Appeal No. 95-3919
Application No. 07/907,934
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 111
through 218.
The disclosed invention relates to a method and system
for monitoring the use of a licensed product at at least one
licensee’s site.
Claim 111 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and
it reads as follows:
111. A method for monitoring the use of a licensed
product at at least one licensee’s site, the method comprising
the steps of:
generating datagrams at regular time intervals from at
least one licensee’s site with a device using said licensed
product;
including in each of said datagrams an address of said
licensee on a communications facility, said address being
designated by said communications facility without any data
being provided by said licensee;
sending said datagrams including said address from said
licensee’s site over said communications facility to a
licensor’s site at regular time intervals while said licensed
product is in use;
receiving said datagrams at said licensor’s site using a
license control system;
storing in said license control system an indication of
receipt of each of said datagrams; and
counting said datagrams from each licensee, using said
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