IoT licensing platform and architecture

A system, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• a memory containing computer program code that, when executed by operation of the one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising:
• receiving, at a network management system, a request to allocate a license to a first endpoint device, wherein the first endpoint device further comprises a first Internet of Things (IOT) device;
• selecting a license instance, from a plurality of license instances, to allocate to the first endpoint device, based at least in part on one or more of:
• real-time device metadata for the first endpoint device,
• state data for the first endpoint device,
• additional real-time device metadata for one or more other endpoint devices within an IoT environment including the first endpoint device, and
• additional state data for the one or more other endpoint devices within the IoT environment;
• assigning the selected license instance to the first endpoint device;
• and
• providing, to the first endpoint device, at least an indication that a valid license has been assigned to the first endpoint device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program code that, when executed by operation of one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising:

• receiving, at a network management system, a request for a first endpoint device to perform a predefined operation, wherein the first endpoint device further comprises a first Internet of Things (IOT) device;
• determining a plurality of licenses that are required for the first endpoint device to be authorized to perform the predefined operation;
• selecting two or more license instances, from a plurality of license instances, to allocate to the first endpoint device, based on the determined plurality of licenses that are required for the first endpoint device to be authorized to perform the predefined operation and further based on one or more of:
• real-time device metadata for the first endpoint device,
• state data for the first endpoint device,
• additional real-time device metadata for one or more other endpoint devices within an IoT environment including the first endpoint device, and
• additional state data for the one or more other endpoint devices within the IoT environment;
• assigning the selected two or more license instances to the first endpoint device;
• and
• providing, to the first endpoint device, at least an indication that valid licenses have been assigned to the first endpoint device.