Method and apparatus enabling software trial with a try-and-buy user interaction

Method and apparatus enabling software trial with a try-and-buy user interaction

A method and apparatus is provided for distributing software objects from a producer to a potential user. The software object is reversibly functionally limited, preferably through encryption, and loaded onto a computer-accessible memory media along with the file management program. The computer-acc...

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Hauptverfasser: PRYOR, ROBERT FRANKLIN, COOPER, THOMAS EDWARD
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
ADVERTISING
CALCULATING
CODING OR CIPHERING APPARATUS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC OR OTHERPURPOSES INVOLVING THE NEED FOR SECRECY
COMPUTING
COUNTING
CRYPTOGRAPHY
DISPLAY
EDUCATION
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
SEALS
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Zusammenfassung:A method and apparatus is provided for distributing software objects from a producer to a potential user. The software object is reversibly functionally limited, preferably through encryption, and loaded onto a computer-accessible memory media along with the file management program. The computer-accessible memory media is shipped from the producer to the potential user. The file management program is loaded into a user-controlled data processing system, and associated with the operating system for the user-controlled data processing system. The computer-accessible memory media is read with the user-controlled data processing system. The file management program is utilized to restrict access to the software object.