| 摘要 |
The license manager provides an automated process that reduces the need for human interaction associated with licensing components, distribution of the same, product distribution, debugging, product building, assembly, installation, configuration and maintenance. In addition, there is an interface for use by regulators that allows the regulators to test and to receive notifications from the license manager. Finally, there is a third party interface to facilitate equipment add-ons to the system. The license management system provides enablement/disablement of software products, generation and maintenance of accounting records, and logs for licenses that are generated and distributed throughout the system. An audit trail is also created that includes who authorized the purchase of the license, as well as audit trails relating to different system levels to verify system security. Finally, a change notification system provides for the control of any changes to the system and monitors these changes on a multi-tiered level within the system. |
| 主权项 |
1. A license management system for providing centralized management of licenses in a gaming environment site, the system comprising:
a plurality of gaming devices; a site software license database; a site operator system including one or more servers programmed to a site license manager, a local site distribution center, and a system management control station, wherein the site operator system receives one or more license requests from one or more of the plurality of gaming devices, each license request having an associated authorization code; a central software database that stores licenses; a central host server that is in communication through a network with the site operator system, wherein the central host server is configured to define a license manager, a central distribution center, and a billing manager, wherein the central host server receives one or more license requests from the site operator, wherein only the central license manager configures one or more of the licenses stored at said central software database by communicating with the central distribution center in response to the central host server receiving the one or more license requests from the local site operator, wherein the configured one or more licenses are transmitted through the billing manager to the site software license database, wherein the site license manager retrieves the one or more configured licenses stored on the site software license database and transfers the one or more configured licenses to the one or more gaming devices associated with the one or more license requests; and a system operator server that is responsible for the creation of the licenses stored in the central software license database, wherein the system operator server communicates to the billing manager and the central software license database through said network; wherein the license management system authorizes a purchase of one or more licenses by one or more license requests, creates an authorization code for each license request, places each authorization code in the central distribution center, and informs the site license manager of each authorization code generation, and wherein the site license manager evaluates each authorization code and each license request, determines whether each authorization code and each license request for a license should be accepted based on a predetermined license policy, and accepts each authorization code and each license request if in accordance with the license policy, and in response to license policy approval, downloads each approved authorization code to the gaming device associated with the license request and includes each approved authorization code to enable play of a game associated with each approved authorization code. |
