Patents by Inventor Katherine Koch Nadell

Katherine Koch Nadell 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).

  • Software deactivation based on a deactivation time period
    Patent number: 8479307
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a system perform software deactivation based on a deactivation time period. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a communication from a first client machine to deactivate a license of a software product that was previously activated on the first client machine. The method also includes determining a specified time period of deactivation. The method includes deactivating the license of the software product from the first client machine responsive to a determination that the license was previously activated on the first client machine during the specified time period of deactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Xuejun Xu, Katherine Koch Nadell, Li-qian Liu, Nobuo Griffin, Vivek Misra, Shyam Sunder Vijay
  • Software deactivation based on a deactivation time period
    Patent number: 7900246
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a system perform software deactivation based on a deactivation time period. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a communication from a first client machine to deactivate a license of a software product that was previously activated on the first client machine. The method also includes determining a specified time period of deactivation. The method includes deactivating the license of the software product from the first client machine responsive to a determination that the license was previously activated on the first client machine during the specified time period of deactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Xuejun Xu, Katherine Koch Nadell, Li-qian Liu, Nobuo Griffin, Vivek Misra, Shyam Sunder Vijay