US Patent No: 6,233,567

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Method and apparatus for software licensing electronically distributed programs

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Abstract

A method including the steps of receiving a registration identifier for a client; generating a registration key based on the registration identifier; and transmitting the registration key to the client.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
INTEL CORPORATIONSANTA CLARA, CA24136

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cohen, Aaron Michael Beaverton, OR 1 63

Cited Art

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CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC. (1)
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FUJITSU LIMITED (1)
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5,758,068 Method and apparatus for software license management 143 1995
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (1)
5,586,186 Method and system for controlling unauthorized access to information distributed to users 78 1994
 
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Patent Citation Ranking

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MICROSOFT CORPORATION (23)
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7,171,662 System and method for software licensing 90 2000
7,343,297 System and related methods for managing and enforcing software licenses 12 2001
7,788,496 First computer process and second computer process proxy-executing code on behalf thereof 3 2003
7,861,306 Method and system for limiting the use of user-specific software features 3 2004
7,809,648 System and method for software licensing 7 2004
7,890,428 Flexible licensing architecture for licensing digital application 2 2005
7,801,821 Flexible licensing architecture for licensing digital application 0 2005
7,549,051 Long-life digital certification for publishing long-life digital content or the like in content rights management system or the like 1 2005
7,856,404 Playlist burning in rights-management context 1 2005
8,290,874 Rights management system for streamed multimedia content 0 2005
7,693,280 Rights management system for streamed multimedia content 2 2005
8,091,142 Supplementary trust model for software licensing/commercial digital distribution policy 1 2005
8,438,645 Secure clock with grace periods 0 2005
7,624,451 Binding a digital license to a portable or the like in a digital rights management (DMR) system and checking out/checking in the digital license to/from the portable device or the like 4 2005
7,979,911 First computer process and second computer process proxy-executing code from third computer process on behalf of first process 0 2005
8,321,690 Protecting digital media of various content types 2005
8,103,592 First computer process and second computer process proxy-executing code on behalf of first process 1 2005
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8,380,634 First computer process and second computer process proxy-executing code on behalf of first process 0 2011
 
UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S. A. (6)
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COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. (2)
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NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC. (2)
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SONY CORPORATION (2)
8,300,819 Service providing apparatus and server providing method 0 2003
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GAMETEK LLC (1)
7,076,445 System and methods for obtaining advantages and transacting the same in a computer gaming environment 15 2000
 
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION (1)
7,197,466 Web-based system for managing software assets 10 2000
 
INTEL CORPORATION (1)
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8,185,965 System and method for enhanced piracy protection in a wireless personal communication device 0 2010
 
MOLDFLOW NETHERLANDS LIMITED (1)
7,032,113 Network enabled application software system and method 22 2001
 
NETAUTHORITY, INC. (1)
8,284,929 System of dependant keys across multiple pieces of related scrambled information 0 2006
 
NOVELL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC. (1)
7,146,340 Method and systems for licensing electronic data 15 2001
 
PITNEY BOWES INC. (1)
7,647,278 Method for facilitating a transaction between a merchant and a buyer 7 1999
 
QLOGIC CORPORATION (1)
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RICOH COMPANY, LTD. (1)
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WIBU-SYSTEMS AG (1)
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