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Software activation systems

  • US 9,110,759 B2
  • Filed: 01/18/2012
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of enabling functionality of an un-activated item of software installed on a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • installing said item of software on said mobile device, wherein said installing includes registering in an operating system of said mobile device a link between an application Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme and said item of software, and wherein a URI having said application URI scheme will be passed to said installed software for processing;

    scanning a code into said mobile device, wherein said code includes a code URI comprising said application URI scheme and enablement data for said installed item of software; and

    subsequent to said installing and scanning steps,interpreting said application URI scheme of said code URI using said registered link to pass said code URI to said installed item of software; and

    thenprocessing said code URI using said installed item of software to enable a function of said installed item of software using said enablement data in said code URI;

    wherein said installed item of software is run by said operating system in response to interpretation of said scanned code to identify presence of said application URI in said code; and

    wherein said code URI is passed to said installed item of software when said installed item of software is run, and wherein said running of said installed item of software then processes said enablement data passed with said code URI to determine whether to enable said functionality of said installed item of software.

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