US Patent No: 6,948,168

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Licensed application installer

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Abstract

A method and system of installing licensed software on an end user's computer comprising having a program storage device and a unique computer identifier distinguishing the end user computer from other computers, e.g., a BIOS serial number or a network adapter address. The network computer contains a plurality of different software for license to end users and a database listing computer identifiers licensed to run the software. The end user computer sends to the network computer a command to run a program identifying to the end user computer the software listed as licensed by the computer identifier of the end user computer. The network computer contacts the end user computer and determine its end user computer identifier, verifies listing of the end user computer identifier in the network computer database, and identifies to the end user computer all of the software on the network computer program storage device listed as licensed by the computer identifier of the end user computer using an executable program on the network computer. The end user computer sends to the network computer a selection of the software to be downloaded. The network computer downloads the selected software and installs it on the end user computer program storage device.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC.SANTA MONICA, CA288

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kuprionas, Paul Nanticoke, PA 1 14

Cited Art Landscape

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (3)
4,953,209 Self-verifying receipt and acceptance system for electronically delivered data objects 258 1988
5,666,501 Method and apparatus for installing software 70 1995
6,056,786 Technique for monitoring for license compliance for client-server software 48 1997
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY (2)
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5,881,236 System for installation of software on a remote computer system over a network using checksums and password protection 116 1996
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (2)
6,189,146 System and method for software licensing 258 1998
6,493,871 Method and system for downloading updates for software installation 236 1999
 
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. (2)
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5,708,709 System and method for managing try-and-buy usage of application programs 436 1995
 
APPLE INC. (1)
5,903,650 Method and apparatus for electronic license distribution 32 1996
 
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. (1)
5,919,247 Method for the distribution of code and data updates 376 1996
 
FUJITSU LIMITED (1)
5,835,911 Software distribution and maintenance system and method 345 1995
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. (1)
5,005,122 Arrangement with cooperating management server node and network service node 463 1987
 
INTERNET COMMERCE SERVICES CORPORATION (1)
5,864,620 Method and system for controlling distribution of software in a multitiered distribution chain 113 1996
 
KRONE DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS INC. (1)
6,202,209 Personal information device and method for downloading reprogramming data from a computer to the personal information device via the PCMCIA port or through a docking station with baud rate conversion means 15 1999
 
NCR CORPORATION (1)
5,953,532 Installation and deinstallation of application programs 32 1997
 
NOVELL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC. (1)
5,905,860 Fault tolerant electronic licensing system 120 1997
 
SAFENET, INC. (1)
5,337,357 Method of software distribution protection 275 1993
 
STAMPS.COM INC. (1)
5,638,513 Secure software rental system using continuous asynchronous password verification 159 1995

Patent Citation Ranking

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (4)
7,236,958 Electronic software license with software product installer identifier 8 2001
7,644,442 Systems and methods for using machine attributes to deter software piracy in an enterprise environment 8 2005
8,181,265 Secure machine counting 1 2005
7,921,059 Licensing upsell 2 2005
 
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA (2)
7,530,117 Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized use of software 3 2004
8,239,857 Information processing apparatus and method of installing application program 0 2006
 
N2 BROADBAND, INC. (2)
7,757,261 Systems and methods for providing flexible provisioning architectures for a host in a cable system 6 2003
7,627,868 Systems and methods for distributing software for a host device in a cable system 2 2003
 
ERICSSON TELEVISION INC. (1)
7,958,505 Systems and methods for distributing software for a host device in a cable system 0 2009
 
INTEL CORPORATION (1)
8,356,067 Servicing device aggregates 0 2002
 
QLOGIC CORPORATION (1)
8,185,960 System and method for managing access to adapter features 1 2006
 
SIMPLEX MAJOR SDN.BHD (1)
7,137,140 Transaction verification 5 2001
 
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. (1)
7,698,733 Computer system and usage method thereof 1 2002
 
TANDBERG TELEVISION, INC. (1)
7,730,513 Systems and methods for provisioning a host device for enhanced services in a cable system 0 2006

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