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US 7,353,205 B2Granted
Method for causing a digital product to revert to a demo mode
AssigneeSL Patent Holdings LLC
InventorJonathan Schull
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Abstract
Software lineages arise through purchase and reproduction. Lineages are tracked by storing lineage-relevant information in variable regions of software instances and/or in a central database according to methods disclosed.
Claims4
A computer readable storage medium including computer executable code for locking a feature of a digital product, the code performing the steps of:
- enabling a first user to access a first feature of a digital product in a first context;
- passing a copy of the digital product to a second user;
- determining whether the second user attempts to access the digital product in a second context distinct from the first context;
- and
- locking the feature from the second user when the second user attempts to access the digital product in the second context, wherein locking the feature causes the digital product to revert to a demo mode.
2 more elements
A method for locking a feature of a digital product, the method comprising:
- enabling a first user to access a first feature of a digital product in a first context;
- passing a copy of the digital product to a second user;
- determining whether the second user attempts to access the digital product in a second context distinct from the first context;
- and
- locking the feature from the second user when the second user attempts to access the digital product in the second context, causing the digital product to revert to a demo mode.
2 more elements
A method for controlling access to a digital product, the method comprising:
- enabling a first user to access a first feature of a digital product in a first context;
- passing a copy of the digital product to a second user;
- determining whether the second user attempts to access the digital product in a second context distinct from the first context;
- and
- causing the digital product to revert to a demo mode when the second user attempts to access the digital product in the second context.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.