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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2001
Kun Zhang, Waukesha, WI (US);
Karamjeet Singh, Germantown, WI (US);
William G. Blair, Waukesha, WI (US);
Winnie C. Durbin, Dousman, WI (US);
Michael R. Minogue, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kun Zhang, Waukesha, WI (US);
Karamjeet Singh, Germantown, WI (US);
William G. Blair, Waukesha, WI (US);
Winnie C. Durbin, Dousman, WI (US);
Michael R. Minogue, Milwaukee, WI (US);
GE Medical Technology Services, Inc., Pewaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided that remotely grants limited access and permits use of resident software options in accordance with terms consistent with an access grant. The invention includes receiving an access request from a user to access a software option resident in memory of a device, determining whether to grant access in response to the request, and generating an access grant in response to a qualified access request that is transmitted from a centralized facility to a remote device to automatically enable access to the option.