Patents by Inventor Scott W. P. Hsu

Scott W. P. Hsu 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).

  • Supplementary trust model for software licensing/commercial digital distribution policy
    Patent number: 8091142
    Abstract: A flexible use licensing system for an application comprising a plurality of licensable products is provided comprising an application level product policy definition license, and a licensable product policy definition license corresponding to each licensable product. The flexible use license further comprises a rights account certificate for validating the use license against a variety of environmental conditions, and an external validation component for validating the use license at a licensing authority without the transmittal of the entire use license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yeu Liu, Ravi Pandya, Lazar Ivanov, Muthukrishnan Paramasivam, Caglar Gunyakti, Dongmei Gui, Scott W. P. Hsu