| 摘要 |
A license update engine is run as part of a license entitlement automation system. The license update engine is minimally executed daily and identifies, for example, content updates to be applied and licenses that have drifted from their definition. The license update engine then generates proposals for operators to consider. Accepted proposals update the license configuration. Thus, the license update engine identifies licenses and the definitions that are connected to them, including definitions that the licenses from which the were created and definitions that are linked to SKUs of entitlement purchases. Analyses relates three categories of proposal, including license types, applications linked to licenses, and usage rights on licenses. Proposals are stored in a database and operators can accept or ignore them. The database maintains a history of license changes. |
| 主权项 |
1. a computer implemented method for effecting automatic license configuration updates, comprising:
providing a processor that is configured to operate as a license update engine, said processor implemented license update engine configured to communicate with a database comprising license definitions, licenses, and update proposals, said database configured to communicate with a web server; said license update engine identifying said licenses and said license definitions that are connected to said licenses; said license update engine periodically and regularly identifying updates to said definitions which should be applied to said licenses and to licenses that have drifted from their definition; responsive to said identifying, said license update engine automatically generating one or more said license update proposals with regard to categories comprising license types, applications linked to licenses, and usage rights on licenses, where said proposals comprise one or more recommendations to change a setting or property associated with said categories to match its reference definition better, where each proposal is relative to a reference definition for the license; said license update engine storing said proposals in said database; said license update engine providing said proposals to one or more operators; said license update engine receiving from said one or more operators a decision to accept said one or more proposals, wherein said acceptance updates properties and/or settings of a license to match those of a definition, or to ignore said one or more proposals, wherein said rejected proposal is no longer shown in a list of active proposals; and said license update engine, upon receiving acceptance of one or more proposals, updating a corresponding computer configuration accordingly. |
