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US 2012/0072995 A1Published application
Systems and methods for managing software licenses
OwnerC.S. Lee Crawfordinventor
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus for managing software licenses comprises: a plurality of computers connected together in a peer to peer computer network wherein each computer is a computer node of the network; wherein each computer node comprises a software license management controller that operates in one of: a disconnected mode of operation of distributed license management without network connectivity and a normal online mode of operation of distributed license management.
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An apparatus for managing software licenses comprising:
- a plurality of computers connected together in a peer to peer computer network wherein each computer is a computer node of the network;
- wherein each computer node comprises a software license management controller that operates in one of:
- a disconnected mode of operation of distributed license management without network connectivity and a normal online mode of operation of distributed license management.
An apparatus for managing software licenses comprising:
- a plurality of computers connected together in a peer to peer computer network wherein each computer is a computer node of the network, wherein:
- (i) each computer node comprises a software license management controller;
- (ii) a plurality of the software license management controllers of the peer to peer computer network store license management data specific for its own computer node and license management data specific for other computer nodes in the peer to peer computer network;
- (iii) the software license management controllers are operable to conduct communications with each other to perform distributed license management and enforcement of licensed software that is licensed for a plurality of end-users
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