SYSTEM FOR SOFTWARE LICENSE CONTROL AND METHOD THEREFORE

摘要

The present invention provides a system (10) for monitoring the number and usage (34) of licenses of an application over a network. A customer is allotted a certain number of excess licenses that are utilized on an as needed basis. Once one or more of these excess licenses are utilized, a notification is sent (32) to the application representatives of these uses. The customer is then billed (32) for these excess licenses. If the customer does not timely pay for these excess licenses, these excess licenses are terminated. If the customer does timely pay, then a new updated license file is transmitted to the customer. The system is also able to remotely audit the customer site for unauthorized usage as well as the usage and trends of the customer. The system is able to operate automatically with no user intervention.