Methods and systems for the reservation and registration of internet of things device licenses from authorized licenses associated with vendor software

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;
• grant the license to the IoT device;
• determine, via the license database, a total number of available licenses in the first set of one or more authorized licenses associated with the first vendor software;
• generate an alert responsive to the total number of available licenses reaching a threshold number, indicating that the number of available licenses has reached the threshold number;
• and
• transmit the alert to one of the IoT device or a customer associated with the IoT device.

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;
• granting, via the license manager, the license to the IoT device
• determining, via the licenses manager and the database, a total number of available licenses in the first set of one or more authorized licenses associated with the first vendor software;
• generating, via the license manager, an alert responsive to the total number of available licenses reaching a threshold number, indicating that the number of available licenses has reached the threshold number;
• and
• transmitting, via the license manager, the alert to one of the IoT device, customer associated with the IoT device, an IoT device vendor, or IoT service provider.