Patents by Inventor Brett E. Peters

Brett E. Peters 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).

  • Self-service acquisition of subscriptions to online services
    Patent number: 10148665
    Abstract: A provider of a subscription-based online service provides use of the online service to an end-user of an organization. A tenant account request is received from an administrator of the organization to establish a tenant account and authorize the end-user to acquire a subscription for the end-user to use the online service directly from the provider thereof. A subscription request is then received from the end-user to acquire the subscription for the end-user to use the online service. An individual license to use the online service is then assigned to the end-user, where this license allows just the end-user to access and use the online service. This individual license is then provided to the end-user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anjali Banka, Brett E. Peters, Heng Ji, Jeffrey Lee James, Mochi Li, Timothy H. Eshelman, Matthew Jay Kotler
  • SELF-SERVICE ACQUISITION OF SUBSCRIPTIONS TO ONLINE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20170331825
    Abstract: A provider of a subscription-based online service provides use of the online service to an end-user of an organization. A tenant account request is received from an administrator of the organization to establish a tenant account and authorize the end-user to acquire a subscription for the end-user to use the online service directly from the provider thereof. A subscription request is then received from the end-user to acquire the subscription for the end-user to use the online service. An individual license to use the online service is then assigned to the end-user, where this license allows just the end-user to access and use the online service. This individual license is then provided to the end-user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Anjali Banka, Brett E. Peters, Heng Ji, Jeffrey Lee James, Mochi Li, Timothy H. Eshelman, Matthew Jay Kotler