Software pay per use licensing system
June 24, 2018. 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 ReferencesApparatus for controlling the use of computer software Billing system for computer software Suggestive selling in a customer self-ordering system Method and apparatus for electronic licensing Software pay per use system Device for the distribution of music information in digital form System for controlling the distribution and use of composite digital works Secure software rental system using continuous asynchronous password verification License management system for software applications Method and system for software asset usage detection and management InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 104459 filed on 06/24/1998US Classes:705/59, Licensing705/30, Accounting705/57Copy protection or preventionExaminersPrimary: Trammell, James P.Assistant: Rosen, Nicholas D. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassH04L 009/00AbstractA software pay-per-use (PPU) licensing system is disclosed. The PPU licensing system includes one or more licensor license management system (LMS) and one or more licensee LMS. Each licensee LMS includes one or more components that operate to grant pay-per-use licenses for software applications, including data collection on amount of usage licenses granted, and to monitor operational states of the pay-per-use license granting and data collection operations, including periodic reporting of state and usage license granted data to a licensor LMS. Each licensor LMS includes components that operate to receive, store and process state and usage license granted data for the software applications from the licensee systems, including verification of timely periodic reporting from the licensee LMS. | |
