Process for implementing a method for the on-line sale of software product use licenses through a data network, and software component which allows carrying out said process
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Abstract
Online sale of software product use licenses through a data network by offering software products (SOFT) through vendor sites, purchasing a license on-line on one of said vendor sites, and activating said license on-line by a different licensing site. A specific component (COMP) is provided with the software product (SOFT) and identifying data (IDV) of the vendor site are transmitted during the download of the software product (SOFT). When the component (COMP) is executed in an equipment, the component (COMP) locally accesses said data (IDV) and identifying data (IDL) of the licensing site and activates the license by setting up an on-line communication with the licensing site.
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1-42. -42. (canceled)
- 43. A software product originating from a manufacturer site of the software product and being transferable to a first electronic device of a user via a first site different from the manufacturer site, the software product originating from the manufacturer site comprising executable instructions incorporated into the software product, at least a portion of the executable instructions when executed in the first electronic device produces one or more graphical interfaces in the electronic device useable to initiate a purchase of the software product by the user from the first site or from a second site associated with the first site.
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