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DYNAMIC LICENSING FOR APPLICATIONS AND PLUGIN FRAMEWORK FOR VIRTUAL NETWORK SYSTEMS

  • US 20160226663A1
  • Filed: 01/19/2016
  • Published: 08/04/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dynamic licensing method, implemented in an operating environment comprising one or more third-party applications, an integrated system offering and enabling execution of the one or more third-party applications, and one or more end users operating the one or more third-party applications in conjunction with the integrated system, the dynamic licensing method comprising:

  • responsive to an end user requesting a third-party application through the integrated system, determining a license key, for the third-party application, in the integrated system using a public key associated with the integrated system;

    receiving an encrypted validation result from a system associated with the third-party application that validates the license key using a private key and software provided by the integrated system, wherein the system returns the encrypted validation results to the third-party application which provides the encrypted validation results to the integrated system; and

    decrypting the encrypted validation results using previously allocated session keys and determining whether to run the third-party application based on the validation results.

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