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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joel A Ronning, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Digital River, Inc., Edina, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380-4 ; 395186 ; 395226 ; 705 26 ; 380 49 ;
Abstract
A computer-based self-launching system associated with a software program or other digital information is provided for distributing the software program or other digital information to a potential purchaser. The self-launching system is attached to a software program or other digital information and includes the ability to launch itself when a user selects the software program or other digital information. Upon launching itself, the system unlocks the software program or other digital information in response to a purchase request.