System and method for software site licensing

A method for generating a software site license, said method comprising:

• marking a hardware unit with at least one distinctive identifier and electronically associating one of said identifiers to an end-user purchasing said hardware unit;
• establishing a virtual warehouse uniquely for said end-user, said virtual warehouse configured to retain a personal intangible inventory for said end-user comprising a plurality of licensable components intended for said hardware unit;
• associating one of said identifiers to said licensable components in said virtual warehouse;
• displaying said personal inventory;
• receiving, from said end-user, a selection of said licensable components for said hardware unit;
• assembling said licensable components intended for said hardware unit to form a software site license and retaining said license on said virtual warehouse until a request for transmission of said license is received;
• and
• upon said request, transmitting said license from said virtual warehouse.

A system for software site licensing comprising:

• a license site receiving a purchase order on behalf of a client, said license site establishing a physical hardware component of said order and a corresponding intangible license component of said order;
• a physical warehouse receiving said physical component of said order and shipping a hardware component to said client;
• and
• a secure virtual warehouse website created for and viewable by said client, said virtual warehouse receiving said intangible license component of said order as a paid-for item and remaining in said virtual warehouse until a software site license comprising said component is generated by said license site for installation to said hardware component.

A process for a vendor site licensing of a hardware component comprising:

• receiving, at the time of manufacture of said hardware component and from a manufacturer, an electronic shipment comprising an unique set of identifiers associated with said hardware component;
• receiving from a warehouse, a data shipment comprising a physical whereabouts of said hardware component, said data shipment being verified prior to transmission to said vendor by matching said unique set of identifiers with an external code of said hardware component;
• determining an intangible portion of said order;
• requesting from said warehouse a physical shipment of said hardware component to an order originator and prior to said physical shipment receiving from said warehouse said external code of said hardware component;
• creating a virtual warehouse for said order originator and placing said intangible portion of said order therein;
• associating said intangible portion to said external code, said unique set of identifiers, and said order originator;
• generating a site license comprising said intangible portion;
• and
• providing said site license to said order originator for installation to said hardware component.

An online method for software site licensing comprising:

• entering a password/ID to a secure license management website;
• browsing a personal inventory of licensable components, said inventory comprising a plurality of previously requisitioned items for a particular user;
• entering an identifier of a licensable device that a software site license is desired for;
• selecting one or more of said items from said inventory of licensable components to be assembled into said software site license;
• and
• requesting transmission of said software site license.