Systems and Methods for Providing Conditional Authorization to Operate Licensed Software

摘要

Systems and methods for providing conditional authorization to a plurality of client devices to operate licensed software. A client computer generates and sends a device fingerprint and a license identifier to a license server. The device fingerprint uniquely identifies the client device based on user and non-user configurable parameters relating to the client device. The license server determines if authorization of the licensed software for installation or use at the client software would exceed a limit associated with the license. If authorization would not exceed the limit, the license server sends an unlock key to authorize the client device to install or operate the software. If authorization would exceed the limit, the license server sends an unlock key and ad instructions operable to authorize the client device to install or use the software only in connection with the display of advertisements provided by an ad server.