) whether access to an IP block (42) to be accessed is permitted; and accessing the IP block only if access in permitted.