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US 2002/0161930 A1Published application
Method for correlating job-step or execution-process information with corresponding software licensing information
AssigneeIsogon Corporation
InventorsDavid Vardi, Per Hellberg, Robert Barritz
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Abstract
A software processing method enhances the functionality of job-step, charge-back systems by providing accurate charge-backs based on cognizance of software products actually being used. In the invention, a license manager operating directly or via a plurality of agents interfaces with software clients and/or process-data collectors to correlate the process-related information with the software product use information.
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A computer-based system that correlates process-related data with license use data reflecting use of software products, the system comprising:
- a process-related software facility that collects and stores computer-based and process-related data that is constituted of one or more data fields selected from a data field group consisting of:
- job-name;
- job-id;
- LOS-id;
- “accounting” information applicable to a job;
- job-step-id;
- user-id;
- processing-program names;
- and lists of libraries, files or databases used by a process;
- a license manager that manages the grant of license use rights to a plurality of software products and which collects and stores data reflecting the use of the software products in the form of software product use data;
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- a correlator that correlates the software product use data with the process-related data and creates records that reflect the use of the software products related at least in part to the process-related data.
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