Method and apparatus for management of an automated license installation
First Claim
1. A method of managing an automated license installation on a client computing system, the method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving license information of the client computing system from a license database located on a remote server;
receiving a selection of a configuration of the retrieved license information;
confirming the configuration of the retrieval license information on the client computing system; and
receiving one of a license file relating to the confirmed configuration of the retrieved license information and an error message.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for management of an automated license installation is presented. An automated license daemon runs on a server waiting for transmissions/connections from a client-based Setup program. The Setup program utilizes a tunneling agent to make a socket connection with the automated license daemon. Upon such transmission/connection, the automated license daemon begins a thread for each license request, each thread creating a number of SQL queries with information that is received from the Setup program. These SQL queries are sent to an automated license management database for validation. After validation, a license file is returned from the automated license database to the automated license daemon and then back to the Setup program client.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of managing an automated license installation on a client computing system, the method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving license information of the client computing system from a license database located on a remote server; receiving a selection of a configuration of the retrieved license information; confirming the configuration of the retrieval license information on the client computing system; and receiving one of a license file relating to the confirmed configuration of the retrieved license information and an error message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for managing an automated license installation on a client computing system comprising:
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a setup program which resides on the client computing system, the setup program configured to send post requests containing user information using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) over a network to an HTTP port; a tunneling agent which resides on a remote server system accessible via the network and having the HTTP port and a firewall, the tunneling agent configured to receive the post requests from the HTTP port; an automated license daemon program which resides on the remote server system, the automated license daemon configured to receive the user information from the tunneling agent; and a first database which resides on the remote server system and on which is stored license information and a license file, the first database configured to receive a request from the automated license daemon program and return a reply, the reply including one of the license information, the license file, and an error message; wherein the automated license daemon is further configured to send a reply HTTP message based on the reply to the setup program over the network using the HTTP port. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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