Appeal No. 95-4184
Application 07/813,080
operating system (also shown as step 76 in figure 4A-3)
corresponds to the steps of the data center responding to the
receipt of a request to generate an activation code
identifying the software in claimed step (c) and the step of
inputting the activation code to the data processing device in
claimed step (d). The operating system in Robert then
transmits the approval to the licensing policy model, which
then permits usage of the licensed program (shown as steps 77
and 78 in figure 4A-4), which corresponds to the step of the
data processing step responding to the activation code to
enable access to the optional feature in claimed step (d).
Therefore, Robert activates an optional feature (a software
program) under control of a data center (the license
management facility) as recited in the "whereby" clause of
step (e).
In Dunham, a software protection device 10 monitors the
security port of central processor 16. When a terminal 14
requests authorization to run a particular program, the
central processor issues a request on security lines 18 to
device 10 to inquire whether running of the program is
authorized (col. 4, line 65, to col. 5, line 7). This
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