Method and system for configuring a consolidated software application
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1. A method of customizing a consolidated software application including a plurality of features and functions for a particular end user, the method comprising:
- providing an activation key for use during installation of the consolidated software application wherein the activation key is created by a marketing group;
activating selected features and functions of the consolidated software application with the activation key during installation of the consolidated software application on a computing device having a user interface accessible by an end user;
displaying the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application which were activated during the activating step on the user interface accessible by a system administrator;
receiving at least one input to permit the system administrator to selectively enable and disable access for the end user to the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application after installation of the consolidated software application on the computing device;
displaying the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application on the user interface accessible to the end user, and wherein information related to non-active features and functions of the consolidated software application with the activation key which were not activated by the marketing group during the activating step is not displayed on the user interface accessible by the system administrator and the end user;
receiving at least one input to permit the end user to selectively show and hide the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application from display on the user interface; and
removing the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application that the end user selects to hide from display on the user interface accessible to the end user.
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Abstract
A system and method for selectively configuring features and functions of a consolidated software application for particular end users.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of customizing a consolidated software application including a plurality of features and functions for a particular end user, the method comprising:
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providing an activation key for use during installation of the consolidated software application wherein the activation key is created by a marketing group; activating selected features and functions of the consolidated software application with the activation key during installation of the consolidated software application on a computing device having a user interface accessible by an end user; displaying the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application which were activated during the activating step on the user interface accessible by a system administrator; receiving at least one input to permit the system administrator to selectively enable and disable access for the end user to the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application after installation of the consolidated software application on the computing device; displaying the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application on the user interface accessible to the end user, and wherein information related to non-active features and functions of the consolidated software application with the activation key which were not activated by the marketing group during the activating step is not displayed on the user interface accessible by the system administrator and the end user; receiving at least one input to permit the end user to selectively show and hide the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application from display on the user interface; and removing the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application that the end user selects to hide from display on the user interface accessible to the end user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computing device configured to customize a consolidated software application including a plurality of features and functions for a particular end user, comprising:
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a memory having computer executable instructions, and when the computer executable instructions are executed, the computer device is configured to; provide an activation key for use during installation of the consolidated software application wherein the activation key is created by a marketing group; activate selected features and functions of the consolidated software application with the activation key during installation of the consolidated software application on the computing device having a user interface accessible by an end user; display the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application which were activated during the activating step on the user interface accessible by a system administrator; receive at least one input to permit the system administrator to selectively enable and disable access for the end user to the activated features and functions after installation of the consolidated software application on the computing device; display the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application on the user interface accessible to the end user, and wherein information related to non-active features and functions of the consolidated software application with the activation key which were not activated by the marketing group during the activating step is not displayed on the user interface accessible by the system administrator and the end user; receive at least one input to permit the end user to selectively show and hide the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application from display on the user interface; and remove the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application that the end user selects to hide from display on the user interface accessible to the end user.
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23. A method of multi-level customization of a consolidated software application by a marketing group, a system administrator, and an end user, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one input to permit the marketing group to; selectively activate features and functions of the consolidated software application with an activation key based on at least one of a geographic region of the end user, a type of the end user, and permitted field of use of the end user during installation of the consolidated software application on a computing device having a user interface accessible by the end user; wherein the consolidated software application is configured to provide a plurality of different features and functions to process physiological information data; and wherein information related to non-active features and functions of the consolidated software application with the activation key which were not activated by the marketing group is not displayed on user interfaces accessible by the system administrator and the end user; receiving at least one input to permit the system administrator to selectively enable and disable access for the end user to the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application after installation of the consolidated software application; receiving at least one input to permit the end user to selectively show and hide the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application from display on the user interface; and removing the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application that the end user selects to hide from a display of the user interface accessible to the end user. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computing device configured for multi-level customization of a consolidated software application by a marketing group, a system administrator, and an end user, comprising:
a memory having computer executable instructions, and when the computer executable instructions are executed, the computing device is configured to; receive at least one input to permit the marketing group to; selectively activate features and functions of the consolidated software application with an activation key based on at least one of a geographic region of the end user, a type of the end user, and permitted field of use of the end user during installation of the consolidated software application on a computing device having a user interface accessible by the end user; wherein the consolidated software application is configured to provide a plurality of different features and functions to process physiological information data; and wherein information related to non-active features and functions of the consolidated software application with the activation key which were not activated by the marketing group is not displayed on user interfaces accessible by the system administrator and the end user; receive at least one input to permit the system administrator to selectively enable and disable access for the end user to the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application after installation of the consolidated software application; receive at least one input to permit the end user to selectively show and hide the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application from display on the user interface; and remove the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application that the end user selects to hide from a display of the user interface accessible to the end user.
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33. A healthcare management system configured to receive and process physiological information data related to at least one patient from a portable device, the healthcare management system comprising:
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a computing device configured to access and download physiological information data from a portable device; a memory accessible by the computing device to store the downloaded physiological information data; at least one user interface having a display which receives display information from the computing device; software configured to operate on the computing device and implement a plurality of different features and functions to manage the physiological information data from the portable device related to management of a health condition, the software including instructions to display representations of physiological information data included in the memory on the display of the user interface; and
the software further comprises;providing an activation key for use during installation of the consolidated software application wherein the activation key is created by a marketing group; activating selected features and functions of the consolidated software application during installation of the consolidated software application; identifying a product class of the consolidated software application and selecting from a consumer mode and a healthcare professional mode; displaying the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application to a system administrator; removing non-activated features and functions of the consolidated software application from a view of the system administrator; permitting the system administrator to selectively enable and disable end user access to the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application after installation of the consolidated software application; displaying the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application to the end user; removing the non-enabled, activated features and functions of the consolidated software application from a view of the end user; permitting the end user to selectively show and hide the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application from the view of the end user; displaying information related to the shown activated and enabled features and functions selected by the end user; and removing the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application which were hidden by the end user from the view of the end user.
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