Patents by Inventor Anil Bazaz

Anil Bazaz 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).

  • Version-based software product activation
    Patent number: 9092598
    Abstract: A software license for a particular version of a software product on a computing device includes both a branding identifier that identifies the particular version of the software product and component dependency information that identifies one or more aspects of the particular version of the software product. To activate a software product on the computing device, the branding identifier is compared to a portion of the software product on the computing device. If the branding identifier matches the portion of the software product, then the component dependency information is compared to one or more aspects of the software product on the computing device. If the component dependency information matches the one or more aspects of the software product then the software product is activated. Otherwise, the a license state of the software product is kept unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wen-Pin Scott Hsu, Tarik Soulami, Richard S. Eizenhoefer, Ning Zhang, Anil Bazaz, Thomas J. Layson, Josue L Noriega de la Vega
  • VERSION-BASED SOFTWARE PRODUCT ACTIVATION
    Publication number: 20110030062
    Abstract: A software license for a particular version of a software product on a computing device includes both a branding identifier that identifies the particular version of the software product and component dependency information that identifies one or more aspects of the particular version of the software product. To activate a software product on the computing device, the branding identifier is compared to a portion of the software product on the computing device. If the branding identifier matches the portion of the software product, then the component dependency information is compared to one or more aspects of the software product on the computing device. If the component dependency information matches the one or more aspects of the software product then the software product is activated. Otherwise, the a license state of the software product is kept unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Pin Scott Hsu, Tarik Soulami, Richard S. Eizenhoefer, Ning Zhang, Anil Bazaz, Thomas J. Layson, Josue L. Noriega de la Vega