Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Richard Scott Eizenhoefer

Wen-Pin Scott Hsu

Brian Stuart Perlman

Ning Zhang

Tarik Soulami

Chih-Pin Benjamin Kao

Kalpesh S Patel

Aaron J Smith

Thomas J Layson

Valentin Sliouniaev

Paul Cheng

Josue L Noriega De La Vega

Anil Bazaz

A system grants 'provisional privileges' to a user request for the purpose of provisionally performing a requested transaction. If the provisionally-performed transaction does not put the system in a degraded state, the transaction is authorized despite the user request having inadequate privileges originally.

Provisional administrator privileges

A software license for a particular version of a software product on a computing device includes both a branding identifier that identifies the particular version of the software product and component dependency information that identifies one or more aspects of the particular version of the software product. To activate a software product on the computing device, the branding identifier is compared to a portion of the software product on the computing device. If the branding identifier matches the portion of the software product, then the component dependency information is compared to one or more aspects of the software product on the computing device. If the component dependency information matches the one or more aspects of the software product then the software product is activated. Otherwise, the a license state of the software product is kept unchanged.

Version-based software product activation

A system, a method, and computer-readable media are provided for altering behavior of software based on detection of an Internet connection. The system, method, and media detect when a computer has connected to the Internet or is capable of connecting to the Internet. This detection may include analyzing a connection history of the computer to the Internet, reporting in real-time when the computer establishes a connection to the Internet, or attempting to actively establish a connection with an Internet resource using the computer. A first set of software functionality may be disabled when a previously established connection with the Internet is identified, a real-time report of a connection with the Internet is generated, or a connection with the Internet resource is established. In addition, a second set of software functionality may be enabled when the first set of software functionality is disabled.

Altering software behavior based on internet connectivity

A plurality of digital licenses correspond to a piece of content, including a base license and at least one add-on license. Each add-on license includes a reference to the base license, and each of the base license and each add-on license sets forth rules specifying how the content may be employed. Each add-on license is identified by way of the reference therein to the base license, and the rules in the base license and in each identified add-on license are aggregated into an aggregated set of rules that is evaluated to determine if such aggregated set of rules allows employing the content in a particular manner.

Digital application operating according to aggregation of plurality of licenses

Indicating a change to a data field in an electronic data entry form, such as a Web page, database form, or other electronic form. Upon loading an electronic data entry form, an initial content of each data field is stored. User interaction with a data field is detected, and the current content of the data field is compared to the initial content. If the content changes from its initial content, an indicator associated with the changed data field is activated. The indicator may include an icon displayed adjacent to the data field, a change in data field border, font, color, or other sensory characteristic. If a nested data field is modified, a second indicator may be activated for the nested data field. Any indicator may be deactivated if a reset function is activated, or the new data is submitted to a server or database for further action or permanent storage.

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