General Electric Company

Ge Medical Technology Services, Inc.

Ge Medical Systems

Dave Mehring

Hubert Anthony Zettel

Karamjeet Singh

Winnie C Durbin

Kun Zhang

Lawrence E Ploetz

Thomas Leroy Lamoureux

Sunil Melepatt Palliyal

Rick Frowein

Timothy D Butler

A system and method to remotely enable software based options for a trial period in remote equipment is disclosed. The invention includes receiving and authenticating a user, and receiving an option-enabling request from the user specifying the particular option requested to be enabled in a particular piece of equipment at a remote location. A system I.D. is validated, and the system ensures that the option has not already been enabled at least once before, and if it has not, a software enabling key is generated and sent to activate the option in the remote equipment.

Method and system to remotely enable software-based options for a trial period

A system and method are disclosed for providing access over a computer network to system documentation at an online central service facility. A user is required to enter identifying indicia prior to accessing the online central service facility, the facility having at least one documentation database containing product and/or service data therein. The identifying indicia can include a user identification and a password, for example, and are matched with user data stored in a user database in the online central service facility to authenticate the user before providing user access into a document management system. Also, the user is checked to further determine what particular product and/or service data the user is entitled to. Such particular product or service data is then delivered to the user.

Method and apparatus for limited online access to restricted documentation

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