Software license reconciliation facility
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLuigi Pichetti, Carlo Romano, Marco Secchi, Antonio Secomandi
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Abstract
A method is presented for monitoring software product usage in a data processing system. The method may include installing an instance of a software product on a target entity of a data processing system. A usage condition applicable to the instance may be identified. Reconciliation information may be generated upon installation of the instance. This reconciliation information may correlate the usage condition with the instance to facilitate later determining compliance of the software product with applicable usage conditions.
Claims20
A method for monitoring software product usage in a data processing system, the method comprising:
- installing at least one instance of a software product on a target entity of a data processing system;
- identifying a usage condition applicable to the instance;
- and
- generating reconciliation information upon installation of the instance, wherein the reconciliation information correlates the usage condition with the instance to facilitate later determining compliance of the software product with applicable usage conditions.
A computer program product for monitoring usage of software products on a data processing system, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer-usable medium having computer-usable program code embodied therein, the computer-usable program code comprising:
- computer-usable program code for installing at least one instance of a software product on a target entity of a data processing system;
- computer-usable program code for identifying a usage condition applicable to the instance;
- and
- computer-usable program code for generating reconciliation information upon installation of the instance, wherein the reconciliation information correlates the usage condition with the instance to facilitate later determining compliance of the software product with applicable usage conditions.
A system for monitoring software product usage in a data processing system, the system comprising:
- an installation module to install at least one instance of a software product on a target entity of a data processing system and identify a usage condition applicable to the instance;
- and
- a reconciliation module to generate reconciliation information upon installation of the instance, wherein the reconciliation information correlates the usage condition with the instance to facilitate later determining compliance of the software product with applicable usage conditions.
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