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A system for remotely updating a program configuration, comprising:a client device configured to execute a computer program to perform a remote update, the client device comprising:a first processor coupled to memory storing the computer program which, when executed by the processor (i) performs physical device recognition on the client device to determine machine parameters, and (ii) generates unique device identifiers for the client device, the unique device identifiers based at least in part on the determined machine parameters; and

a first transceiver configured to send the unique device identifiers to at least one server via Internet; and

an update server configured to collect the unique device identifiers from at least one client device, the update server comprising:a second processor coupled to memory and configured to analyze the unique device identifiers at the update server, and to determine based on the analyzed unique device identifiers an updated program configuration; and

a second transceiver configured to deliver via the Internet data representing the updated program configuration to the client device for storage therein.

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The system of Claim 1 wherein the unique device identifier comprises a hash code.

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The system of Claim 1 wherein the computer program when executed implements at least one irreversible transformation such that the machine parameters cannot be derived from the unique device identifier.

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4

The system of Claim 3 wherein the at least one irreversible transformation comprises a cryptographic hash function.

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The system of Claim 1 wherein the unique identifiers further comprise software identifiers and geo-location identifiers.

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The system of Claim 5 wherein at least one of the geo-location identifiers comprises an Internet Protocol address of the client device.

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The system of Claim 1 wherein the machine parameters comprise information regarding at least one of: a machine model number, a machine serial number, a machine ROM version, a machine bus speed, machine manufacturer name, machine ROM release date, machine ROM size, machine UUID, and machine service tag.

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The system of Claim 1 wherein the machine parameters comprise information regarding at least one of: CPU ID, CPU model, CPU details, CPU actual speed, CPU family, CPU manufacturer name, CPU voltage, and CPU external clock.

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The system of Claim 1 wherein the machine parameters comprise information regarding at least one of: optical model, optical serial number, keyboard model, mouse model, printer model, and scanner model.

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The system of Claim 1 wherein the machine parameters comprise information regarding at least one of: baseboard manufacturer, baseboard product name, baseboard version, baseboard serial number, and baseboard asset tag.

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