System and method for software site licensing
First Claim
1. A software site license system comprising:
- a license sales site generating a software license that corresponds to a software site application;
a programming workstation having a display, said programming workstation receiving said license from said license sales site and providing said license to a client site;
the client site including said software site application, said client site validating said license against a plurality of conditions and providing said workstation with a report on whether said license is valid; and
a summary comprising a list of proposed modifications which would result from an upload of said license from said workstation to said client site, said summary appearing on said display of the workstation, whereby, an installer is able to view said summary on said display and decide whether to complete said upload of said license to said client site.
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Abstract
The software site licensing system includes a workstation that receives a license file from a license sales site and stores the license for uploading to a client site. The workstation connects to the client and transfers a copy of the license for validation. The client reviews the license and determines if the license is valid for its site and software application. Assuming the license is valid, the client indicates the same to the workstation and license is applied to the client as the current license. Additionally, the workstation generates a summary of proposed modifications that will result from the license being applied to the client. The summary can be viewed and approved by an installer to ensure the proper license is being installed. As new licenses are applied to the client, the older licenses are stored at the client for future reloading if needed.
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32 Claims
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1. A software site license system comprising:
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a license sales site generating a software license that corresponds to a software site application;
a programming workstation having a display, said programming workstation receiving said license from said license sales site and providing said license to a client site;
the client site including said software site application, said client site validating said license against a plurality of conditions and providing said workstation with a report on whether said license is valid; and
a summary comprising a list of proposed modifications which would result from an upload of said license from said workstation to said client site, said summary appearing on said display of the workstation, whereby, an installer is able to view said summary on said display and decide whether to complete said upload of said license to said client site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A software site license system comprising:
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a license sales site generating and transmitting a software license;
a target site computer having a software site application, said software license corresponding to said software site application and said target site computer;
a programming workstation receiving said software license from said sales site and uploading said license to said target; and
a storage coupled to said target site, said storage including a plurality of licenses received from said workstation, said plurality of licenses comprising at least one previously uploaded license corresponding to a previous version of said software site application on said target, and said previously uploaded license capable of reload to said target without additional contact with said license sales site. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for uploading a software site license corresponding to a software application on a target computer, said method comprising;
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retrieving said license from a storage at a programming workstation;
validating said license against one or more predetermined conditions;
generating a summary of proposed modifications which would result from an upload of said license to said target computer; and
receiving (i) an acceptance of said summary and saving a copy of said license at said target computer, or (ii) a rejection of said summary and indicating said upload failed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A process for reloading a previously uploaded software site license corresponding to a software application, said process comprising;
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executing a management application on a programming workstation;
coupling said programming workstation to a target computer having said software application thereon;
selecting said previously uploaded stored license from a plurality of stored licenses located at said target computer; and
applying said previously uploaded license at said target computer as a current license. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for software site licensing comprising:
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executing a management application on a programming workstation;
connecting said programming workstation to a target computer having a software site application thereon;
retrieving a license file corresponding to said software application from a storage, said storage comprising a plurality of license files and at least one of said license files being previously uploaded on said target and corresponding to a previous version of said software site application and capable of reload to said target without additional contact to a license sales site;
generating a summary of proposed modifications which will result from applying said license as a current license at said target; and
receiving a command to complete an application of said license and applying said license as said current license at said target. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32)
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31. The method for software site licensing of claim 31 further comprising running said software site application on said target computer in an unlicensed state and generating an error message indicating the same.
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