Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Purchasing of individual features of a software product
- Patent Title (中): 购买软件产品的各个功能
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Application No.: US11652214Application Date: 2007-01-11
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Publication No.: US08239274B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Mukesh Karki , Mohammed Zubair Ansari , Yusuf Atas , Robert Ian Oliver , Serdar Unal
- Applicant: Mukesh Karki , Mohammed Zubair Ansari , Yusuf Atas , Robert Ian Oliver , Serdar Unal
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Capitol City TechLaw
- Agent Richard C. Irving
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00

Abstract:
In various embodiments, a user may, via a processing device, indicate a desire to purchase a feature of an installed software product. A purchase request may be sent to an e-commerce server, or other server. The purchase request may be validated and information concerning the software product, the feature of the software product, and the processing device may be stored. Enabling information may be sent to the processing device to enable the feature of the software product. In some embodiments, the user may request a trial of a feature of a software product before purchasing the feature. In other embodiments, the user may deactivate a purchased feature of a software product on one processing device and may activate the purchased feature of the software product on a different processing device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080172300A1 Purchasing of individual features of a software product Public/Granted day:2008-07-17
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