US 2025/0028791 A1Published application

Blockchain-based licensing as a service

AssigneeVMware, Inc.

InventorsBo LIN, Qi WU, Xi ZENG, Kai LOU, Dongping CHEN, Yi ZENG, Danyang LI, DongSheng SHEN, Donghai HAN

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Abstract

Example methods and systems for blockchain-based licensing as a service are described. In one example, a computer system may receive a first request to obtain a first license associated with a first product from a first client system. In response, the computer system may (a) select a first blockchain from multiple blockchains, and (b) generate and store a first non-fungible token (NFT) on the first blockchain to issue the first license. Further, the computer system may receive a second request to obtain a second license associated with the first product or a second product from a second client system. In response, the computer system may (a) select a second blockchain from multiple blockchains, and (b) generate and store a second NFT on the second blockchain to issue the second license.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A method for a computer system to perform blockchain-based licensing as a service, wherein the method comprises:

in response to receiving, from a first client system associated with a first user, a first request to obtain a first license associated with a first product,
selecting, from multiple blockchains accessible by the computer system, a first blockchain based on one or more first features associated with the first blockchain, wherein the multiple blockchains include at least the first blockchain and a second blockchain;
and
based on a first fungible token (FT) associated with the first product, generating and storing a first non-fungible token (NFT) on the first blockchain to issue the first license;
and
in response to receiving, from a second client system associated with a second user, a second request to obtain a second license associated with the first product or a second product,
selecting, from the multiple blockchains, the second blockchain based on one or more second features associated with the second blockchain;
and
based on the first FT or a second FT associated with the second product, generating and storing a second NFT on the second blockchain to issue the second license.

6 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that includes a set of instructions which, in response to execution by a processor of a computer system, cause the processor to perform blockchain-based licensing as a service, wherein the method comprises:

in response to receiving, from a first client system associated with a first user, a first request to obtain a first license associated with a first product,
selecting, from multiple blockchains accessible by the computer system, a first blockchain based on one or more first features associated with the first blockchain, wherein the multiple blockchains include at least the first blockchain and a second blockchain;
and
generating and storing a first token on the first blockchain to issue the first license to the first client system or the first user;
and
in response to receiving, from a second client system associated with a second user, a second request to obtain a second license associated with the first product or a second product,
selecting, from the multiple blockchains, the second blockchain based on one or more second features associated with the second blockchain;
and
generating and storing a second token on the second blockchain to issue the second license to the second client system or the second user.

6 more elements

A computer system, comprising:

(a) a processor;
and
(b) a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following:
generate and store a first fungible token (FT) associated with a first product, and a second FT associated with a second product;
in response to receiving, from a first client system associated with a first user, a first request to obtain a first license associated with the first product,
select a first blockchain from multiple blockchains accessible by the computer system, wherein the multiple blockchains include at least the first blockchain and a second blockchain;
and
based on the first FT, generate and store a first non-fungible token (NFT) on the first blockchain to issue the first license;
and
in response to receiving, from a second client system associated with a second user, a second request to obtain a second license associated with the first product or a second product,
select the second blockchain from the multiple blockchains;
and
based on the first FT or the second FT, generate and store a second NFT on the second blockchain to issue the second license.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/239,766Filed 30 Aug 2023
Priority: WO PCT/CN2023/10767617 Jul 2023
Published: 23 Jan 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 21/105
Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material ; Digital rights management [DRM]: arrangements for…
H04L 9/3239
Using cryptographic hash functions: involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD
H04L 9/50
Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols: using hash chains, e.g.…
G06F
Computing and data processing

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