System and method for software site licensing

A software site license system comprising:

• a license sales site generating and transmitting a software license;
• a target site computer having a software site application, said software license corresponding to said software site application and said target site computer;
• a programming workstation receiving said software license from said sales site and uploading said license to said target;
• and
• a storage coupled to said target site, said storage including a plurality of licenses received from said workstation, said plurality of licenses comprising at least one previously uploaded license corresponding to a previous version of said software site application on said target, and said previously uploaded license capable of reload to said target without additional contact with said license sales site.

A method for uploading a software site license corresponding to a software application on a target computer, said method comprising;

• retrieving said license from a storage at a programming workstation;
• validating said license against one or more predetermined conditions;
• generating a summary of proposed modifications which would result from an upload of said license to said target computer;
• and
• receiving (i) an acceptance of said summary and saving a copy of said license at said target computer, or (ii) a rejection of said summary and indicating said upload failed.

A process for reloading a previously uploaded software site license corresponding to a software application, said process comprising;

• executing a management application on a programming workstation;
• coupling said programming workstation to a target computer having said software application thereon;
• selecting said previously uploaded stored license from a plurality of stored licenses located at said target computer;
• and
• applying said previously uploaded license at said target computer as a current license.

A method for software site licensing comprising:

• executing a management application on a programming workstation;
• connecting said programming workstation to a target computer having a software site application thereon;
• retrieving a license file corresponding to said software application from a storage, said storage comprising a plurality of license files and at least one of said license files being previously uploaded on said target and corresponding to a previous version of said software site application and capable of reload to said target without additional contact to a license sales site;
• generating a summary of proposed modifications which will result from applying said license as a current license at said target;
• and
• receiving a command to complete an application of said license and applying said license as said current license at said target.