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20140084603 | DEFORMATION DRIVEN BLOCKING MECHANISM FOR AN AUTOMOBILE - An exterior handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a movable handle member and a mounting structure. The mounting structure includes a predefined fracture line or line of weakening, whereby the reinforcing structure fractures along the line of weakening in the event a large external force is applied to the reinforcing structure. The handle assembly also includes a push surface that pushes against an inertia lock lever after fracture of the reinforcing structure to thereby push the inertia lock lever into a locked position to prevent unlatching of a vehicle door. | 03-27-2014 |
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20140052557 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDEEMING A SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION WHILE DETERRING PIRACY - A method and apparatus for redeeming a software subscription while deterring piracy. The method comprises receiving a request to activate a software subscription, wherein the request comprises a redemption code and a userID; validating the redemption code; retrieving a user profile based on the userID; validating a sales region where the software subscription was purchased against a country code in the user profile; and activating the software subscription upon successful validation of the redemption code and sales region. | 02-20-2014 |
20140053277 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCTS - A method and apparatus for provisioning a subscription product is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a request for a subscription product; retrieving a profile and at least one subscription associated with the profile, wherein the at least one subscription comprises a plurality of subscription details; validating the plurality of subscription details; retrieving product data for the subscription product based on the validated subscription details; determining a dominant subscription product when there are at least two subscriptions associated with the profile; and sending the product data for the dominant subscription product, wherein the product data enables activation of a product license. | 02-20-2014 |
20140075513 | DEVICE TOKEN PROTOCOL FOR AUTHORIZATION AND PERSISTENT AUTHENTICATION SHARED ACROSS APPLICATIONS - Various techniques for providing a device token protocol for authorization and persistent authentication shared across applications are disclosed. In some embodiments, a device token protocol for authorization and persistent authentication shared across applications includes sending user credentials to a remote server to authenticate a user on a device for a plurality of applications; and receiving a device token from the remote server for the user to authenticate the user for the plurality of applications on the device, in which the device token facilitates authentication and authorization. | 03-13-2014 |
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