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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:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Blaine Garst, Los Altos, CA (US);
Bertrand Serlet, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Blaine Garst, Los Altos, CA (US);
Bertrand Serlet, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for enforcing software licenses for resource libraries such as an application program interface (API), a toolkit, a framework, a runtime library, a dynamic link library (DLL), an applet (e.g., a Java or ActiveX applet), or any other reusable resource. The resource library can be used by authorized end user software programs. A 'per-program' licensing scheme for a resource library can allow a resource library to be licensed only for use with particular software programs.