Patent ID: 7587606

Claim:
A system for efficiently adding software modules within a large scale data processing systems comprising: a. a customer terminal computer operated by a customer representative responsively coupled to a system component provider terminal computer via a publicly accessible digital data communication network; b. a customer computer responsively coupled to said customer terminal computer; c. An access key provided by said system component provider terminal computer in response to a request from said customer terminal computer; d. A first computer program preloaded into said customer computer which is not executable by said customer computer without said access key; and e. A facility located within a system component provider terminal computer for verifying entitlement to said first program by said customer computer including payment, licensing, and necessary hardware and software by said customer service representative and for transferring said access key from said system component provider terminal computer via said publicly accessible digital data communication network to said customer terminal computer for subsequent transfer to said customer computer to permit said customer computer to execute said preloaded first computer program.