Method and system to grant indefinite use of software options resident on a device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6983375
APP PUB NO 20020152400A1
SERIAL NO

09681478

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A system for granting indefinite use of inactivated software options pre-installed on a device is provided. The system includes receiving, at a remote processing facility, a recurrent use request from a user requesting access to an inactivated software option resident on the device. The system is further configured to validate the request and generate an activation key. The activation key is transmitted from the processing facility to the device automatically activating the option and granting recurrent access. The activation key or code is generated at the processing facility using data from at least one of a user identifier, a system identifier, a recurrent use identifier, and the selected option. A method to permit recurrent use of resident, yet, inactivated software of a device is also provided.

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GE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INCN25 W23255 PAUL ROAD PEWAUKEE WI 53072

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blair, William G Waukesha, WI 5 306
Durbin, Winnie C Dousman, WI 12 527
Minogue, Michael R Milwaukee, WI 10 397
Singh, Karamjeet Germantown, WI 11 835
Zhang, Kun Waukesha, WI 289 2625

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