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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2001
Brian Minear, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Wayne Gardner, Iii, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Stephen A. Sprigg, Poway, CA (US);
Phil Tien Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Mitchell B. Oliver, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric J. Lekven, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Brian Minear, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Wayne Gardner, III, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Stephen A. Sprigg, Poway, CA (US);
Phil Tien Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Mitchell B. Oliver, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric J. Lekven, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling software applications on one or more wireless devices where each wireless device is in selective communication with one or more application managing servers over a wireless network. Each wireless device has one or more selectively executable resident software applications and at least one software application requires a valid license for each execution, and upon the attempted execution of a software application, the wireless device determines if a license is present. If a license is not present, the wireless device selectively prompts, either automatically or at the direction of the user of the wireless device, an application managing server for transmission of a license, receives the transmitted license, and installs the license on the wireless device such that the software application is again licensed and executable.