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System and method for distribution of software licenses in a networked computing environment

  • US 7,133,917 B2
  • Filed: 06/07/2004
  • Issued: 11/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for distributing software licenses in a networked computing environment, comprising:

  • an agent residing on a computer in a network, the agent operable to gather configuration information about the computer on which the agent resides and one or more products installed on the computer; and

    a management application in the networked computing environment, the management application in communication with the agent and operable to;

    receive the configuration information from the agent;

    use the configuration information to identify a particular product installed on the computer of which use by the computer is not allowed by a valid license agreement;

    in response to the identification of the particular product of which use is not allowed by a valid license agreement, automatically communicate with a vendor computer of the particular product to request a new license from the vendor; and

    provide information associated with the new license to the agent when received from the vendor computer.

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