Patents by Inventor Mohammed Zubair Ansari

Mohammed Zubair Ansari 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).

  • Purchasing of individual features of a software product
    Patent number: 8239274
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a user may, via a processing device, indicate a desire to purchase a feature of an installed software product. A purchase request may be sent to an e-commerce server, or other server. The purchase request may be validated and information concerning the software product, the feature of the software product, and the processing device may be stored. Enabling information may be sent to the processing device to enable the feature of the software product. In some embodiments, the user may request a trial of a feature of a software product before purchasing the feature. In other embodiments, the user may deactivate a purchased feature of a software product on one processing device and may activate the purchased feature of the software product on a different processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mukesh Karki, Mohammed Zubair Ansari, Yusuf Atas, Robert Ian Oliver, Serdar Unal
  • Purchasing of individual features of a software product
    Publication number: 20080172300
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a user may, via a processing device, indicate a desire to purchase a feature of an installed software product. A purchase request may be sent to an e-commerce server, or other server. The purchase request may be validated and information concerning the software product, the feature of the software product, and the processing device may be stored. Enabling information may be sent to the processing device to enable the feature of the software product. In some embodiments, the user may request a trial of a feature of a software product before purchasing the feature. In other embodiments, the user may deactivate a purchased feature of a software product on one processing device and may activate the purchased feature of the software product on a different processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mukesh Karki, Mohammed Zubair Ansari, Yusuf Atas, Robert Ian Oliver, Serdar Unal