Method for defining and verifying user access rights to a computer information

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ASSOCIATE A PRODUCT ACTIVATION CODE WITH DATA STORED AT A PARTICULAR COMPUTER

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ASSOCIATE COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE

STORED DATA

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EXECUTE THE COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DATA TARGETED TO BE ACCESSED

ALLOW THE COMPUTING SYSTEM IN WHICH THE
DATA RESIDES TO ACCESS THE DATA

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GENERATE SECOND UNIQUE FINGERPRINT BASED ON CLIENT COMPUTER ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS CATALOG FILE