Adobe, Inc.

Xerox Corporation

Daniel Carl Brotsky

Joseph Pasqua

Perry A Caro

Sanjeev Kumar Biswas

Shyama Prasad Padhi

Francine R Chen

John A Trammel

Lutfiye Umit Yalcinalp

Daniel H Craft

Steven B Putz

Andrei Kalfas

Jan O Pedersen

Julian M Kupiec

Alexandru Rosiu

Robert Schaffel

Christian Elgart

Michael Jamrosy

Jason M Copeland

Wei Cheng

Arno Gourdol

Pradeep Cyril Ekka

Kanika Dalmia Gupta

Vivek Misra

David Me Levy

Vikalp Gupta

James Thomas Boag

Michael Brian Orr

Yashodhan B Gokhale

Daniel E Rabin

A computer implemented method and apparatus for integrating e-commerce providers with third-party vendors. The method comprises receiving an order from one vendor of a plurality of vendors, wherein the order comprises a vendor identification, a fulfillment identification, and a vendor stock keeping unit (SKU), and wherein a plurality of the vendors each has a unique communication protocol; mapping the fulfillment identification to a user identification (userID) known to a provider; mapping the vendor SKU to a provider SKU; generating a provisioning call responsive to the mapping; and provisioning the SKU for the userID in a database of the provider in response to the provisioning call.

Method and apparatus for integrating an e-commerce provider with third-party vendors

Techniques for invitations for establishing relationships are described. In at least some embodiments, an architecture is implemented which provides simple and integrated ways for establishing relationships between various entities. The architecture includes invitations that can be used to invite users to establish relationships with entities. A user that receives an invitation can interact with the invitation, such as to accept or decline an invitation to establish a relationship with an entity. If a user accepts an invitation, a relationship can be established between the user and an inviting entity. In at least some embodiments, the relationship can enable the user to perform various actions and/or access resources associated with the entity.

Invitations for establishing relationships

A data protection system for online data is described that can be used to obfuscate sensitive data to relieve security compliance requirements for one or more entities involved in processing, storing, and/or communicating the sensitive data to complete an online purchase transaction. The data protection system can receive online purchase data from a client application, and then remove the sensitive information of the online purchase data to sanitize the online purchase data. The data protection system can also maintain the sensitive information, and communicate the sanitized online purchase data to an eCommerce server that then communicates with a payment service provider for payment authorization of the online purchase, where the sanitized online purchase data relieves security compliance requirements at the eCommerce server.

Data protection system for online data

Embodiments of methods to designate alternates of assets, methods to display representations of alternates, user interfaces, computer products, and digital assets are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Alternates of assets

A computer implemented method and apparatus for managing software entitlements. The method comprises receiving a user request to enable access to a first software product that requires a special entitlement, wherein the user is entitled to access one or more second software products that require a corresponding one or more general entitlements, and wherein the first software product and the one or more second software products are resident in a memory accessible via a single access portal; verifying a user entitlement to the first software product requiring the special entitlement; and providing a license to enable access to the first software product that requires the special entitlement and the one or more second software products that require the general entitlement.

Method and apparatus for managing software entitlements

Systems and methods for product purchase and registration are disclosed. One disclosed method includes the steps of capturing a product identifier, the product identifier identifying a product; transmitting the product identifier to a first remote server; responsive to transmitting the product identifier, receiving a vendor identification number (VIN), the VIN based on the product identifier; providing the VIN to a point-of-sale (POS) device; and activating the product.

Systems and methods for product purchase and registration

One exemplary embodiment provides a synchronization device for updating information stored at a first device used for account management of a subscription for a software product. The synchronization device receives a status of the subscription from a second device that provides billing transactions associated with the subscription. The second device maintains the status of the subscription to reflect changes based on the billing transactions associated with the subscription. Based at least in part on the status of the subscription received at the synchronization device from the second device, the synchronization device provides information for the first device to update a status of the account associated with the subscription.

Systems and methods for managing subscription-based licensing of software products

Various techniques for providing a device token protocol for authorization and persistent authentication shared across applications are disclosed. In some embodiments, a device token protocol for authorization and persistent authentication shared across applications includes sending user credentials to a remote server to authenticate a user on a device for a plurality of applications; and receiving a device token from the remote server for the user to authenticate the user for the plurality of applications on the device, in which the device token facilitates authentication and authorization.

Device token protocol for authorization and persistent authentication shared across applications

Bindings are used to describe a document (and a different document) by associating content elements with layout elements, the layout elements defining layout features or placement information to be applied to the associated content elements in the document, the bindings being stored separately from both the content and layout elements.

Computer generation of documents using layout elements and content elements

A method and apparatus for provisioning a subscription product is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a request for a subscription product; retrieving a profile and at least one subscription associated with the profile, wherein the at least one subscription comprises a plurality of subscription details; validating the plurality of subscription details; retrieving product data for the subscription product based on the validated subscription details; determining a dominant subscription product when there are at least two subscriptions associated with the profile; and sending the product data for the dominant subscription product, wherein the product data enables activation of a product license.

Method and apparatus for provisioning subscription products

Systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for tagging data assets. In one aspect, a computer program product includes instructions operable to cause a computer to establish a database of concept data elements, asset references, and associations. The concept data elements each represent a concept and have a hierarchy specified by concept hierarchy information. The asset references each include a storage location identifier for a corresponding one of a plurality of data assets. Each association defines a type of relationship, from a plurality of types of relationships, between a data asset and a concept represented by a concept data element.

Tagging data assets

Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for enabling collaborative asset management. In one implementation, a computer program product includes instructions to perform the operations of providing a first copy of an asset for use by a first user. The asset is available for use and editing by multiple users, and the asset and the first copy each has a corresponding state. The instructions include monitoring changes in the states of the asset, the first copy, and/one or more additional copies of the asset. The additional copies of the asset correspond to one or more concurrent users. If a conflict is detected between the state of the first copy and the state of the asset, or between the state of the first copy and the states of the additional copies, the instructions include providing guidance to the first user about how to resolve the conflict.

Collaborative asset management

Computer-implemented methods, program products and data structures for tagging data assets are disclosed. An interface which can receive location information to identify a storage location identifier for a data asset to be saved is presented to a user. The location information for the data asset to be saved and a selection identifying a concept and a relation between the concept and the data asset to be saved are received from the user through the interface. The asset reference for the data asset to be saved is stored in a tag database and an association is created in the tag database representing the relation between the data asset to be saved and the identified concept.

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Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Daniel Carl Brotsky