Flexible Node Identity for Telecom Nodes
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Abstract
Features of a node (800) is enabled/disabled under a license between a node vendor and a service provider. A license manager (810) enforces the license to appropriately enable and disable the node features. The license, which includes credentials for authorizing the features and a logical name of the node, is encrypted with an encryption CHWID upon node installation. The secret encryption CHWID is generated based on the components (820) that make up the node (800) at installation using an algorithm. To activate the features, an activation CHWID is generated using a same or similar algorithm and compared against the encryption CHWID. If they are equal, the credentials are decrypted and the features are activated. If they are not equal but the difference is small, the credentials are decrypted, and optionally, the encryption CHWID is reset based on the activation CHWID. If the difference is large, the entire node license is reinstalled.
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50 Claims
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26. A method to manage features for a node in accordance with a license, comprising:
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generating an encryption combined hardware ID (CHWID) associated with the node based on hardware IDs (HWIDs) of hardware components of the node; and encrypting node license credentials with the encryption CHWID; wherein the credentials include certificates used for authorization of the node to enable and disable the features for the node in accordance with the license, the encryption CHWID includes encryption data and an encryption check code, the encryption data reflects a configuration of the hardware components of the node at a time when the encryption CHWID is generated, and the encryption check code corresponds to the encryption data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A node under a license, comprising:
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a license manager; and one or more hardware components operatively connected to the license manager; wherein the license manager is configured to generate an encryption combined hardware ID (CHWID) of the node and to encrypt credentials of the license with the encryption CHWID, the credentials include certificates used for authorization of the node to enable and disable features for the node, the encryption CHWID is generated from applying a translation algorithm to hardware IDs (HWIDs) of the node components and includes encryption data and an encryption check code, the encryption data reflects a configuration of the components of the node at a time when the encryption CHWID is generated, and the encryption check code corresponds to the encryption data. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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