Patent ID: 7742992
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for delivery of a license-managed toolset for creating a license-managed software product, the method comprising the step of: (a) providing an authorization process, the authorization process including the steps of: (b) implementing the authorization process in a software toolset that is provided by a toolset publisher, wherein when the authorization process is invoked in the software toolset, the toolset publisher is the publisher in the authorization process and the software toolset is the software program in the authorization process, and (c) implementing the authorization process in a software product that is provided by a publisher of the software product using the software toolset, wherein when the authorization process is invoked in the software product, the publisher of the software product is the publisher in the authorization process and the software product is the software program in the authorization process, whereby both the software toolset and the software product use the same authorization process to obtain respective licenses.