Method of managing contracts for licensed program use and a management system thereof
July 27, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus to secure proprietary operation of computer equipment Apparatus for controlling the use of computer software Method of controlling the copying of software Software usage authorization system with key for decrypting/re-encrypting/re-transmitting moving target security codes from protected software License mangagement system and license storage key Self-verifying receipt and acceptance system for electronically delivered data objects Billing system for computing software Management interface for license management system Metering system with remotely resettable time lockout Filters in license management system InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 297179 filed on 08/29/1994US Classes:705/59, Licensing705/1AUTOMATED ELECTRICAL FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTExaminersPrimary: Thomas, JosephAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 017/60H04L 009/00 Foreign Application Priority Data1993-08-30 JPAbstractThe present invention has an object to provide a method of managing contracts for licensed program use with which a licensor is able to confirm whether or not a contract for using a program has been properly kept by the user, as well as provide a system capable of utilizing the managing method. At the user-side (20), information on the status of utilizing the licensed program is stored as data (25), and the stored data is outputted after it is coded. Whereas, at the licensor-side (10), the coded data is inputted and decoded, thereby the licensor is able to determine the status of utilization of the program.Field of SearchAUTOMATED ELECTRICAL FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTOperations research Having security or user identification provision (password entry, etc.) Electronic shopping (e.g., remote ordering) Presentation of image or description of sales item (e.g., electronic catalog browsing) | |
