Mechanisms for handling software license agreements on multi-user system
US7222106B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 21, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, a data structure, a computer program product and a computer-readable medium for handling license agreements for multiple software packages in a computer system, each software package being identified by a unique package ID and comprising one or more components. One embodiment provides a method comprising: providing a plurality of document files, each document file comprising one or more text elements; providing a plurality of manifest files, each manifest file indicating at least one corresponding document file of the plurality of document files and comprising a unique package ID designating a corresponding software package; extracting a specific unique package ID from a specific software package; determining a corresponding manifest file from the plurality of manifest files on the basis of the extracted unique package ID; determining the at least one corresponding document file of the plurality of document files on the basis of the determined corresponding manifest file; and combining the one or more text elements comprised in the at least one determined corresponding document file to build a license agreement for the specific software package.
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