LICENSING AND CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION VIA SECONDARY OR DIVIDED SIGNALING COMMUNICATION PATHWAY
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1. A method, comprising:
- (a) establishing, over a second communication pathway, a second session between a customer computational component to be licensed and a licensing server, the second communication pathway being over the Internet;
(b) establishing, over a first communication pathway, a first session between at least one of a customer and the customer computational component and the licensing server, the first communication pathway being over a digital telephone network;
(c) transmitting, by a processor, first license information over the first communication pathway; and
(d) transmitting, by a processor, second license information over the second communication pathway, wherein the first and second license information permit the customer computational component to execute.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to the use of separate communication pathways over different types of networks to handle bearer and control signaling in connection with a license transaction.
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1. A method, comprising:
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(a) establishing, over a second communication pathway, a second session between a customer computational component to be licensed and a licensing server, the second communication pathway being over the Internet; (b) establishing, over a first communication pathway, a first session between at least one of a customer and the customer computational component and the licensing server, the first communication pathway being over a digital telephone network; (c) transmitting, by a processor, first license information over the first communication pathway; and (d) transmitting, by a processor, second license information over the second communication pathway, wherein the first and second license information permit the customer computational component to execute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A licensing server, comprising:
a processor operable to; establish, over a second communication pathway and by a second communication modality, a second session with a customer computational component to be licensed; establish, over a first communication pathway and by a first communication modality, a first session with at least one of a customer and the customer computational component, the first and second communication modalities being different; transmit and/or receive first license information over the first communication pathway; and transmit and/or receive second license information over the second communication pathway, wherein the first and second license information permit the customer computational component to execute. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computational component, comprising:
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a software application to be licensed; and a processor operable to; establish, over a second communication pathway and by a second communication modality, a second session with a customer computational component to be licensed; establish, over a first communication pathway and by a first communication modality, a first session with at least one of a customer and the customer computational component, the first and second communication modalities being different; transmit and/or receive first license information over the first communication pathway; and transmit and/or receive second license information over the second communication pathway, wherein the first and second license information permit the software application to execute. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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