Patents by Inventor Surender Mohan

Surender Mohan 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).

  • Determining authorized use of a software application
    Patent number: 7849511
    Abstract: A user may enable features of a software application installed on a processing device only when the processing device is at a location for which the processing device is authorized to use the software application. If the processing device is offline, the processing device may refer to data in a component of the processing device to determine whether the data includes an authorized value. If processing device determines that the data has the authorized value, then the features of the installed software application may be enabled. In some embodiments, data with respect to unauthorized use of the software application may be recorded. In other embodiments, a determination may be made regarding whether a processing device, associated with an entity, violates a license agreement of the entity with respect to an installed software application. If the license agreement of the entity is determined to be violated, then information may be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventors: Eric Clark Richardson, Yaron Hezroni, Manoranjan Mishra, Prashant Shyamsundar Mishra, Surender Mohan, Jacob Thomas
  • Determining authorized use of a software application
    Publication number: 20080201493
    Abstract: A user may enable features of a software application installed on a processing device only when the processing device is at a location for which the processing device is authorized to use the software application. If the processing device is offline, the processing device may refer to data in a component of the processing device to determine whether the data includes an authorized value. If processing device determines that the data has the authorized value, then the features of the installed software application may be enabled. In some embodiments, data with respect to unauthorized use of the software application may be recorded. In other embodiments, a determination may be made regarding whether a processing device, associated with an entity, violates a license agreement of the entity with respect to an installed software application. If the license agreement of the entity is determined to be violated, then information may be recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Clark Richardson, Yaron Hezroni, Manoranjan Mishra, Prashant Shyamsundar Mishra, Surender Mohan, Jacob Thomas