DISTRIBUTED LICENSE AUTHENTICATION AND MANAGEMENT

摘要

Systems and methods for licensing a licensor software installation using P2P technology are provided. A computer program product for licensing a licensor software installation for a user includes instructions for receiving a license key for the licensor software and creating a license folder corresponding to the license key. The license folder includes a read-only cryptographic key to use for the license folder to validate the contents of the license folder and a list of users with a license. Additional instructions include adding the user to the list of users with a license and distributing the license folder to a device associated with the user to license the licensor software installation for the user. According to some embodiments, this enables licensing authentication and management for the licensor software in a distributed and serverless way. This may prevent unlicensed use of the licensor software and/or allow licensed use without a licensing server.

主权项

1. A computer program product for operating a device for licensing a licensor software installation for a user, the computer program product having a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer program instructions for:
receiving a license key for the licensor software; creating a license folder corresponding to the license key, the license folder comprising:
a read-only cryptographic key to use for the license folder to validate the contents of the license folder; anda list of users with a license to the licensor software; adding the user to the list of users with a license to the licensor software; and distributing the license folder corresponding to the license key to a second device associated with the user to license the licensor software installation for the user.