License management system

• US 10,009,349 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2017
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infinera Corp.
• Original Assignee: Infinera Corp.
• Inventors: Naik, Dharmendra, Hoang, Lam Dinh, Dintakurthi, Kiran Kumar, Pydi, Kasi Viswanadham, Govindarajan, Kamalakannan, Venkatesan, Rajasekar
• Primary Examiner(s): Zaidi, Syed
• Application Number:
  US15/496,904
• Publication Number:
  US 20170230371A1
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 726 30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/105 Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1077 Recurrent authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/121 Restricting unauthorised execution of programs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

In the disclosed method, a current state of a network device indicative of no license key being associated with a network device is stored in a license database. Information indicative of a master state of the network device is received, via an input port, including at least one license key associated with the network device. The current state of the network device is updated to include the at least one license key associated with the network device, and the updated current state is stored in the license database.

Claims

1. A license management system comprising at least one processor capable of executing processor-executable code coupled with a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing a license database and processor-executable code for causing the at least one processor to:

store a current state of a network device indicative of no license key being associated with the network device in the license database;

receive, via an input port, information indicative of a master state of the network device including at least one license key associated with the network device;

update the current state of the network device to include the at least one license key associated with the network device, wherein the network device transmits optical signals on a fiber in accordance with the current state; and

store the updated current state in the license database.

2. The license management system of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory processor-readable medium further stores processor-executable code for causing the at least one processor to:

provide a license key request via an output port, the license key request indicative of no license key being associated with the network device and of a location identifier of a location of the network device in the network; and

receive, via the input port, information indicative of an activation code for the network device, the activation code including the at least one license key associated with the network device, the location identifier, and an identifier of the network device.

3. The license management system of claim 2, wherein the non-transitory processor-readable medium further stores processor-executable code for causing the at least one processor to transmit the activation code to the network device via the output port.

4. A method, comprising:

storing a current state of a network device indicative of no license key being associated with a network device in a license database;

receiving, via an input port, information indicative of a master state of the network device including at least one license key associated with the network device;

updating the current state of the network device to include the at least one license key associated with the network device, wherein the network device transmits optical signals on a fiber in accordance with the current state; and

storing the updated current state in the license database.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

providing a license key request via an output port, the license key request indicative of no license key being associated with the network device and of a location identifier of a location of the network device in the network; and

receiving, via the input port, information indicative of an activation code for the network device, the activation code including the at least one license key associated with the network device, the location identifier, and an identifier of the network device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising causing the at least one processor to transmit the activation code to the network device via the output port.