Patents by Inventor Martijn Van der Schaaf

Martijn Van der Schaaf 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).

  • Publication number: 20240086499
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for monitoring software items using a generated contract, the method including: transmitting a quote for viewing on a computing device associated with a first person, wherein the quote includes a list of software items included in a transaction; in response to receiving an approval of the quote by the first person, generating a contract governing the transaction by: extracting the list of software items from the quote; retrieving software item information for each of the list of software items; determining, based on the software item information and for inclusion in the contract, usage conditions that the first person has to comply with to access software items in the list of software items; and monitoring compliance with the usage conditions using the contract; and in response to detecting non-compliance, blocking access to a corresponding software item in the list of software items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Martijn Van der Schaaf
  • Publication number: 20240061909
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for managing software item access. A method may include: monitoring usage of a plurality of software items distributed over a network of computing devices; identifying a contract for the network governing the usage of the plurality of software items, wherein the contract includes a plurality of usage conditions that the network has to comply with to access the plurality of software items; determining whether a discrepancy between an adjustable usage condition of the plurality of usage conditions and the usage of the plurality of software items by the network exists; in response to determining that the discrepancy exists, generating a new usage condition based on historic usage condition parameters and the usage of the plurality of software items; updating the contract with the new usage condition; and managing access to the plurality of software items by the network based on the updated contract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Martijn Van der Schaaf
  • Publication number: 20240062221
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for managing software item access. A method may include: monitoring usage of a plurality of software items distributed over a network of computing devices; identifying a first software item that is being actively used on a first computing device; identifying a contract for the network governing the usage of the plurality of software items, wherein the contract includes at least one usage condition that the first computing device has to comply with to access the first software item of the plurality of software items; determining whether a discrepancy between the at least one usage condition in the contract and the active usage of the first software item exists; and in response to determining that the discrepancy exists, adjusting parameters of the active usage of the first software item on the first computing device to comply with the at least one usage condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Martijn Van der Schaaf, Serg Bell, Stanislav Protasov