Patents by Inventor Alessio Presciutti

Alessio Presciutti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of controlling use of digitally encoded products
    Patent number: 7069595
    Abstract: A method (400) of controlling use of a software product (or equivalent digitally encoded products) on a data processing system of a customer by a supplier of the product. The method includes the steps of monitoring (433–447) operation of the customer system for detecting a condition of use of the product (such as the number of end-users running the product simultaneously), providing (450–462) reconciliation information indicative of the detected condition of use over a corresponding period of time to a data processing system of the supplier (for example periodically sending a corresponding message through the INTERNET), and updating (471–480) licensing information stored on the supplier system and indicative of a licensing condition of the product according to the reconciliation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Giorgio Cognigni, Alessio Presciutti
  • Method of controlling use of digitally encoded products
    Publication number: 20020138745
    Abstract: A method (400) of controlling use of a software product (or equivalent digitally encoded products) on a data processing system of a customer by a supplier of the product. The method includes the steps of monitoring (433-447) operation of the customer system for detecting a condition of use of the product (such as the number of end-users running the product simultaneously), providing (450-462) reconciliation information indicative of the detected condition of use over a corresponding period of time to a data processing system of the supplier (for example periodically sending a corresponding message through the INTERNET), and updating (471-480) licensing information stored on the supplier system and indicative of a licensing condition of the product according to the reconciliation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Giorgio Cognigni, Alessio Presciutti