A method for management of license use for a network comprising the steps of:</claim-text> maintaining license management policy information for a plurality of application programs at a license management server, the license management policy mation including at least one of a user identity based policy, an administrator policy override definition or a user policy override definition; receiving at the license management server a request for a license availability of a selected one of the plurality of application programs from a user at a client; determining the license availability for the selected one of the plurality of application programs for the user based on the maintained license management policy information; and providing an unavailability indication to the client responsive to the selection if the license availability indicates that a license is not available for the user or an availability indication if the licensed availability indicates that a license is available for the user. view more

A method according to claim 1 wherein the license management server is an on demand server associated with the client which provides an instance of the selected one of the application programs to the client for execution.

The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one of a user identity based policy, an administrator policy override definition or a user policy override definition comprises a user identity based policy associated with a group of users.

A license use management system for a network comprising:</claim-text> means for maintaining license management policy information for a plurality of application programs at a license management server, the license management policy information ding at least one of a user identity based policy, an administrator policy override definition or a user policy override definition; means for receiving at the license management server a request for a license availability of a selected one of the plurality of application programs from a user at a client; means for determining the license availability for the selected one of the plurality of application programs for the user based on the maintained license management policy information; and means for providing an unavailability indication to the client responsive to the selection if the license availability indicates that a license is not available for the user or an availability indication if the licensed availability indicates that a license is available for the user. view more

A system according to claim 7 wherein the license management server is an on demand server associated with the client which provides an instance of the selected one of the application programs to the client for execution.

The system of claim 7 wherein the at least one of a user identity based policy, an administrator policy override definition or a user policy override definition comprises a user identity based policy associated with a group of users.

A computer program product for license use management for a network, the computer program product comprising:</claim-text> a computer readable storage medium having computer-readable program code means embodied in said medium, said computer-readable am code means comprising: computer readable program code means for maintaining license management policy information for a plurality of application programs at a license management server, the license management policy information including at least one of a user identity based policy, an administrator policy override definition or a user policy override definition; computer readable program code means for receiving at the license management server a request for a license availability of a selected one of the plurality of application programs from a user at a client; computer readable program code means for determining the license availability for the selected one of the plurality of application programs for the user based on the maintained license management policy information; and computer readable program code means for providing an unavailability indication to the client responsive to the selection if the license availability indicates that a license is not available for the user or an availability indication if the licensed availability indicates that a license is available for the user. view more

A system according to claim 13 wherein the license management server is an on demand server associated with the client which provides an instance of the selected one of the application programs to the client for execution.

The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the at least one of a user identity based policy, an administrator policy override definition or a user policy override definition comprises a user identity based policy associated with a group of users. view more

A method for management of application programs on a network including a server and a client comprising the steps of:</claim-text> installing a plurality of application programs at the server; receiving at the server a login request from a user at lient; establishing a user desktop interface at the client associated with the user responsive to the login request from the user, the desktop interface including a plurality of display regions associated with a set of the plurality of application programs installed at the server for which the user is authorized; receiving at the server a selection of one of the plurality of application programs from the user desktop interface; and providing an instance of the selected one of the plurality of application programs to the client for execution responsive to the selection. view more

A method according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of:</claim-text> maintaining application management information for the plurality of applications at the server; and wherein the establishing step includes the step of including a plurality splay regions associated with a set of the plurality of application programs for which the user is authorized responsive to the application management information. view more

A method according to claim 2 wherein the establishing a user desktop step includes the step of:</claim-text> distributing application launcher programs associated with each of the set of the plurality of application programs for which the user is rized to the client; and wherein the receiving a selection step includes the step of receiving the selection from a one of the application launcher programs which is associated with the selected one of the plurality of application programs. view more

A method according to claim 3 wherein the maintaining step includes the step of maintaining configurable user preference information for the plurality of application programs at the server and wherein the providing an instance step includes the step of providing a set of the configurable user preference information associated with the user and the selected one of the plurality of application programs to the client. view more

A method according to claim 4 wherein the set of the configurable user preference information includes user preferences configurable by the user and user preferences not configurable by the user which are configurable by an administrator and further comprising the step of updating the user preferences configurable by the user responsive to updates from the user and updating the user preferences not configurable by the user responsive to updates from the administrator. view more

A method according to claim 1 wherein the establishing a user desktop step includes the steps of:</claim-text> configuring the user desktop interface responsive to an identifier of the user associated with the login request so as to provide iated information for the user desktop interface; and providing the user desktop interface and the associated information for the user desktop interface to the client for display. view more

A method according to claim 7 wherein the configuring the user desktop step includes the step of configuring the user desktop interface not to include display regions associated with any of the plurality of application programs installed at the server for which the user is not authorized. view more

A method according to claim 1 wherein the receiving a selection step is followed by the step of determining a license availability for the selected one of the plurality of application programs for the user and wherein the providing step includes the step of providing an unavailability indication to the client responsive to the selection if the license availability indicates that a license is not available for the user. view more

A method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of receiving at the server event logging information from the instance of the selected one of the plurality of application programs.

An application program management system for managing application programs on a network including a server and a client comprising:</claim-text> means for installing a plurality of application programs at the server; means for receiving at the server in request from a user at the client; means for establishing a user desktop interface at the client associated with the user responsive to the login request from the user, the desktop interface including a plurality of display regions associated with a set of the plurality of application programs installed at the server for which the user is authorized; means for receiving at the server a selection of one of the plurality of application programs from the user desktop interface; and means for providing an instance of the selected one of the plurality of application programs to the client for execution responsive to the selection. view more

A computer program product for managing application programs on a network including a server and a client, the computer program product comprising:</claim-text> a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code means embodied id medium, said computer-readable program code means comprising: computer readable program code means for installing a plurality of application programs at the server; computer readable program code means for receiving at the server a login request from a user at the client; computer readable program code means for establishing a user desktop interface at the client associated with the user responsive to the login request from the user, the desktop interface including a plurality of display regions associated with a set of the plurality of application programs installed at the server for which the user is authorized; computer readable program code means for receiving at the server a selection of one of the plurality of application programs from the user desktop interface; and computer readable program code means for providing an instance of the selected one of the plurality of application programs to the client for execution responsive to the selection. view more

A system according to claim 15 further comprising:</claim-text> means for maintaining application management information for the plurality of applications at the server; and wherein the means for establishing a user desktop includes means for ding a plurality of display regions associated with a set of the plurality of application programs for which the user is authorized responsive to the application management information. view more

A system according to claim 17 wherein the means for establishing a user desktop includes:</claim-text> means for distributing application launcher programs associated with each of the set of the plurality of application programs for which the user thorized to the client; and wherein the means for receiving a selection includes means for receiving the selection from a one of the application launcher programs which is associated with the selected one of the plurality of application programs. view more

A system according to claim 18 wherein the means for maintaining includes means for maintaining configurable user preference information for the plurality of application programs at the server and wherein the means for providing an instance includes means for providing a set of the configurable user preference information associated with the user and the selected one of the plurality of application programs to the client. view more

A system according to claim 19 wherein the set of the configurable user preference information includes user preferences configurable by the user and user preferences not configurable by the user which are configurable by an administrator and further comprising means for updating the user preferences configurable by the user responsive to updates from the user and updating the user preferences not configurable by the user responsive to updates from the administrator. view more

A system according to claim 15 wherein the means for establishing a user desktop includes;</claim-text> means for configuring the user desktop interface responsive to an identifier of the user associated with the login request so as to provide iated information for the user desktop interface; and means for providing the user desktop interface and the associated information for the user desktop interface to the client for display. view more

A system according to claim 22 wherein the means for configuring the user desktop includes means for configuring the user desktop interface not to include display regions associated with any of the plurality of application programs installed at the server for which the user is not authorized. view more

A system according to claim 15 further comprising means for determining a license availability for the selected one of the plurality of application programs for the user and wherein the means for providing includes means for providing an unavailability indication to the client responsive to the selection if the license availability indicates that a license is not available for the user. view more

A system according to claim 15 further comprising means for receiving at the server event logging information from the instance of the selected one of the plurality of application programs.

A system according to claim 28 further comprising means for providing the received event logging information to a network management server associated with the server.

A computer program product according to claim 16 further comprising:</claim-text> computer readable program code means for maintaining application management information for the plurality of applications at the server; and wherein the computer ble program code means for establishing a user desktop includes computer readable program code means for including a plurality of display regions associated with a set of the plurality of application programs for which the user is authorized responsive to the application management information. view more

A computer program product according to claim 30 wherein the computer readable program code means for establishing a user desktop includes:</claim-text> computer readable program code means for distributing application launcher programs associated each of the set of the plurality of application programs for which the user is authorized to the client; and wherein the computer readable program code means for receiving a selection includes computer readable program code means for receiving the selection from a one of the application launcher programs which is associated with the selected one of the plurality of application programs. view more

A computer program product according to claim 31 wherein the computer readable program code means for maintaining includes computer readable program code means for maintaining configurable user preference information for the plurality of application programs at the server and wherein the computer readable program code means for providing an instance includes computer readable program code means for providing a set of the configurable user preference information associated with the user and the selected one of the plurality of application programs to the client. view more

A computer program product according to claim 32 wherein the set of the configurable user preference information includes user preferences configurable by the user and user preferences not configurable by the user which are configurable by an administrator and further comprising computer readable program code means for updating the user preferences configurable by the user responsive to updates from the user and updating the user preferences not configurable by the user responsive to updates from the administrator. view more

A computer program product according to claim 16 wherein the computer readable program code means for establishing a user desktop includes;</claim-text> computer readable program code means for configuring the user desktop interface responsive to an ifier of the user associated with the login request so as to provide associated information for the user desktop interface; and computer readable program code means for providing the user desktop interface and the associated information for the user desktop interface to the client for display. view more

A computer program product according to claim 35 wherein the computer readable program code means for configuring the user desktop includes computer readable program code means for configuring the user desktop interface not to include display regions associated with any of the plurality of application programs installed at the server for which the user is not authorized. view more

A computer program product according to claim 16 further comprising computer readable program code means for determining a license availability for the selected one of the plurality of application programs for the user and wherein the computer readable program code means for providing includes computer readable program code means for providing an unavailability indication to the client responsive to the selection if the license availability indicates that a license is not available for the user. view more

A computer program product according to claim 16 further comprising computer readable program code means for receiving at the server event logging information from the instance of the selected one of the plurality of application programs.

A computer program product according to claim 41 further comprising computer readable program code means for providing the received event logging information to a network management server associated with the server.