Patent ID: 8385525
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G10L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a. an electronically accessible computing server configured to allow a subscriber to locally control at least one electronically executable requested program using a subscriber-accessed apparatus, even when the subscriber-accessed apparatus is disconnected from the computing server; b. a plurality of unique subscriber accounts stored on the computing server, each account associated with a unique subscriber and comprising 1) unique subscriber authentication information and subscriber-accessed apparatus authentication information of the last subscriber-accessed apparatus from which the subscriber successfully logged onto the computing server, 2) a list of the subscriber's registered apparatuses, wherein the registered apparatuses do not have to be owned by the subscriber, 3) the subscriber's current status embodied, if active, in the subscriber's token, which is recorded on the computing server and configured to maintain the subscriber's status even when the subscriber is not connected to the computing server, and 4) the token's expiration time; and c. at least one electronically executable computing program that can be executed under local control by the subscriber-accessed apparatus; wherein the computing server is configured to wherein authorized subscribers are provided serial access from a plurality of computing apparatuses to their licensed computing software.