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US 2008/0306786 A1Published application
License management tool to monitor and analyze license usage to determine need for additional licenses
OwnerWayne J. Lonowski, Roy E. Andersoninventors
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Abstract
License management techniques for managing and analyzing license usage among license consumers.
Claims20
A license management utility for at least one license consumer configured with at least one protected capability that may be enabled for use by obtaining a valid license, comprising:
- a license registration utility that records licenses held by the at least one license consumer in a license database;
- and
- a license analysis utility that analyzes license usage of the licenses recorded in the license database and stores the license usage analysis.
A method for managing licenses for at least one license consumer configured with at least one protected capability that may be enabled for use by obtaining a valid license, the method comprising the steps of:
- recording licenses held by the at least one license consumer in a license database;
- monitoring usage of the licenses recorded in the license database;
- analyzing the license usage of the licenses recorded in the license database;
- and
- performing at least one of storing the license usage analysis and generate a report containing the license usage analysis.
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