Process for the on-line sale of a software product
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1. A method comprising:
- a. a supervising site transmitting a software module to a licensing site associated with a software company;
b. the supervising site receiving from the licensing site a software product comprising the software module;
c. the supervising site transmitting the software product comprising the software module to a vendor site;
d. the vendor site transmitting the software product to a programmable computing device;
e. the programmable computing device determining, by executing instructions of the software module stored in the programmable computing device, that a software product license is not stored in the programmable computing device;
f. in response to determining that the software product license is not stored in the programmable computing device, the programmable computing device determining, by executing instructions of the software module that a license purchase receipt for the software product is not stored in the programmable computing device;
g. in response to determining that the software product license and the license purchase receipt for the software product are not stored in the programmable computing device, the programmable computing device executing instructions of the software module to create a graphical interface at the programmable computing device, the graphical interface displaying one or more purchase options for the software product;
h. the programmable computing device locally accessing identification data of the vendor site and setting up a communication with the vendor site, using the locally accessed identification data of the vendor site, by executing instructions of the software module;
i. the programmable computing device executing instructions of the software module for purchasing online a license for the software product from the vendor site;
j. in response to receiving a license purchase request from the programmable computing device, the vendor site transmitting to the programmable computing device the license purchase receipt;
k. the licensing site receiving from the programmable computing device the license purchase receipt transmitted from the vendor site;
l. the licensing site receiving from the programmable computing device an identifier associated with the programmable computing device; and
m. in response to receiving said license purchase receipt and said identifier, the licensing site transmitting to the programmable computing device the software product license, the software product license is bound to the identifier of the programmable computing device.
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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. A method comprising:
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a. a supervising site transmitting a software module to a licensing site associated with a software company; b. the supervising site receiving from the licensing site a software product comprising the software module; c. the supervising site transmitting the software product comprising the software module to a vendor site; d. the vendor site transmitting the software product to a programmable computing device; e. the programmable computing device determining, by executing instructions of the software module stored in the programmable computing device, that a software product license is not stored in the programmable computing device; f. in response to determining that the software product license is not stored in the programmable computing device, the programmable computing device determining, by executing instructions of the software module that a license purchase receipt for the software product is not stored in the programmable computing device; g. in response to determining that the software product license and the license purchase receipt for the software product are not stored in the programmable computing device, the programmable computing device executing instructions of the software module to create a graphical interface at the programmable computing device, the graphical interface displaying one or more purchase options for the software product; h. the programmable computing device locally accessing identification data of the vendor site and setting up a communication with the vendor site, using the locally accessed identification data of the vendor site, by executing instructions of the software module; i. the programmable computing device executing instructions of the software module for purchasing online a license for the software product from the vendor site; j. in response to receiving a license purchase request from the programmable computing device, the vendor site transmitting to the programmable computing device the license purchase receipt; k. the licensing site receiving from the programmable computing device the license purchase receipt transmitted from the vendor site; l. the licensing site receiving from the programmable computing device an identifier associated with the programmable computing device; and m. in response to receiving said license purchase receipt and said identifier, the licensing site transmitting to the programmable computing device the software product license, the software product license is bound to the identifier of the programmable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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