Automated Software Purchasing & Electronic Registration!

C·A·S·P·E·R is a beautifully simple and secure system for automating payment and authorizations for programs that are protected with CrypKey.

Normally, customers must call you to get their unlocking code, which requires a customer service representative to handle the phone call and generate the unlocking key. With C·A·S·P·E·R the authorization process is fully automated, saving you money and saving your customer time.

C·A·S·P·E·R is available in two forms, the API version and the version built into CrypKey Instant. The version build into CrypKey Instant is an easy way to get C·A·S·P·E·R running with only a couple simple configuration steps.

The API version allows you to call the C·A·S·P·E·R wizard from your own code. The API method allows greater flexibility and gives you full access to all the customization features built into C·A·S·P·E·R.

You can select two methods for processing orders, prepaid processing and credit card processing. prepaid processing, the customer has already paid for the license and wishes to obtain their site key (unlocking code) automatically. A serial number allows the C·A·S·P·E·R server to identify the customer.

With credit card processing, the customer pays for the license with their credit card. The credit card information is processed by the C·A·S·P·E·R server and the unlocking code is sent to them.

C·A·S·P·E·R provides several methods of communicating the licensing information between the user’s computer and your C·A·S·P·E·R server. The most straightforward form of communication is direct internet communication. With this method, the encrypted purchase information is sent directly to the server having the URL you supply. The server processes the order and immediately sends the unlocking code or an error message to the C·A·S·P·E·R client on the user’s system.

If the processing was successful, the unlocking code is automatically entered into the program and the software is enabled with no interaction from the user required.

The second form of communication is automatic email communication. With this method, the C·A·S·P·E·R client on the user’s computer automatically sends an email message containing the encrypted purchase information to the email address your C·A·S·P·E·R server is configured to respond to.

The server processes the purchase and sends an email message to the user’s address containing the unlocking code. The user then manually enters the unlocking code to enable the software.

The last and most basic form of communication is manual email communication, where the user is required to manually paste the purchase information into their own email application.

The server then processes the information and replies as in automatic email communication. This method is only used if the customer has a very unusual network configuration and the automatic send method does not work.

Server Requirements
In order for your customers to use the C·A·S·P·E·R client system, you must be running the C·A·S·P·E·R server on your own computer to process the registration requests.

With the communication method, you must be running the Microsoft IIS Server. IIS requires some set-up, but in the long run it is the simplest and easiest solution.

The email communication methods requires only Microsoft Exchange or Outlook Client, both of which are economical and easy to set-up. It makes for a cost-effective and easy first choice, and an excellent backup for the direct internet communication.

Implementing C·A·S·P·E·R
The C·A·S·P·E·R system consists of three interdependent programs: Server, Database, and Client. The Server and Database programs reside on your (the software vendor’s) computer. The Client program resides on your customer’s computer.

The C·A·S·P·E·R Server receives software license requests from your customers via electronic messages transmitted by the Client program.

These messages are either Internet messages, sent using the HTTP protocol, or email messages, sent using the SMTP protocol. Both protocols are standard in Internet communications.

Internet messages transmit in "real time", i.e. as fast as the data traffic permits -- usually within 15 seconds. Email messages, on the other hand, aresubject to various delays, such as being stored temporarily in various servers along the route to their destination.

You can configure the Server to respond automatically to Internet and/or email license requests.

For each validated request, the Server generates an authorization Site Key and sends it as part of an Internet or email message (whichever mode applies) to the customer.