Patents by Inventor Vivek Misra

Vivek Misra 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).

  • Systems and methods for managing subscription-based licensing of software products
    Patent number: 9081937
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment provides a synchronization device for updating information stored at a first device used for account management of a subscription for a software product. The synchronization device receives a status of the subscription from a second device that provides billing transactions associated with the subscription. The second device maintains the status of the subscription to reflect changes based on the billing transactions associated with the subscription. Based at least in part on the status of the subscription received at the synchronization device from the second device, the synchronization device provides information for the first device to update a status of the account associated with the subscription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Sanjeev Kumar Biswas, Kanika Dalmia Gupta, Vikalp Gupta, Daniel C. Brotsky, Wei Cheng, Vivek Misra, Yashodhan B. Gokhale
  • Software deactivation based on a deactivation time period
    Patent number: 8479307
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a system perform software deactivation based on a deactivation time period. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a communication from a first client machine to deactivate a license of a software product that was previously activated on the first client machine. The method also includes determining a specified time period of deactivation. The method includes deactivating the license of the software product from the first client machine responsive to a determination that the license was previously activated on the first client machine during the specified time period of deactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Xuejun Xu, Katherine Koch Nadell, Li-qian Liu, Nobuo Griffin, Vivek Misra, Shyam Sunder Vijay
  • Systems and Methods for Managing Subscription-Based Licensing of Software Products
    Publication number: 20120054107
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment provides a synchronization device for updating information stored at a first device used for account management of a subscription for a software product. The synchronization device receives a status of the subscription from a second device that provides billing transactions associated with the subscription. The second device maintains the status of the subscription to reflect changes based on the billing transactions associated with the subscription. Based at least in part on the status of the subscription received at the synchronization device from the second device, the synchronization device provides information for the first device to update a status of the account associated with the subscription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Sanjeev Kumar Biswas, Kanika Dalmia Gupta, Vikalp Gupta, Daniel C. Brotsky, Wei Cheng, Vivek Misra
  • Software deactivation based on a deactivation time period
    Patent number: 7900246
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a system perform software deactivation based on a deactivation time period. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a communication from a first client machine to deactivate a license of a software product that was previously activated on the first client machine. The method also includes determining a specified time period of deactivation. The method includes deactivating the license of the software product from the first client machine responsive to a determination that the license was previously activated on the first client machine during the specified time period of deactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Xuejun Xu, Katherine Koch Nadell, Li-qian Liu, Nobuo Griffin, Vivek Misra, Shyam Sunder Vijay