Dynamic feature-based flexible licensing system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsRamya Ramakrishnan, Sunil Shriram Khannade, Abhirup Seal
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Abstract
An information handling system receives a request from a user for a license to enable a feature of a product for a duration, and determines whether the user is authorized to enable the feature of the product for the duration. The system also determines that the user has sufficient points to enable the feature for the duration, and if both conditions are met then enables the feature of the product for the duration and adding the license to a collection of licenses.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a request from a user for a license to enable a feature of a product for a duration;
- determining whether the user is authorized to enable the feature of the product for the duration;
- determining whether the user has sufficient points to enable the feature for the duration;
- and
- in response to determining that the user is authorized and has sufficient points, enabling the feature of the product for the duration and adding the license to a collection of licenses.
An information handling system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that includes instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations including:
- receiving a request from a user for a license to enable a feature of a product for a duration;
- determining whether the user is authorized to enable the feature of the product for the duration;
- determining that the user has sufficient points to enable the feature for the duration;
- and
- in response to determining that the user is authorized and has sufficient points, enabling the feature of the product for the duration and adding the license to a collection of licenses.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions that are executable to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request from a user for a license to enable a feature of a product for a duration;
- and
- if the user is authorized to enable the feature of the product for the duration, and if the user has sufficient points to enable the feature for the duration, then enabling the feature of the product for the duration and adding the license to a collection of licenses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.