Method, computer product and network to regulate software licensure authentication in a computer network environment
First Claim
1. A method of managing software licensing over a network using a master license compliance program, said method comprising:
- providing multiple copies of license compliance software programs, with said master license compliance program and said multiple copies defining a plurality of license compliance programs, each of which has software license rights associated therewith;
associating a referral priority level to each of said plurality of license compliance software programs, defining a referral sequence; and
receiving, with said master license compliance program, a license request, and referring said license request to said multiple copies in accordance with said referral sequence to obtain license authorization were said master license compliance program to fail to generate a grant access command in response to said request.
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Abstract
Provided are a method, a computer product and a network to manage software licensing over a distributed network using a master license compliance software program by creating multiple copies of the license compliance software programs. The master license compliance program and the multiple copies define a plurality of the license compliance software programs, each of which has software license rights associated therewith. Referral priority levels are associated with each of the plurality of license compliance software programs to define a referral sequence. The master license compliance program receives a license request and refers the license request to the multiple copies of license compliance software programs. The request is transmitted in accordance with the referral sequence to obtain license authorization, were the master license compliance program to fail to grant the request.
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1. A method of managing software licensing over a network using a master license compliance program, said method comprising:
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providing multiple copies of license compliance software programs, with said master license compliance program and said multiple copies defining a plurality of license compliance programs, each of which has software license rights associated therewith;
associating a referral priority level to each of said plurality of license compliance software programs, defining a referral sequence; and
receiving, with said master license compliance program, a license request, and referring said license request to said multiple copies in accordance with said referral sequence to obtain license authorization were said master license compliance program to fail to generate a grant access command in response to said request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer product having a computer readable medium that contains a program to manage software licensing among a client terminal and a plurality of servers in data communication over a network, said computer product comprising:
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computer code to store a master license compliance program on one of said plurality of servers and a copy of a license compliance software program on a subset of the remaining servers of said plurality of servers, defining multiple copies of license compliance software programs, with said master compliance program and each of said multiple copies having each of software license rights associated therewith;
computer code to associate a referral priority level to each of said multiple copies, defining a referral sequence; and
computer code to receive, with said master license compliance software program, a license request, and refer said license request to said multiple copies in accordance with said referral sequence to obtain license authorization were said master license compliance program to fail to generate a grant access command in response to said request. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer network to manage software licensing, said network comprising:
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a client terminal; and
a plurality of a servers, one which stores a master license compliance program, defining a master server, with a subset of the remaining servers of the plurality of servers storing a copy of a license compliance software program, with said master license compliance program and said license compliance software program stored on said subset defining a plurality of license compliance programs, each of which has software license rights and a referral priority level associated therewith, defining a referral sequence, with said master license compliance program adapted to receive a license request, and refer said license request to said multiple copies in accordance with said referral sequence to obtain license authorization were said master license compliance program to fail to generate a grant access command in response to said request. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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