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Apparatus for managing software using quantity

  • US 5,848,154 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1995
  • Issued: 12/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A software usage management apparatus comprising:

  • a detector to detect a usage of software and output a value indicating the usage of the software;

    a determining block to determine when the usage of the software, detected by said detector, has reached a predetermined value; and

    a hindering block to stop the useful output of the software by outputting a signal produced by the software in a different form when said determining block determines that the usage of the software reaches the predetermined value.

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