Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090326964 | EXTENSIBLE AGENT-BASED LICENSE STRUCTURE - An extensible licensing system is described that allows modification of the way a product is licensed by third parties after the product has been released. The third party provides a licensing agent that includes a user interface that supplants the user interface for licensing provided by the application. The system invokes the third party licensing agent to obtain licensing information from the user. The system receives licensing information from the licensing agent and allows the application to function using the licensing information. Thus, a third party can create a seamless licensing experience where the user performs licensing steps for one or more applications through the third party's integrated user interface. | 12-31-2009 |
20100318985 | CONTEXTUAL DISCOVERY OF VALUE-ADDED COMPONENTS - Embodiments of methods and systems of providing contextual discovery of value-added components or add-ins of an application are disclosed. In conjunction with a startup of the application, indicators for each available value-added component for the application may be contextually displayed on a user interface of a first computing device, where the indicators are undifferentiated based on installation status of the value-added components. Upon a user selection of a particular value-added component that is not currently installed, the value-added component may be obtained from a second computing device and may be installed. The end-user is thus provided with an integrated seamless, contextual discovery and installation of desired value-added components on an as-needed basis. The methods and systems may be based on varying levels of permission, and may be performed for sub-components of value-added components. | 12-16-2010 |
20130198856 | USER BASED LICENSING FOR APPLICATIONS - A method, system, and computer-readable storage media for providing user based licensing of an application are provided herein. The method includes receiving user log-in information from a computing device at a licensing service in response to an input by a user and providing a license for an application to the computing device, wherein the license includes device specific information associated with the user. The method also includes activating the application on the computing device using the device specific information. | 08-01-2013 |
20140380142 | CAPTURING WEBSITE CONTENT THROUGH CAPTURE SERVICES - Website content curation can be performed through a capture service receiving a clipping of a web page rendered in a web browser. A clipping of at least a portion of the web page can be sent to multiple applications. The source of the clip can remain intact and be provided as part of the clipping. When a region of the web page is selected for a clip to one or more of multiple available applications, the clip can include an extended portion outside of a region specifically selected as the clip. A preview experience can be provided in which the clipping can be viewed and edited. | 12-25-2014 |
20150186625 | USER BASED LICENSING FOR APPLICATIONS - A method, system, and computer-readable storage media for providing user based licensing of an application are provided herein. The method includes receiving user log-in information from a computing device at a licensing service in response to an input by a user and providing a license for an application to the computing device, wherein the license includes device specific information associated with the user. The method also includes activating the application on the computing device using the device specific information. | 07-02-2015 |
20150193605 | USER BASED LICENSING FOR APPLICATIONS - A method, system, and computer-readable storage media for providing user based licensing of an application are provided herein. The method includes receiving user log-in information from a computing device at a licensing service in response to an input by a user and providing a license for an application to the computing device, wherein the license includes device specific information associated with the user. The method also includes activating the application on the computing device using the device specific information. | 07-09-2015 |
20150193606 | USER BASED LICENSING FOR APPLICATIONS - A method, system, and computer-readable storage media for providing user based licensing of an application are provided herein. The method includes receiving user log-in information from a computing device at a licensing service in response to an input by a user and providing a license for an application to the computing device, wherein the license includes device specific information associated with the user. The method also includes activating the application on the computing device using the device specific information. | 07-09-2015 |
20150193607 | USER BASED LICENSING FOR APPLICATIONS - A method, system, and computer-readable storage media for providing user based licensing of an application are provided herein. The method includes receiving user log-in information from a computing device at a licensing service in response to an input by a user and providing a license for an application to the computing device, wherein the license includes device specific information associated with the user. The method also includes activating the application on the computing device using the device specific information. | 07-09-2015 |
20150193897 | USER BASED LICENSING FOR APPLICATIONS - A method, system, and computer-readable storage media for providing user based licensing of an application are provided herein. The method includes receiving user log-in information from a computing device at a licensing service in response to an input by a user and providing a license for an application to the computing device, wherein the license includes device specific information associated with the user. The method also includes activating the application on the computing device using the device specific information. | 07-09-2015 |