Patent ID: 9589114
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method comprising: limiting, by a computing device comprising one or more processors, use of a function of a gaming application during execution of the application based on a first policy of a first digital rights management (DRM) license, the first policy of the first DRM license indicating that the function is limited; receiving a selection indicating a request to use the limited function, the selection being received via a user interface separate from the application; responsive to receiving the selection and without receiving another version of the application from a remote location, enabling the application to use the function limited by the first policy of the first DRM license by automatically supplementing the first DRM license according to a second policy of a second DRM license after receiving direct payment information for verification to enable the limited function, the second policy supplementing the first policy and indicating that the function limited by the first policy is usable after being validated by cryptographic signatures, the second policy being encrypted such that the computing device decrypts the second policy to follow the information noted in the second policy; and using the function included in the gaming application limited by the first policy of the first DRM license after supplementing the first policy of the first DRM license according to the second policy of the second DRM license without requiring that the application pause prior to using the function limited by the first policy of the first DRM license based, at least in part, on the selection received via the user interface separate from the application.