Generation of enterprise-wide licenses in a customer environment
US8229858B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S705/904
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An enterprise licensing system is provided that includes a licensing agent 172 operable to (a) provide a customer with a first set of enterprise licensable features and/or capacities and a second set of non-enterprise licensable features and/or capacities, with the enterprise licensable features and/or capacities, but not non-enterprise licensable features and/or capacities, being allocable freely by the customer among first and second computational components; (b) receive a first allocation of the members of the first set between the first and second computational components; and (c) generate first and second licenses reflecting the first allocation. The first license is for the first computational component and the second license is for the second computational component.
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