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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Xuejun Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Katherine Koch Nadell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Li-qian Liu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Nobuo Griffin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vivek Misra, San Jose, CA (US);
Shyam Sunder Vijay, Fremont, CA (US);
Xuejun Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Katherine Koch Nadell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Li-qian Liu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Nobuo Griffin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vivek Misra, San Jose, CA (US);
Shyam Sunder Vijay, Fremont, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, an apparatus and a system perform software deactivation based on a deactivation time period. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a communication from a first client machine to deactivate a license of a software product that was previously activated on the first client machine. The method also includes determining a specified time period of deactivation. The method includes deactivating the license of the software product from the first client machine responsive to a determination that the license was previously activated on the first client machine during the specified time period of deactivation.