License management for device management system

• US 9,600,810 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2015
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Smith, Andrew Christopher, Tyler, Micheal
• Primary Examiner(s): Su, Sarah
• Application Number:
  US14/632,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20160253641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 726/6, 726/7, 726/26, 726/27, 726/31
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/105 Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for managing access of device management systems in license management operations associated with purchase accounts of a bulk licensing system. An example method includes identifying a request for a license management operation associated with a purchase account of a bulk licensing system, wherein the request includes a licensing identity associated with the purchase account; in response to the identifying, determining that the license management operation is to be performed based on the licensing identity; and in response to the determining, performing the license management operation.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising:

receiving, at a bulk licensing system and from a device management system, a registration request, wherein the registration request includes a tenant identity identifying a server including the device management system, and the tenant identity is a Server Routing Protocol (SRP) Identifier (ID);

sending, in response to the registration request, a registration response to the device management system, wherein the registration response includes a licensing identity associated with the tenant identity;

receiving a request for a license management operation associated with a purchase account of a bulk licensing system, wherein the request includes the licensing identity, and the purchase account is associated with the licensing identity;

in response to the receiving, determining that the license management operation is to be performed based on the licensing identity; and

in response to the determining, performing the license management operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is a first request, the license management operation is a first license management operation, and the licensing identity is the first licensing identity, further comprising:

identifying a second request for a second license management operation associated with the purchase account of the bulk licensing system, wherein the second request includes a second licensing identity associated with the purchase account, wherein the second licensing identity is different than the first licensing identity;

in response to the identifying, determining that the second license management operation is not to be performed based on the second licensing identity; and

in response to the determining, refraining from performing the second license management operation.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a configuration command associated with the purchase account; and

configuring, in response to the configuration command, at least one licensing identity to associate with the purchase account.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determination that the license management operation is to be performed comprises determining that the at least one configured licensing identity includes the licensing identity in the request.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the licensing identity is associated with the purchasing account of the bulk licensing system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the registration request includes a tenant authentication credential, further comprising:

performing an authentication procedure using the tenant authentication credential; and

sending, to the device management system, an authentication credential associated with the licensing identity.

7. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising:

sending, at a device management system, a registration request to a bulk licensing system, wherein the registration request includes a tenant identity identifying a server including the device management system, and the tenant identity is a Server Routing Protocol (SRP) Identifier (ID);

receiving, in response to the registration request, a registration response, wherein the registration response includes a licensing identity associated with the tenant identity;

identifying, at the device management system, a request to manage one or more licenses associated with a purchase account of the bulk licensing system, wherein the request to manage one or more licenses is associated with the tenant identity and the bulk licensing system is separated from the device management system;

determining, by the device management system, that the licensing identity is associated with the tenant identity; and

sending, from the device management system to the bulk licensing system, a request to perform a license management operation, wherein the request to perform a license management operation includes the licensing identity and the license management operation is based on the request to manage one or more licenses.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, in response to the registration request, an authentication credential, wherein the authentication credential is used in generating the request to perform the license management operation.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein sending the request to perform a license management operation comprises making a web service call to the bulk licensing system.

10. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions operable when executed to cause at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a registration request from a device management system, wherein the registration request includes a tenant identity identifying a server including the device management system, and the tenant identity is a Server Routing Protocol (SRP) Identifier (ID);

sending, in response to the registration request, a registration response to the device management system, wherein the registration response includes a licensing identity associated with the tenant identity;

receiving a request for a license management operation associated with a purchase account of a bulk licensing system, wherein the request includes the licensing identity, and the purchase account is associated with the licensing identity;

in response to the receiving, determining that the license management operation is to be performed based on the licensing identity; and

in response to the determining, performing the license management operation.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the request is a first request, the license management operation is a first license management operation, and the licensing identity is the first licensing identity, the operations further comprising:

identifying a second request for a second license management operation associated with the purchase account of the bulk licensing system, wherein the second request includes a second licensing identity associated with the purchase account, wherein the second licensing identity is different than the first licensing identity;

in response to the identifying, determining that the second license management operation is not to be performed based on the second licensing identity; and

in response to the determining, refraining from performing the second license management operation.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, the operations further comprising:

receiving a configuration command associated with the purchase account; and

configuring, in response to the configuration command, at least one licensing identity to associate with the purchase account.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the determination that the license management operation is to be performed comprises determining that the at least one configured licensing identity includes the licensing identity in the request.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the licensing identity is associated with the purchasing account of the bulk licensing system.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the registration request includes a tenant authentication credential, the operation further comprising:

performing an authentication procedure using the tenant authentication credential; and

sending, to the device management system, an authentication credential associated with the licensing identity.

16. A system comprising:

memory for storing data; and

one or more processors operable to perform operations comprising;

receiving a registration request from a device management system, wherein the registration request includes a tenant identity identifying a server including the device management system, and the tenant identity is a Server Routing Protocol (SRP) Identifier (ID);

sending, in response to the registration request, a registration response to the device management system, wherein the registration response includes a licensing identity associated with the tenant identity;

receiving a request for a license management operation associated with a purchase account of a bulk licensing system, wherein the request includes the licensing identity, and the purchase account is associated with the licensing identity;

in response to the receiving, determining that the license management operation is to be performed based on the licensing identity; and

in response to the determining, performing the license management operation.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the request is a first request, the license management operation is a first license management operation, the licensing identity is the first licensing identity, and the operations further comprise:

identifying a second request for a second license management operation associated with the purchase account of the bulk licensing system, wherein the second request includes a second licensing identity associated with the purchase account, wherein the second licensing identity is different than the first licensing identity;

in response to the identifying, determining that the second license management operation is not to be performed based on the second licensing identity; and

in response to the determining, refraining from performing the second license management operation.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the licensing identity is associated with the purchasing account of the bulk licensing system.