System, method and computer program product for forming two or more contracts from offers sharing a plurality of unified terms and conditions

• US 20100274727A1
• Filed: 04/22/2009
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Digital Delivery Networks, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Digital Delivery Networks, Inc.
• Inventors: Peterson, Harold Lee
• Application Number:
  US12/386,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20100274727A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/80
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/188 Electronic negotiation

Abstract

A method system and computer product are provided to drive a process that includes the aspects of method generating an executed license agreement by presenting a licensing offer via a computer and receiving an acceptance by a user of the computer of the licensing offer. The licensing offer may apply to one or more products, software programs, or software services. A web service may alternatively or additionally be authorized by the licensing offer upon receipt of an acceptance by the user of the licensing offer.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for transforming an offer into an executed license agreement, the method comprising:

offering by presentation by a computer of a unified set of license terms and conditions to a user;

designating by the computer a first computational functionality,

designating by the computer a second computational; and

receiving an acceptance from the user of the unified set of terms and conditions, the acceptance indicating the first computational functionality or the second computational functionality, whereby the offer of the unified set of license terms and conditions is transformed into an executed license agreement.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling access to the user by the computer to at least one computational functionality indicated by the acceptance.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer is bi-directionally communicatively coupled with a computer network and the computational functionality is enabled by the computer network.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising downloading software from the computer network and to the computer, the software enabling access at least one computational functionality.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the computer network at least partially comprises the Internet.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the computational functionality indicated by the acceptance comprises a web service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer is bi-directionally communicatively coupled with a computer network, the method further comprising communicating the execution of the license agreement to a remote server via the computer network.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a second acceptance of the unified set of terms and conditions, whereby the offer of the unified set of terms and conditions is transformed into a second executed license agreement;

and permitting the user access to both the first computational functionality and the second computational functionality.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the computer is bi-directionally communicatively coupled with a computer network, the method further comprising:

communicating the execution of the license agreement for the first computational functionality to a first remote server via the computer network; and

communicating the execution of the license agreement for the second computational functionality to a second remote server via the computer network

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a unified acceptance of the first set of terms and conditions, whereby the offer is transformed into a unified executed license agreement permitting the user access to both the first computational functionality and the second computational functionality.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising designating a plurality of computational functionalities and enabling an independent and separate submission of an acceptance of the first set of terms and conditions in relation to each computational functionality.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising offering by presentation by the computer of at least one additional condition to the user by the computer, wherein acceptance of the at least one additional condition is required to execute a license agreement for the first computational functionality.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving from the user by the computer an acceptance of the unified set of terms and conditions;

and

receiving from the user by the computer an acceptance of the at least one additional condition, whereby a license agreement for the first computational functionality is executed.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising enabling access to the first computational functionality by the computer.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one computational functionality is enabled by software stored on the computer.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising reading by the computer of a software module from a computer-readable medium, wherein the software module enables access to at least one computational functionality.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising enabling access to the at least one computational functionality indicated by the acceptance by the computer.

18. An information technology system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory accessible by the at least one of the one or more processors;

a display module configured to visually display information received from the memory;

a process operated by the one or more processors to manage software program selection, the process being effective to;

offer a unified set of license terms and conditions to a user;

designate a first computational functionality,

designate a second computational; and

receive an acceptance from the user of the unified set of terms and conditions, the acceptance indicating the first computational functionality or the second computational functionality, whereby the offer of the unified set of license terms and conditions is transformed into an executed license agreement.

19. The information technology system of claim 18, further comprising at least one network interface configured to bi-directionally communicatively couple the information technology system with a computer network, and wherein the execution of the license agreement is communicated to a remote server via the computer network.

20. A computer program product comprising:

a computer operable medium having computer readable code, the computer readable code being effective to;

offer a unified set of license terms and conditions to a user;

designate a first computational functionality,

designate a second computational; and

receive an acceptance from the user of the unified set of terms and conditions, the acceptance indicating the first computational functionality or the second computational functionality, whereby the offer of the unified set of license terms and conditions is transformed into an executed license agreement.