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US07908662B2 System and method for auditing software usage 有权
用于审核软件使用的系统和方法

  • Patent Title: System and method for auditing software usage
  • Patent Title (中): 用于审核软件使用的系统和方法
  • Application No.: US12140917
    Application Date: 2008-06-17
  • Publication No.: US07908662B2
    Publication Date: 2011-03-15
  • Inventor: Ric B. Richardson
  • Applicant: Ric B. Richardson
  • Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
  • Assignee: Uniloc U.S.A., Inc.
  • Current Assignee: Uniloc U.S.A., Inc.
  • Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
  • Agent Sean D. Burdick
  • Main IPC: H04L9/32
  • IPC: H04L9/32
System and method for auditing software usage
Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for auditing and selectively restricting software usage based on, for example, software copy counts or execution counts. In one embodiment, the method comprises verifying whether the serial number for a software installed on a computing device corresponds to one of recognized serial numbers, and calculating a copy count (or software execution count) for the serial number. In response to the copy count exceeding a defined upper limit, a limited unlock key may be sent to the device. The limited unlock key may allow the software to be executed on the device for a defined time period, a defined number of executions, and/or with at least one feature of the software disabled.
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