Patents by Inventor Steven F. Southworth

Steven F. Southworth 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).

  • Dynamic software licensing and purchase architecture
    Publication number: 20040267590
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and data processing system for supporting application-generic licensing and purchasing of software in an intranet or internet in disclosed. A client license application resides on a client computer. The client license application cooperates with a software delivery server to install new software. The software delivery server uses a resource discovery protocol to identify software applications meeting requirements of the client license application. The software delivery server initiates the purchase of licenses at a purchase server and the installation of the software on the client computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Kingsley Clark, Julie Louise Gilbreath, Theodore Jack London Shrader, Steven F. Southworth