Method, system, and program product for visual display of a license status for a software program
First Claim
1. In a data processing system, a method comprising:
- determining a current status of a license to utilize a software program on the data processing system; and
visually representing that status concurrent with an execution icon of the software program.
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Abstract
A software program on the computer system is represented by an icon, which is displayed to a user within one of several available icon-level graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of the operating system (OS). In addition to the standard icon displayed in the icon-level GUI, a license status symbol is associated/affiliated with the icon. The license status symbol indicates the license status of the particular application, from among shareware, un-licensed, valid license, expired license, expiring license, time to license expiration, and/or evaluation license. Each different license status is represented by a unique/identifiable license status symbol, and each application existing in one of these license status on the computer system are represented by its icon and associated/affiliated license status symbol. By viewing the icon and associated/affiliates license status symbol, a user is able to identify the specific license state of the application without having to open/run the application.
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21 Claims
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1. In a data processing system, a method comprising:
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determining a current status of a license to utilize a software program on the data processing system; and
visually representing that status concurrent with an execution icon of the software program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20, 21)
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8. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and
program code on the computer readable medium for;
determining a current status of a license to utilize a software program on the data processing system; and
visually representing that status concurrent with an execution icon of the software program. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a data processing system, a system comprising:
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program means for determining a current status of a license to utilize a software program on the data processing system; and
program means for visually representing that status concurrent with an execution icon of the software program. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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