Inventors:
Lazar Ivanov - Seattle WA, US
Ravi Pandya - Clyde Hill WA, US
Yue Liu - Issaquah WA, US
Muthukrishnan Paramasivam - Seattle WA, US
Caglar Gunyakti - Sammamish WA, US
Dongmei Gui - Redmond WA, US
Scott Hsu - Redmond WA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06Q 99/00
Abstract:
A flexible use licensing system for an application comprising a plurality of licensable products is provided comprising an application level product policy definition license, and a licensable product policy definition license corresponding to each licensable product. The flexible use license further comprises a rights account certificate for validating the use license against a variety of environmental conditions, and an external validation component for validating the use license at a licensing authority without the transmittal of the entire use license.
