System and method for software allocation based on forecasts and calendars

A method comprising:

• providing, by a software monitor computer server to each of multiple computerized devices, a software application, wherein a number of licenses limit simultaneous use of said software application by said computerized devices to said number of licenses, said number of licenses being less than a total number of said computerized devices, and said software monitor computer server having access to said multiple computerized devices over a computer network;
• tracking, by said software monitor computer server, usage by said computerized devices of said software application;
• based on said tracking, developing, by said software monitor computer server, historical use patterns of said software application by said computerized devices;
• receiving, by said software monitor computer server, calendar input from electronic calendars on said computerized devices;
• analyzing, by said software monitor computer server, said calendar input;
• based on said analyzing, identifying, by said software monitor computer server, future calendared uses and non-uses of said software application, said identifying future calendared uses and non-uses is based on appointments in said electronic calendars that indicate that said software application will be required or will not be required, said identifying future calendared uses and non-uses comprises one of:
• identifying an activity description in said electronic calendars;
• and identifying the type of file that is used for a calendar activity;
• collecting, by said software monitor computer server, network speed data;
• calculating, by said software monitor computer server, historical network speed patterns by analyzing said network speed data collected;
• generating, by said software monitor computer server, a predicted speed of network connection at a time of said future calendared uses and non-uses of said software application by analyzing said historical network speed patterns;
• adjusting, by said software monitor computer server, time slots of said future calendared uses and non-uses of said software application based on said predicted speed of network connection at a time of said future calendared uses and non-uses of said software application, to produce adjusted future calendared uses and non-uses of said software application;
• predicting, by said software monitor computer server, future license grant needs of said computerized device for said software application, said predicting future license grant needs is based on said historical use patterns and said adjusted future calendared uses and non-uses of said software application;
• and
• performing, by said software monitor computer server, one of the following:
• obtaining additional simultaneous use software application licenses for additional ones of said computerized devices based on said historical use patterns and said future calendared uses and non-uses indicating that said future license grant needs exceed said number of licenses;
• and
• returning some of said licenses, based on said historical use patterns and said future calendared uses and non-uses indicating that said number of licenses exceed said future license grant needs.