US 2010/0251379 A1 · Method and System for Configuration Management Database Software License Compliance

Abstract

A software license engine allows an enterprise to model software license contracts and evaluate deployment of software for compliance with the software license contracts. Deployment of software products in the enterprise is modeled in a configuration management database. The software license engine maintains a license database for connecting software license contracts with software deployment modeled by the configuration management database. Users of the software license engine may use license types that are predefined in the software license engine or may define custom license types. The software license engine may indicate compliance or non-compliance with the software license contracts.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

storing a first model of deployment of a software product in a configuration management database (CMDB);
storing a second model of a software license contract for the software product in a license database;
and
evaluating compliance of the software license contract, comprising:
connecting the first model and the second model;
comparing the first model and the second model;
and
generating an exception indication if the act of comparing the first model and the second model indicates non-compliance with the software license contract.

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Facts

Application

12/634,534Filed 9 Dec 2009

Priority

31 Mar 2009

Published

30 Sep 2010

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Classification4 codes

G06F 21/105
Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material ; Digital rights management [DRM]: arrangements for…
G06F 16/252
Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems: between a Database Management System and a front-end application
G06F 16/972
Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking: access to data in other repository…
G06F
Computing and data processing

Method and System for Configuration Management Database Software License Compliance

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Abstract

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