Managing enterprise software licenses for virtual network functions
US11663298B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0823
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to managing enterprise software licenses for virtual network functions (“VNFs”). According to one aspect disclosed herein, a system can acquire a software license for a software asset to be instantiated and used by a cloud computing environment associated with an enterprise. The system can prepare, with an enterprise anchor point (“EAP”) module managed by a vendor of the software asset, a certificate validation process that uses an enterprise security certificate to ensure the software license is valid for an execution instance of the software asset. The system can instantiate the execution instance of the software asset in the cloud computing environment. The system can validate, by the EAP module, the enterprise security certificate to ensure the software asset is instantiated and used in accordance with the software license.
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