Centralized licensing system

摘要

A request to activate a license file is received by a licensing system. The license file comprises a number of licenses. A license may be any type of license. The license file is assigned a license file identifier. A license extension is assigned to the license file identifier. A request to acquire a portion (or all) of the number of licenses of the license file is received from an entity. The portion (or all) of the number of licenses of the license file is assigned to the entity based on the license extension. The entity can then use the licenses as necessary.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a microprocessor, in a licensing system, a request to activate a first license file, wherein the first license file comprises a first number of hardware or software licenses and wherein the received request to activate the first license file is received from a licensing authority via a network; assigning, by the microprocessor, a first license file identifier to the first license file; assigning, by the microprocessor, a first license extension to the first license file identifier; receiving, by the microprocessor and via the network, a request to acquire at least a first portion of the first number of hardware or software licenses of the first license file from a first entity, wherein the first entity is a device that consumes the hardware or software licenses; and assigning, by the microprocessor, the least a first portion of the first number of hardware or software licenses of the first license file to the first entity based on the first license extension.