Appeal No. 95-4184
Application 07/813,080
program 14. The GRANT LICENSE request message is
transmitted to the licensing policy module 15, which
notifies the operating system of the request.
The policy module receiving the GRANT LICENSE request (also
shown as step 50 in figures 4A-1) corresponds to claimed
step (a). "The operating system 13, in turn, passes the
request, along with the system marketing model of the specific
system 16 being used by the user, to the license management
facility 10 which determines whether use of the program is
permitted under the license." Col. 3, lines 47-51. The
system is identified by the system marketing model (SMM) code
(col. 2, lines 60-62). Thus, the action of the operating
system sending the request and the SMM to the license
management facility (also shown in step 52 in figure 4A-1)
corresponds to claimed step (b) and the "transmitting" step in
claimed step (c).
In Robert, if the license management facility determines
that the usage of the desired licensed program is permitted
under usage restrictions "the license management facility
transmits a usage approved response to the operating
system 13" (col. 4, lines 31-33). The step of the license
management facility transmitting a positive response to the
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