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Method, system and program for reuse of software license for new computer hardware

A computer system and software program technology, applied in computing, software deployment, program control devices, etc., can solve the problems of low profit of PC computers, fierce price competition, and lower purchase price of computers during the installation process.

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-02-06
IBM CORP
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In practice, however, PC users typically do not purchase computer hardware without an operating system installed due to the complexity and time required to install the operating system, all necessary device drivers, and any other application programs
Thus, the complexity of the installation process becomes an obstacle for the user to lower the purchase price of the computer by purchasing a new computer without the operating system and device drivers installed.
[0004] The price competition in the PC computer market is fierce, and the profit of each PC computer is very low

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[0019] In the following description reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof and which illustrate several embodiments of the invention. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural and operational changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0020] figure 1 One embodiment of a computer component in which preferred software installation techniques are implemented is shown. In this example, a PC user 2 has an old computer 4 with an operating system 6 , device drivers 8 and application software 10 installed. Some of the software programs 6, 8 and 10 may require license keys 12 and 14, while others may not. Although operating system software 6 and application software 10 are shown as requiring license numbers 12 and 14, any of these software components may not require a license number, and some device drivers 8 may require a license number, although they are shown No such license ...

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Disclosed is a method, system, and program used by a computer vendor to install programs onto a purchased computer. A purchase request is received for a computer from a consumer. Consumer indication is received of at least one software program installed on an old computer owned by the consumer to install on the new computer. A determination is made as to whether a license key is needed to install each indicated software program. The license key is received from the consumer for each indicated software program requiring a license key. Each indicated software program is installed onto the new computer and, if necessary, each received license key is used to install each software program requiring the license key. Further, the computer vendor is legally authorized to install the indicated software programs onto the new computer.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method, system and program for allowing a user to reuse installed software on a newly purchased computer system in accordance with the license terms of the installed software. Background technique [0002] When a personal computer (PC) user purchases a new computer from a vendor, the vendor typically installs a new operating system on the new computer along with any other new application programs that the user purchased. However, one of the most fundamental price components of a new computer is the price of adding an operating system and any other applications. [0003] For most applications and common operating system programs, a single-user license allows the purchaser to install the operating system and application on a single computer. (Note that single-user licenses are typically used when a PC user purchases an "off-the-shelf" software package or as a stand-alone product. Installing an operating system license ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F1/00G06F9/445G06F21/10G06F21/12
CPCG06F8/61G06F21/12G06F21/10G06F2221/0773G06F21/1077
Inventor 拉班德兰特·杜塔
Owner IBM CORP
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