Patents by Inventor Daniel S. Ferrante

Daniel S. Ferrante 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).

  • License management method and system
    Patent number: 6915278
    Abstract: Improved license management system and method for a convertible floating license for software that permit conversion from one license state to a second license state to permit authorized license use and management thereof while the user and/or client computer is alternately connected and disconnected from a network having a server computer and license management software thereon for managing and controlling the authorized use of licensed software to a multiplicity of computers and/or users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Borland Software Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel S. Ferrante, Jereminh Matthew Lott