Mohammed H Ansari

US Patent:

8239274, Aug 7, 2012

Filed:

Jan 11, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/652214

Inventors:

Mukesh Karki - Bellevue WA, US
Mohammed Zubair Ansari - Kirkland WA, US
Yusuf Atas - Redmond WA, US
Robert Ian Oliver - Issaquah WA, US
Serdar Unal - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 261, 705 265, 705 268, 705 2681, 705 2682

Abstract:

In various embodiments, a user may, via a processing device, indicate a desire to purchase a feature of an installed software product. A purchase request may be sent to an e-commerce server, or other server. The purchase request may be validated and information concerning the software product, the feature of the software product, and the processing device may be stored. Enabling information may be sent to the processing device to enable the feature of the software product. In some embodiments, the user may request a trial of a feature of a software product before purchasing the feature. In other embodiments, the user may deactivate a purchased feature of a software product on one processing device and may activate the purchased feature of the software product on a different processing device.