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Controlling use of a computer program installed on a computer

  • US 8,656,502 B2
  • Filed: 04/04/2002
  • Issued: 02/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

  • a product update for a previously-installed computer program in a computer, wherein a determination is made whether a licensing control program separate from the previously-installed computer program was originally configured with said previously-installed computer program prior to installing said product update, wherein when the previously-installed computer program is configured without a licensing control program, installing a license control program, said licensing control program being responsive to license key data to indicate that said previously-installed computer program is licensed, wherein said previously-installed computer program is a malware scanning computer program and the product update includes at least one scanner engine and updated malware definition data that is updated automatically through a website download, that is added to existing malware definition data of the computer, and that is configured for detecting and addressing malware threats identified in network traffic, wherein the product update is not applied to the computer when it is determined that a grace period has expired and the license key data has not been entered, wherein the at least one scanner engine and the malware definition data is updated when the grace period has not expired and the license key data has not been entered, and wherein the previously-installed computer program is permitted to continue to be functional in the computer after the grace period in order to evaluate subsequent network traffic with the existing malware definition data.

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