Commercial network licensing system

摘要

A commercial network licensing system is disclosed for monitoring use of software on computers. A client licensing module is provided that is associated with a client software application to be monitored. A file server that is in network communication with computers running the client application includes a licensing module that is in network communication with the client licensing modules on the computers. The licensing module monitors the use of the client software applications and sends a report to a license server over a public IP-compliant network.