Patent ID: 8566818
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of customizing a consolidated software application including a plurality of features and functions for a particular end user, the method comprising: providing an activation key for use during installation of the consolidated software application wherein the activation key is created by a marketing group; activating selected features and functions of the consolidated software application with the activation key during installation of the consolidated software application on a computing device having a user interface accessible by an end user; displaying the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application which were activated during the activating step on the user interface accessible by a system administrator; receiving at least one input to permit the system administrator to selectively enable and disable access for the end user to the activated features and functions of the consolidated software application after installation of the consolidated software application on the computing device; displaying the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application on the user interface accessible to the end user, and wherein information related to non-active features and functions of the consolidated software application with the activation key which were not activated by the marketing group during the activating step is not displayed on the user interface accessible by the system administrator and the end user; receiving at least one input to permit the end user to selectively show and hide the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application from display on the user interface; and removing the activated and enabled features and functions of the consolidated software application that the end user selects to hide from display on the user interface accessible to the end user.