Methods and systems for the reservation and registration of internet of things device licenses

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to:
• receive, from an IoT device, a request to reserve a license of a first set of one or more authorized licenses associated with a first vendor software;
• determine, via a license database, an availability of the license associated with the first vendor software;
• register, via the license database, a unique identifier of the IoT device responsive to determining that the license is available, wherein by registration the unique identifier is associated with the license;
• revoke the license from another IoT device with a lower priority level of license availability than a priority level of license availability for the IoT device;
• and grant the license to the IoT device;
• determine, via an IoT device vendor, whether one of the IoT device or the first vendor software is supported by the IoT device vendor, and deny the license to the IoT device responsive to determining that the IoT device or the vendor software is not supported by the IoT device vendor.

A method comprising:

• receiving, via a license manager, a request to reserve a license of a first set of one or more authorized licenses associated with a first vendor software;
• determining, via the license manager, an availability of the license associated with the first vendor software;
• registering, via the license manager, a unique identifier of the IoT device, in response to determining that the license is available, with a database including the first set of one or more authorized licenses associated with the first vendor software, wherein by registration the unique identifier is associated with the license;
• revoking the license from another IoT device with a lower priority level of license availability than a priority level of license availability for the IoT device;
• and granting, via the license manager, the license to the IoT device;
• determining, via the license manager, whether one of the IoT device or the first vendor software is supported by an IoT device vendor, and deny the license to the IoT device responsive to determining that the IoT device or the vendor software is not supported by the IoT device vendor.