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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2007
Mukesh Karki, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mohammed Zubair Ansari, Kirkland, WA (US);
Yusuf Atas, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Ian Oliver, Issaquah, WA (US);
Serdar Unal, Redmond, WA (US);
Mukesh Karki, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mohammed Zubair Ansari, Kirkland, WA (US);
Yusuf Atas, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Ian Oliver, Issaquah, WA (US);
Serdar Unal, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, a user may, via a processing device, indicate a desire to purchase a feature of an installed software product. A purchase request may be sent to an e-commerce server, or other server. The purchase request may be validated and information concerning the software product, the feature of the software product, and the processing device may be stored. Enabling information may be sent to the processing device to enable the feature of the software product. In some embodiments, the user may request a trial of a feature of a software product before purchasing the feature. In other embodiments, the user may deactivate a purchased feature of a software product on one processing device and may activate the purchased feature of the software product on a different processing device.