Global Patent Index - EP 1163599 A4

EP 1163599 A4 20070307 - SOFTWARE RENTAL SYSTEM IN DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS

Title (en)

SOFTWARE RENTAL SYSTEM IN DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS

Title (de)

SOFTWARE-VERMIETUNGSSYSTEM IN VERTEILTEN NETZWERKEN

Title (fr)

SYST ME DE LOCATION DE LOGICIELS DANS DES R SEAUX DISTRIBU S

Publication

EP 1163599 A4 20070307 (EN)

Application

EP 00902996 A 20000131

Priority

  • KR 0000076 W 20000131
  • KR 19990003481 A 19990203
  • KR 19990068380 A 19991231

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0046685A1] A method for executing a rental software program in a distributed computing environment, wherein the rental software program includes a main executable file and optional files, includes the steps of: a) performing a communication connection between a user computer system and a server computer system, wherein the user computer system is based on a user-transparent program install-free technology; b) displaying a list of rental software programs downloaded from the server computer system; c) selecting a desirable rental software program in the list of rental software programs; d) downloading a main executable file associated with the desirable rental software program from the server computer system to run a process corresponding to the main executable file; and e) if the process needs one or more optional files, downloading the one or more optional files from the server computer system.

IPC 8 full level

G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06Q 30/04 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 50/10 (2012.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

G06F 9/44521 (2013.01 - EP); G06F 15/16 (2013.01 - KR); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0046685 A1 20000810; AU 2463700 A 20000825; CN 1185591 C 20050119; CN 1354857 A 20020619; EP 1163599 A1 20011219; EP 1163599 A4 20070307; JP 2003532166 A 20031028; JP 4707837 B2 20110622; KR 100734387 B1 20070702; KR 20000057127 A 20000915; KR 20010101982 A 20011115

DOCDB simple family (application)

KR 0000076 W 20000131; AU 2463700 A 20000131; CN 00804908 A 20000131; EP 00902996 A 20000131; JP 2000597698 A 20000131; KR 19990068380 A 19991231; KR 20017009832 A 20010803