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If you're interested, the (somewhat outdated but still matching) patent for this type of Hardware ID can be found [here](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7302590B2).
### Work In (slow) Progress
## Product Family Name
The **Product family name** is a string that identifies a product family in the Microsoft store. When it comes to Windows, it is composed of a few mostly stationary parts:
```
Microsoft.Windows.191.X21-99682_8wekyb3d8bbwe
```
The above PFN corresponds to the following fields:
```
Package Identity Name: Microsoft.Windows.191.X21-99682
Publisher String: 8wekyb3d8bbwe
```
In turn, the parts of Package Identity Name are:
- **Product**: `Microsoft Windows`
- **SKU ID**: `191` (IoT Enterprise LTSC)
- **Product Key Part Number**: `X21-99682`
### Publisher String
The publisher string is made by hashing some data about the publisher ([here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21568483/how-to-calculate-publisherid-from-publisher)). For all intents and purposes, it's a constant value.
### SKU ID
This value corresponds to the edition. You can find an (almost) full list of these IDs in Windows SDK's `winnt.h`.
### Product Key Part Number
The product key part number is a value specific to a given range of product key IDs belonging to a given group. Most commonly, you can find it on COA stickers. It's basically the "signature" of a key range; different ranges can have different policies, some ranges can be reserved for testing, etc. etc.
The part numbers can also be specific to markets (basically countries) in the Store itself, though I have no concrete examples of this.
### Work In (slow) Progress