Software product activation for on-line banking customers

US10643189B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Intuit Inc. · US

Inventors

• Leslie J. Smith · Jefferson, US
• Michael Morgan · Redington Beach, US
• Marcus A. Holt · Commerce, US
• Eric T. Horne · Newbury Park, US
• Eric T. Hollinshead · Statham, US
• Harriet A. Henderson · Pasadena, US
• Gregory Dean Yenney · Mountain View, US
• Matthew M. Thomas · Los Angeles, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2009
• Grant date: May 5, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/14
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer program products for activating a software product for use by a customer of a financial institution that accesses an on-line banking product on an on-line banking server. A request from the financial institution to activate the software product for use by the customer is received through an interface such as an extranet site of a host of the on-line banking product. An enablement request is transmitted from the interface to an activation server, and a script on the activation server is executed to modify a configuration element to automatically activate the software program for the customer. Thus, the financial institution, which does not host the on-line banking product, drives automatic activation of the software product without manual input by project managers or technical support persons of the on-line banking product host.