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Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2006
Applicants:

Shyam Sunder Vijay, Fremont, CA (US);

Digby Grant Horner, San Jose, CA (US);

Xuejun Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Li-qian Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shyam Sunder Vijay, Fremont, CA (US);

Digby Grant Horner, San Jose, CA (US);

Xuejun Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Li-qian Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system receives a serial number for software to be installed on a computer system and decodes the serial number to identify a license type associated with the software. The system obtains a license configuration corresponding to the license type associated with the software and communicates with a licensing server based on the license configuration for production of an authorization code to allow operation of the software on a computer system. The system receives an authorization code from the licensing server allowing operation of the software on the computer system.


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