Patent ID: 8401973
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: displaying a graphical user interface i) identifying an add-on software component and a licensing status for the add-on software component, the add-on software component installed on a computing device and compatible with more than one host application in a suite of host applications installed on the computing device; receiving product activation data for the add-on software component; determining, at a processor-implemented add-on manager module, the host applications in the suite of host applications with which the add-on software component is compatible; performing, at a processor-implemented license manager module, a license activation operation to verify the received product activation data and the validity of the installed add-on software component, the activation operation performed for the add-on software component independent of any activation operation performed for any host application in the suite of host applications, and if successful, the license activation operation activates the add-on software component for use with any one of the host applications in the suite of host applications with which the add-on software component is compatible.