Software Product Inventory and Usage Information Correlated with License Agreement Information
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Abstract
A software tool and database that enables a user to view information, on the one hand, pertaining to hardware and software product inventory and usage, and, on the other hand, to license agreement information in such way that the two sets of information are correlated and associated. The tool presents inventory and usage information based on agreement criteria and/or agreement information based on inventory and usage criteria in an integrated fashion that permits the user to switch from one kind of information to the other kind in a variety of convenient ways. The main functional blocks of the software tool include a data acquisition tool, a reconciliation and association tool, and a processing/display/output tool.
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79 Claims
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58. A method, in a data processing system, for correlating inventory and usage information with agreement information, the method comprising:
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importing, by the data processing system, inventory and usage information from an asset database; importing, by the data processing system, contract and agreement information from a contract and agreement database; generating a links table, wherein the links table associates records in the asset database with records in the contract and agreement database; establishing, by a list associator in the data processing system, associations, each association being between one or more items in the asset database and one or more items in the contract and agreement database; and displaying product information based on the inventory and usage information, the contract and agreement information, and the associations. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:
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import, by the data processing system, inventory and usage information from an asset database; import, by the data processing system, contract and agreement information from a contract and agreement database; generate a links table, wherein the links table associates records in the asset database with records in the contract and agreement database; establish, by a list associator in the data processing system, associations, each association being between one or more items in the asset database and one or more items in the contract and agreement database; and display product information based on the inventory and usage information, the contract and agreement information, and the associations.
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79. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; import, by the data processing system, inventory and usage information from an asset database; import, by the data processing system, contract and agreement information from a contract and agreement database; generate a links table, wherein the links table associates records in the asset database with records in the contract and agreement database; establish, by a list associator in the data processing system, associations, each association being between one or more items in the asset database and one or more items in the contract and agreement database; and display product information based on the inventory and usage information, the contract and agreement information, and the associations.
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