Automated entitlement management method and apparatus for capturing maintenance renewals revenues

US8180681B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intraware, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Tobid Pieper · Concord, US
• Paul Martinelli · Berkeley, US
• Richard Northing · Alamo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2008
• Grant date: May 15, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0601
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The presently preferred embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus that enables software publishers and other sellers of subscription services. e.g. subscriptions, such as maintenance or license programs, to track when the subscription period for each customer expires, to inform interested contacts at the customer proactively that a renewal for their subscription is coming due, and to provide a way for those contacts at the customer to purchase a renewal of their subscription program.