Patent ID: 8589305

Claim:
Video display device (VDD) comprising: at least one licensable component for which a license has not been obtained prior to vending the VDD, the licensable component providing a licensable feature; a video display for displaying video signals; and a processor in the VDD for controlling the display; and at least one memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising: determining that the VDD is in a retail demonstration mode and in response to a determination that the VDD is in a retail demonstration mode, activating the licensable component in accordance with the licensable feature without implementing a license fee payment, determining that the VDD is in a post-vending mode, wherein the post-vending mode is distinct from the retail demonstration mode, based on an activation code, and in response to the determination that the VDD is in a post-vending mode, activating the licensable component in accordance with the licensable feature, wherein the determining that the VDD is in a retail demonstration mode is based on at least one of: (i) determining via a communication connection to a plurality of devices within a retail outlet that a device of the plurality of devices is in retail demonstration mode; (ii) receiving an audio signal and determining that the audio signal comprises audio from multiple VDDs within a retail outlet; (iii) presenting a prompt on the display and receiving a retail demonstration mode key, wherein the retail demonstration mode key is distinct from the activation code, and further comprising that the VDD is in post-vending mode when a retail demonstration mode key was not received after a timeout period and in response, permanently disabling the retail demonstration mode.