公开(公告)号：WO2014200946A2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-18

申请号：PCT/US2014/041610

申请日：2014-06-10

Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION

Inventor： KACHARIA, Jignesh ,  DOSHI, Anand ,  RANE, Keerti ,  PRATIPATI, Tulasi ,  RICCI, Peter Richard

CPC classification number: G06F21/105 ,  G06Q30/0621

Abstract: An entitlement card can be assigned a product key real-time to provide a custom order of benefits including product and/or service, amount, and time. A method facilitating product key assignment for an entitlement can include receiving a request for activating a custom entitlement product key from, for example, a point of purchase. The request includes a request for particular benefits to a redeemer, including the particular product and/or service to be provided and the quantity and time period for the product and/or service. The method further includes assigning the benefits to the product key at the time of the request and activating the product key, which may be later redeemed for the assigned benefits.

Abstract translation: 授权卡可以实时分配产品密钥，以提供定制的收益，包括产品和/或服务，金额和时间。 促进授权的产品密钥分配的方法可以包括从例如购买点接收激活自定义授权产品密钥的请求。 该请求包括对救赎者的特别益处的请求，包括要提供的特定产品和/或服务以及产品和/或服务的数量和时间段。 该方法还包括在请求时将产品密钥分配给产品密钥并且激活产品密钥，该密钥可稍后被赎回用于所分配的利益。

公开(公告)号：WO2014133916A2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-04

申请号：PCT/US2014/017876

申请日：2014-02-24

Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION

Inventor： KACHARIA, Jignesh ,  CRITCHFIELD, Ron E. ,  RANE, Keerti ,  SHEN, Albert Chik Shi ,  RICCI, Peter Richard ,  LENEHAN, Paul Raymond ,  BULANKOU, Aliaksandr ,  PIERCE, Michael ,  PRATIPATI, Tulasi ,  DOSHI, Anand ,  JADHAV, Prachi Subhash ,  SHANMUKAM, Rajesh

CPC classification number: G06Q30/018

Abstract: Entitlement cards having an offer term and number of user licenses for a subscription to an online service can be applied to existing subscriber accounts to add or otherwise adjust the number of user licenses associated with the subscription. When an entitlement card is added to an account, the system automatically adjusts the amount of time for each user license so that an entire value of an entitlement subscription is used and a same expiry date is maintained even when adding new user licenses to an existing account. A user interface is provided that enables a customer to change the number of user licenses for a subscription when redeeming an entitlement card to their account and view a new end date for the subscription as a whole resulting from a change in user licenses during a current subscription.

Abstract translation: 具有用于订阅在线服务的报价期限和用户许可证数量的授权卡可以应用于现有订户帐户以添加或以其他方式调整与订阅相关联的用户许可证的数量。 当将权利卡添加到帐户时，系统将自动调整每个用户许可证的时间量，以便使用授权订阅的整个价值，并且即使向现有帐户添加新的用户许可也保持相同的到期日期 。 提供了一种用户界面，使客户能够在将授权卡兑换到其帐户时更改订阅的用户许可证数量，并查看在当前订阅期间由于用户许可证更改导致的订阅整体的新结束日期 。