Technology
Secure, web-based services for selling software
Protexis offers a number of web-based services for software publishers and online retailers. Our services are accessible around the clock from servers with multiple levels of redundancy to ensure the highest availability. To protect end users' privacy, any data collected during product activation is kept completely separate from product registration.
Trusted, neutral third-party verification
Protexis sits between publishers and retailers to provide transaction verification and accountability for digital downloads and sales. Publishers can now track sales activity for their software, including which retailer sold it, how many copies were sold and the price at which the software was purchased. And they can be certain that these figures are valid and correct, rather than wondering how many times their digital product has been replicated and sold through channels that have no method of verification.
Protexis REDSM is a robust system that connects retailers and publishers while working invisibly as a trusted third-party for transaction verification.
Secure packaging for digital distribution
Protexis has leveraged its patented product activation technology to ensure the secure delivery of digital content over the internet. RED protects publishers by restricting unauthorized redistribution of products, while ensuring that they are readily available to licensed users.
Based on our hardware fingerprinting technology, any software product enabled through the Protexis RED system can only be activated once per purchased license key.
Catalog integration and dynamic branding
Protexis RED offers a fully integrated and seamless shopping experience for consumers. All downloadable content can be integrated directly into retailers' existing online stores and purchased using the same shopping cart already in use at the site. The purchased software is dynamically branded with the retailers' brand, creating a cohesive user experience. When consumers install a digital product on their desktop they see the retailers' specific branding, reminding them of the origin of their purchase.
Persistent software protection
Protexis software licensing services use product activation to provide persistent anti-piracy protection for software. These services require that your software be matched with a valid key that is generated by our license server. After the initial activation, that key is stored on the customer's system and is only valid on that system.
This simple step of Protexis' completely non-invasive hardware identification does not interfere in any way with the customer's system, unlike other systems that secretly replace system drivers or write to normally inaccessible disk areas with unpredictable results. While other less sophisticated identification schemes may not recognize the system if a network card or other major component has been updated, Protexis' patented technology will continue to correctly identify the system, guaranteeing the customer uninterrupted access to their licensed software throughout the life of their computer.
Implementation
There are a number of ways to integrate Protexis technology:
Online digital content distribution
- Retailers can integrate RED content into their existing online catalog. We work with you to create the best implementation method to suit your business operations.
- Publishers can simply sign up with RED and start adding their products to the RED catalog. All you need is your product files and the accompanying marketing information.
Software licensing
- Post-compile implementation allows you to quickly add copy protection and trial services to already-compiled software. This service is also integrated into RED so that you can easily add these services, making your products completely ready for digital distribution through the RED retail channels.
- To add extremely flexible licensing to your product, Protexis can also be implemented through API-level integration using the Protexis software development kit (SDK).
