Automatic generation of a software configuration for license reconciliation
US11481204B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/1073
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computing system may include a database and server device(s) disposed within a remote network management platform. The database may contain (i) discovery information for installations of software applications on computing devices of a managed network, and (ii) software configurations for a subset of the software applications, the software configurations respectively indicating rights allocations and consumption for each of the subset of the software applications. The server device(s) may be configured to: determine that the software configurations do not support a particular software application, where the discovery information indicates that the particular software application is installed on computing device(s) of the managed network; and responsively, generate a particular software configuration for the particular software application, the particular software configuration indicating: (i) a rights allocation of zero rights, and (ii) a rights consumption according to the discovery information; and update the database to include the particular software configuration.
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