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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Xiaoxi Tan, Issaquah, WA (US);
Caglar Gunyakti, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ravindra Nath Pandya, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Aidan T. Hughes, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kristjan Hatlelid, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yue Liu, Issaquah, WA (US);
Xiaoxi Tan, Issaquah, WA (US);
Caglar Gunyakti, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ravindra Nath Pandya, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Aidan T. Hughes, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kristjan Hatlelid, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yue Liu, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for reactivation of software products includes activating a first software product associated with a reactivation policy group. A hardware identifier derived from the computer hardware configuration is bound with the first software product activation. A second software product is activated having an associated reactivation binding list. Reactivation is requested for the first software product and an updated hardware identifier is associated with a reactivation policy group of the first software product. The second software product may be spared the request for reactivation if the second product can be associated with the reactivation of the first software product given the binding list is compatible with the reactivation policy group.