Patent ID: 7707116
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A remote feature activation system, comprising: a computer; and a medium, readable by the computer, the medium being encoded with a data record, the data record being readable by the computer, for licensing a computational component, the computational component having configuration information different from the data record, the data record comprising: at least one of a platform type, a serial number associated with the computational component, a platform identifier, an application name, a version, a license expiration date, and a right-to-use indicator; at least a first identifier for at least a first operational feature; a first mode setting for the at least a first operational feature; and a lock setting for the at least a first operational feature, wherein, when the lock setting has a first value, the first mode setting in the data record takes precedence over a second mode setting in the configuration information and, when the lock setting has a second value different from the first value, the second mode setting takes precedence over the first mode setting.