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`INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT
`international Apputcanon no
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`on ,,,Q Q, ,,,,,,1,
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`I. CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECI MATTER (if sevaal classification symhols apply, indicate all)‘
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`According to International Patent Classlfiutlotu (IPQ or to both National Classification and [PC
`Int.Cl.
`5 G06F1/00
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`U. FIELDS SEARCHED
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`Minimum Documentation Sardtefl
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`Classification Sytnhols
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`to the Extent that such Documents are Included in the Fields Su.rehed'
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`III. DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE REL!-IVANT9
`Category " |
`Citation of Doeumetut. U with indiution, whee appropriate, of the relevant passages ‘3
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`Relevant to Claim No.“
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`EP,A,O 332 304 (OIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION)
`13 September 1989
`cited in the application
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`25,30
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`‘A’ document defining the general state of the art which is not
`consider!‘ m In ‘If PING!" man“
`'E' arlier document but puhlished on or after the lntanational
`filung date
`'L' docutmt _whlch may throw douhts_on priority claim(s) or
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`other mans
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`Iater than the priority date dainud
`IV. JR'l'IFlCA'I'lOl\'
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`Iiation but
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`-x- damn‘ Hf “Nah, "lune: me dam“ invfinn
`unnot be considered novel or annot be considered to
`involve an inventive step
`'Y' document of partlcnhr relevance; the claimed lnvuttlon
`tannot be consldaed to involve an inveu-utive step when the
`document is mmhined with one or more other such docu-
`ments. such mmhinatlon hdng obvious to a pawn skilled
`in W "'-
`'&' document member of the same patent family
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`Date of the Actual Complaion of the International Sarch
`09 SEPTEMBER 1992
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`Date of Malling of this International Surch Report
`1 7, [ya 92
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`International Sarching Authority
`EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
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`Signature of Authorized Officer
`WEISS P.
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`Fem PCTI1SARt0t|n:nd Ihnet|(J-nary 1915)
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. — Exhibit 1024, p. 5013
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Exhibit 1024, p. 5013
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`(CONTINUED FROM THE SECOND SEED
`m. DOCUNIEANTS CONSDERED TO BE RHEVANT
`Category ‘'
`Cnarinn nf Docmum. with indiation, when appropriate. of the nlevanl pasags
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`1 January 1989, NEW YORK US
`vol. 31, no. 8,
`‘METHOD FOR MANAGING
`pages 195 - 198;
`CLIENT/SERVER RELATIONSHIP IN THE AIX OPERATING
`SYSTEM‘
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` IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN.
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`Fun PC'I'IISAi210 Inn 0-!) (liq IIJI
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Exhibit 1024, p. 5014
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`ANNEX TO THE INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT
`ON INTERNATIONAL PATENT APPLICATION N0. 3 9203§é§57
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`This um Est: the pltfllt fumily Inunhu-I ranting to the punt douunam dad in the above-menfinned inn:-national ward: upon.
`The manner: nn 3: contained in the European Patcnt Oflice EDP file on
`‘nae hwupean Pntmt Olin: is in no way liable for the putiaxlars whidl Ire Inudy givu: for thc punaoa ofinformalion. 09/09/92
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`PCT
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`International Bureau
`WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
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`IN”.-I'ERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT)
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`(51) Illtemfimlnal Patent 0355159350“ 5 3
`G061? 11/349 H041’ 9/00
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`_(1l) Intemalional Publication Number:
`(43) International Publication Date:
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`.. WO 93/01550
`2”] .lanuar'y 19-93 (2l.01.9_3)
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`(81) Designated States: AT, AU, BB, BG, BR, CA, CH, CS,
`DE, DK. ES, FL GB, HU. JP. KP. KR. 1-«K. LU. MG.
`MN, MW, NL, NO, PL, RO, RU, SD, SE, European pa-
`tent (AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LU,
`MC, NL SE), OAPI patent (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM,
`GA, GN, ML, MR, SN, TD, TG).
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`Published
`With international search report.
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`(21) International Application Number:
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`PCT/US92/05387
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`(22) International Filing Date:
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`30 June 1992 (30.06.92)
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`(30) Priority data:
`724,180
`907,934
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`1 July 1991 (0l.07.91)
`29 June 1992 (29.06.92)
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`US
`US
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`INC. [US/US];
`(71) Applicant: INFOLOGIC SOFTWARE,
`1223 Peoples Avenue, Suite 5405, Troy, NY 12180 (US).
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`(72) Inventor: GRISWOLD, Gary, N.
`Schenectady, NY 12309 (US).
`
`; 1937 Regent Street,
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`(54) Title: LICENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
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`At Licensee's Site
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`(57) Abstract
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`A license management system and method for recording (6) the use of licensed product (1), and for controlling (4) its use.
`A licensed product invokes a license check monitor (2) at regular time ‘intervals. The monitor generates request datagrams (3)
`which identifiy the licensee and the product and sends the request datagrams over a communications facility to a license control
`system (4). The license control system maintains arecord (6) of the received datagrams, and compares the received datagrams to .
`' data stored in its licensee database (5). Consequently, the license control system (4) transmits reply datagrams with either a denial
`or an approval message. The monitor (2) generates its own denial message if its request datagrams are unanswered after a prede-
`termined interval of time. The datagrams are counted at the control system to provide billing information.
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`Field of the Invention
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`The present
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`invention generally relates
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`to
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`systems for managing licenses of products such as
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`computer software, video games, CD-ROM information,
`movies and other video products, music and other audio
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`products, multimedia products, and other systems for
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`up—to-date
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`recording of actual usage of
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`such a
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`licensed product to enable efficient billing therefor.
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`Licenses
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`‘information
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`products
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`such
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`as
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`computer software, music, video products and the like
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`usually provide licensees with limited rights.
`The
`licenses may restrict sites of use, duration of use,
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`The
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`licenses also may
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`limit "the use of
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`the products
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`depending won currentness of
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`licensee's payments.
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`However, enforcing the conditions of the licenses is
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`20_ difficult, because,
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`in general,
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`the licensed products
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`may be easily copied or "pirated" and used without the
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`licensor's knowledge.
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`Compliance with limited license rights has been
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`encouraged with copy protection.
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`Known methods of
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`physical hole or mark on.the diskette containing a
`product, or placing data on the diskette in a location
`where no data is expected.
`A disk with an illegally
`copied software product usually would not contain the
`5 marks. At the beginning of its operation,
`a. copy-
`protected, but illegally copied software product would
`search its own diskette for the marks. Upon failing
`to detect the marks, the software would abort from its
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`normal procedures.
`Most software products sold today do not have
`such copy protection, partly because copy protection
`renders
`legitimate duplication of
`copy protected
`" software difficult,
`but
`not
`impossible.
`Copy
`protection frustrates the making of legitimate copies,
`15 while not eliminating unauthorized copying.
`Many
`software publishers have experienced higher sales by
`eliminating copy protection schemes.
`Another method for enforcing limited licensing
`rights of computer
`software is described in U.S.
`patent No. 4,932,054 to Chou. Chou describes a "coded
`filter“ hardware device which is plugged into a port
`of
`a
`computer.
`The
`“coded
`filter“ outputs
`an
`authorization control
`code when
`a predetermined
`control code is sent
`to it.
`The licensed software
`functions properly only
`if
`the
`"coded
`filter"
`transmits the correct authorization control code to
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`the software.
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`While devices such as described by Chou have
`existed for several years,
`they have not been well
`accepted by the market. Since the device is attached
`to the outside of a computer, it can easily be lost or
`stolen, preventing the use of licensed software.
`In
`addition, if a licensee purchased a number of software
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`products, each of which used Chou's protection scheme,
`the licensee would collect a stack of "coded'filters."
`Hershey,
`in U.S. patent No. 4,924,378, describes”
`a method for limiting the number of concurrent uses of
`a licensed software product.
`Each workstation of a
`network has a
`license storage area in its local
`memory. License Management System (LMS) daemons are
`provided in the network in a number corresponding to
`the permissible number of concurrent uses of
`the
`software product. To use the software, a work station
`stores a daemon in its license storage area.
`If all
`daemons are in use, no further work stations may use
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`the software.
`in U.S. patent No. 4,937,863,
`Robert et al.,
`describe a similar invention. This invention "includes
`a-
`license management
`facility which
`accesses
`a
`database of license information related to licensed
`computer software programs. When a user attempts to
`use
`a
`licensed program,
`the
`license management
`facility first” checks the database. Access to the
`licensed product is prevented if licensing conditions
`related to the product are not satisfied (e.g..,
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`expiration of licensing dates, etc).
`while the Robert et al. and Hershey patents show" "
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`effective techniques for controlling licensed computer
`software, each also reveals components that cannot be
`easily managed by an average user. A..system manager,
`or
`someone with special access. privileges to the
`internals of a machine, must
`install
`the licensed
`software.
`This hinders
`the distribution of
`the
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`software.
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`Licensable products. other than computer software
`have not generally been copy-protected. For example,
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`video tapes can be easily. copied by anyone with two
`VCR machines, and audio tapes and music CDs can be
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`easily copied to tape. Computer CD-ROMS can be copied
`to magnetic disk; however,
`their
`large information
`storage capacity relative to that of magnetic disks
`makes
`this
`a
`very
`expensive proposition.
`The
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`introduction of digital audio tape is being delayed,
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`because some view its ability to easily produce very
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`high quality copies as a threat to music royalties.
`Hellman,
`in U.S. patent No. 4,658,093, describes
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`means to bill by usage.
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`This is accomplished via
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`communication of an encrypted authorization code from
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`a licensor to a base unit at the licensee's site. The
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`information
`encrypted authorization code contains
`related to an identification of
`the base unit,
`a
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`number of uses
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`requested,
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`and
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`a random or non-
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`implementation of Hellman's
`repeating number; however,
`scheme requires a "base unit", such as
`a computer,
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`record player, video recorder, or
`video game unit,
`video disk player, with a unique
`identification
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`number.
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`The requirement
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`is difficult
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`to satisfy,
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`because, at
`the present, only a
`fraction of
`such
`systems on the market have an internally readable
`serial
`number
`for
`identification.
`In addition,
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`vendors of these systems provide no guarantees for the
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`number.
`any given device's serial
`uniqueness of
`Furthermore, an internal serial number can change when
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`hardware maintenance
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`is performed on
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`the device.
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`Also, He11man's approach requires that an identical
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`the
`each software product be stored at
`copy of
`authorization site.
`These copies are used in the
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`The unstated assumption
`generation of unique keys.
`that all copies of a specific version of a software
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`product are identical is unrealistic.» Minor-bug fixes
`to software are often made without generating a new
`version of the product. Also, some software products,
`such as those which run on Macintosh computers, are
`self-modifying.
`'
`e While Hellman's invention counts each use of the
`software, it does not monitor the duration of use.
`Thus, Hellman's system would not be able to bill for
`extensive use of
`licensed software if the software
`10 _ were continuously operated.
`Finally, while Hellman
`suggests the inclusion of an automated communication
`system as part of his invention, he does not disclose
`how this communication system could be implemented.
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`Instead, he mentions noneautomated use of telephone
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`and mail.
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`In summary, Hellman's patent
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`is an
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`interesting discussion of cryptographic techniques,
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`but
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`it does not provide a practical,
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`real-world
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`_
`implementation of those techniques.
`Shear,
`in U.s. Patent No. 4,977,594, describes a
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`system and‘ method to meter usage of distributed
`databases
`such
`as
`CD-ROM systems.
`The method
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`I
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`describes a hardware module which must be part of the
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`to access the distributed database.
`computer used;
`This module retains records of the information viewed.
`once the module storage is filled, the module must be
`removed and delivered to someone who will charge for
`the usage recorded therein and set the module back to
`zero usage.
`Like Hellman's method,
`this method
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`requires a hardware module which must be incorporated
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`30 within the computer so the system can control user
`access.
`No database publisher will be able to use
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`this method until there are a very large number of
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`units containing such modules. Hardware manufacturers
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`will be hesitant to include the module in the design
`of their computers until there is sufficient demand
`from customers or publishers for this system.
`The
`method
`and
`apparatus
`according
`to the present
`invention can be implemented entirely in software and
`hence does not require special, dedicated computer
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`subsystems.
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`SUMMARY OF THE LQEQEION
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`invention to
`the present
`It is an object of
`10 - provide a license management system and method which
`can ensure that a licensed product is used only on
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`machines under which it is licensed.
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`It is another object of the present invention to
`provide a license management system and method which
`may terminate access to a licensed product once its
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`license has expired.
`It is yet another object of the present invention
`to provide a
`license management system and method
`which may terminate access to a licensed product when
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`payment for a license is overdue.
`It is a further object of the present invention to
`provide a license management system and method which
`can limit the number of concurrent uses of a licensed
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`product.
`It is yet another object of the present invention
`to provide a license management system and method
`which can bill licensees for the duration of actual
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`usage of a licensed product.
`The present
`invention provides an advantageous
`feature of quickly and
`effectively implementing
`license agreements between a licensor and licensee.
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`The
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`present
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`invention
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`provides " another
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`advantageous feature of allowing logic used to control_
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`licenses to be easily changed.
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`The present
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`invention provides yet
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`another
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`advantageous feature of detecting, at the licensor's
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`site, many types of attempts to alter the license
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`management system.
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`a
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`further
`a
`provides
`invention
`present
`The
`advantageous
`feature of permitting anyone without
`special
`access privileges
`to install
`a
`licensed
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`product.
`licensed product
`a
`invention,
`In the present
`generates request "datagrams," messages transmitted
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`over a communications network. The request datagrams.
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`are sent to the licensor's site. At
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`the licensor's
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`site the datagram is compared to information stored in
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`a license database. After the comparison, a reply
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`datagram is sent to the licensee. Upon receiving the
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`reply datagram,
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`the
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`licensed product
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`reacts
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`in
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`accordance with the instructions therewithin.
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`For
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`example if a reply datagram contained a "denial," the
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`licensed product would display an appropriate message
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`to the user and then suspend further execution of its
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`programs.
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`_
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`In the present
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`invention,
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`the licensed product
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`is implemented on a network node attached to a
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`communications network-
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`that
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`includes the licensor.
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`The network node may he a computer, a CD-ROM player,
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`a tele-computer or other multimedia machine, or any
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`other appropriate device.
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`The node may also be an
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`intelligent type of consumer electronic device used
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`such as an intelligent
`for presenting information,
`television, VCR. Videodisk player, music CD player,
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`telephone or other similar device.
`audio tape player,
`Further,
`the communications network may be’ any two-
`way network such as a computer network,
`telephone
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`network,
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`a cellular
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`telephone
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`network or _other
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`5 wireless network, a two-way cable TV network, or any
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`other equivalent system.
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`Should the user detach the node from the network,
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`the licensed product will
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`fail
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`to receive reply
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`Upon several failures to receive reply
`datagrams.
`datagrams, the licensed product will generate its own
`denial.
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`After a request datagram has been sent out, a
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`user may be permitted to use the licensed product for
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`a limited duration.
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`This feature may be necessary
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`because of the delays in network communications. when
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`networks are sufficiently fast, use of a licensed
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`product can be postponed until the reply datagram is
`received.
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`In the preferred embodiment of
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`the present
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`invention,
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`licensees‘ network addresses are used to
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`identify the licensees.
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`other embodiments may use a
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`licensed product serial number or hardware serial
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`numbers for the identification.
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`A licensed product as in the present
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`invention
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`generates a request datagram after each period of
`product use. The number of request datagrams received
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`by the licensor can be used to bill the licensee. For
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`example,
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`if datagrams are sent after every hour of
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`product use,
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`the licensee will be billed for the
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`amount equal
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`to the number of
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`request datagrams
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`received by the licensor multiplied by the hourly
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`rate.
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`invention may
`the present‘
`The embodiments of
`incorporate a query system at a licensor"s site for
`reporting on problem datagrams. This would allow the
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`licensors to take appropriate actions in accordance
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`5 with problems associated with each datagram.
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`ERIE]? DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING§
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`These and other objects and advantages of this
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`invention will become more apparent and more readily
`appreciated from the following detailed description
`of the presently preferred exemplary embodiment of the
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`invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying
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`drawings, of which:
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`the
`is a general block diagram of
`FIGURE 1
`preferred exemplary
`embodiment
`of
`the
`present
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`invention;
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`FIGURE 2
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`shows representative diagrams of
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`the
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`contents
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`and formats of data at
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`licensee's site,
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`contained in datagrams, and at licensor's site;
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`FIGURE 3 illustrates a sequence of representative
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`operations executed at the licensee's site and at the
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`licensor's site, together with required inputs for the
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`execution of the operations and with outputs produced
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`therefrom;
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`FIGURE 4 illustrates a sequence of representative
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`operations to send a request datagram,
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`together with
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`required inputs for the execution of the operations
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`and with outputs produced therefrom;
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`FIGURE 5 illustrates a sequence of representative
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`operations when a reply datagram is overdue, together
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`30' with required inputs
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`for
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`the
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`execution of
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`the
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`«operations and with outputs produced therefrom;
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`FIGURE 6
`shows
`a
`sequence of
`representative
`operations to process a reply datagram,
`together with
`required inputs for the execution of
`the operations
`and with outputs produced therefrom;
`_
`FIGURE 7
`shows
`a
`sequence of
`representative
`operations to generate an authorization code, together
`with required inputs
`for
`the
`execution of
`the
`operations and with outputs produced therefrom; and
`FIGURE 8
`shows
`a
`sequence of
`representative
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`together with
`operations to send a reply datagram,
`required inputs for the execution of the operations
`and with outputs produced therefrom.
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`PRES
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`DETAILED DESCRIEEION OF THE
`Y PREFERRED EXEHPLARY EMBODIMENT
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`is
`As shown in FIGURE 1, a licensed product 1
`located at a licensee's site. Product 1 may include
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`a data portion 1B and a functional portion 1A such as
`computer
`software product or
`any other kind of
`information product used to control use of data
`portion 18.
`If data portion 18 is CD-ROM database
`information, functional portion 1A should enable the
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`licensee to search indexes and display text.
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`If data
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`portion 1B is video information, functional portion 1A
`should control the display of the video information.
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`For audio information,
`functional portion 1A should
`play the audio information.
`If data portion 1B is an
`electronic book, functional portion 1A should display
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`The above examples show some of the
`and turn pages.
`ways functional portion 1A can control data portion
`1B; however,
`they are hardly exhaustive.
`By including in product 1 both information and
`software which controls the information, product 1 is
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`an executable product. Ron-software information in
`product 1 is preferably encrypted so that it cannot
`be easily extracted,from the product.
`License check monitor 2 sends license datagrams
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`3 to the licensor and also receives license datagrams
`3
`from the licensor.
`license check monitor 2 also
`prevents further use of product 1 when a datagram 3
`containing a "denial" message is received.
`License datagrams 3 are messages that describe
`information related to the use of licensed product 1.
`Datagrams 3 are sent over a communications network
`between the licensee and licensor.
`Initially,
`the
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`licensee sends a request datagram 3 over the network
`to the licensor.
`The licensor then returns a reply
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`It
`datagram containing either an approval or denial.
`is also possible to implement the present invention by
`y having the licensor transmit a reply datagram only for
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`approvals.
`At the licensor's site,
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`license control system 4
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`makes
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`licensing decisions
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`by
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`comparing
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`request
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`the
`After
`datagram 3 with license records 5.
`information
`comparison,
`control
`system 4 [stores
`related to request datagram 3 into history of license
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`datagram record 6.
`It is noted that request datagrams
`3 are periodically sent while product
`1 is in use.
`Thus,
`the history of license datagrams in record 6
`provides means for measuring the duration of use of
`product 1.
`A
`Representations of data and records stored at the
`licensee's site, contained in datagrams, and stored at
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`the licensor's site_are illustrated in FIGURE 2. At
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`the licensee's site, network service 7, which handles
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`delivery and transmission of datagrams 3, supplies
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`network address 8.
`control
`system 4
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`It is by this address that license
`identifies a
`location of use of
`
`10
`
`product 1.
`is contained within
`record 9
`Licensed product
`5 monitor 2. Within the license product record 9 is an
`identification record 10, which contains the following
`two items: licensor's network address 11, and product
`model number 12 that
`identifies pr