MONETIZING PRODUCT FEATURES AS PART OF ENFORCING LICENSE TERMS

摘要

Control access features include the use of a number of validation rules and capabilities of a target as part of proving license control and revenue generating functionalities, but the embodiments are not so limited. An exemplary role-based computing architecture includes the use of feature to command mappings and one or more validation rules to determine if a target of a command has a proper set of capabilities as part of allowing the command to execute. A computing method of one embodiment operates to provide a validation mechanism that performs a validation evaluation as part of a scope check to ensure that a target command is within the command issuer's scope along with a validation rule check for a particular service feature.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a command input associated with an action; using a mapping database to determine if the action is associated with a defined feature; identifying any validation rules associated with the defined feature; identifying one or more capabilities associated with a target of the action; determining if a validation rule applies to the target; and sending a communication to a command executor when the one or more capabilities of the target violate the validation rule.