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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2005
Yeu Liu, Issaquah, WA (US);
Ravi Pandya, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Lazar Ivanov, Seattle, WA (US);
Muthukrishnan Paramasivam, Seattle, WA (US);
Caglar Gunyakti, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dongmei Gui, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott W. P. Hsu, Redmond, WA (US);
Yeu Liu, Issaquah, WA (US);
Ravi Pandya, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Lazar Ivanov, Seattle, WA (US);
Muthukrishnan Paramasivam, Seattle, WA (US);
Caglar Gunyakti, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dongmei Gui, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott W. P. Hsu, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A flexible use licensing system for an application comprising a plurality of licensable products is provided comprising an application level product policy definition license, and a licensable product policy definition license corresponding to each licensable product. The flexible use license further comprises a rights account certificate for validating the use license against a variety of environmental conditions, and an external validation component for validating the use license at a licensing authority without the transmittal of the entire use license.