Method of operating a computer system and computer system
AssigneeAladdin Europe GmbH
InventorMichael Zunke
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Abstract
A method of operating a computer system comprises the following steps: installing an executable main module of a program on the computer system, storing module data for the main module and/or for an additional module (A, B, C, D) of the program in the computer system, said stored module data comprising a license part required to determine the presence of the use authorization of the main module and/or of the additional module, and preferably also comprising an information part, evaluating the stored module data for acquisition of a further use authorization for the additional module (A-D) or for a further additional module (A-D), and providing information for the acquisition of a use authorization as a function of the result of evaluation.
Claims15
A method of operating a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:
- storng module data for at least one of the main module and an additional module of the program in the computer system, said stored module data comprising a license part, which is used to determine the presence of an authorization to use at least one of the main module and the additional module, and preferably also comprising an information part,
- evaluating the stored module data for acquisition of a further use authorization for the additional module or for a further additional module, and
- providing information for acquisition of a use authorization as a function of the result of evaluation.
A computer system, on which an executable main module of a program is installed, said computer system comprising an updating means which stores module data comprising a license part required for determining the presence of the use authorization and preferably also comprising an information part, in the computer system in which module data for the main module are preferably stored, after acquisition of a use authorization for an additional module of the program, said computer system further comprising an evaluating unit which evaluates the stored module data for acquisition of a further use authorization for the additional module or for a further additional module of the program, and comprising a providing unit which provides information for acquisition of such use authorization as a function of the result of said evaluation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.