Process for the on-line sale of a software product
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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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Citations
93 Claims
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1-42. -42. (canceled)
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43. A method comprising:
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a first site transmitting source code to a second site for the purpose of being incorporated into a software product, the first site different from the software product manufacturer site, the source code comprising executable instructions that when executed in a first electronic device assist in establishing a communication between the first electronic device and the first site for the purpose of initiating a purchase of the software product, or upgrades thereof, by a user of the first electronic device from the first site; receiving in the first site the software product incorporating the executable instructions; and transmitting from the first site the software product incorporating the executable instructions to the first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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46. (canceled)
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59. A method comprising:
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a first site transmitting source code to a second site for the purpose of being incorporated into a software product, the first site different from the software product manufacturer site, the source code comprising executable instructions that when executed in a first electronic device assist in establishing a communication between the first electronic device and a third site associated with the first site for the purpose of initiating a purchase of the software product, or upgrades thereof, by a user of the first electronic device from the third site; receiving in the first site or the third site the software product incorporating the executable instructions; and transmitting from the first site or the third site the software product incorporating the executable instructions to the first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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64. (canceled)
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78. A method comprising:
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a first site transmitting source code to a second site for the purpose of being incorporated into a software product, the first site different from the software product manufacturer site, the source code comprising executable instructions that when executed in a first electronic device assist in establishing a communication between the first electronic device and the first site or a third site associated with the first site for the purpose of initiating a purchase of the software product, or upgrades thereof, by a user of the first electronic device from the first site or from a third site associated with the first site; receiving in the first site or the third site the software product incorporating the executable instructions; and transmitting from the first site or the third site the software product incorporating the executable instructions to the first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
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83. (canceled)
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