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Document template licensing

  • US 8,725,650 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2012
  • Issued: 05/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for licensing a document template, comprising:

  • obtaining, at a computing device, a license for a document template comprising a style guide for a document from a marketplace service;

    downloading the document template to the computing device;

    providing a functionality of a document derived from the document template to a licensed user; and

    sharing a license-restricted document with an unlicensed user in response to an input from the licensed user, wherein the license-restricted document provides a reduced-functionality of the document derived from the document template to the unlicensed user;

    wherein sharing a license-restricted document with the unlicensed user comprises;

    assigning a seat to the unlicensed user;

    sending a token associated with the license to a third party service when the unlicensed user attempts to access the document template;

    accepting the token at the marketplace service provided from the third party service;

    verifying a validity of the token at the marketplace service;

    sending a message from the marketplace service verifying the validity of the token to the third party service.

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