WO2004109470A3 - System and method for distribution of software licenses in a networked computing environment - Google Patents

System and method for distribution of software licenses in a networked computing environment Download PDF

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WO2004109470A3
WO2004109470A3 PCT/US2004/017970 US2004017970W WO2004109470A3 WO 2004109470 A3 WO2004109470 A3 WO 2004109470A3 US 2004017970 W US2004017970 W US 2004017970W WO 2004109470 A3 WO2004109470 A3 WO 2004109470A3
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computing environment
networked computing
distribution
software licenses
computers
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Vincent Re
Vincent Scovetta
George Lutz
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Computer Ass Think Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L63/00—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security
    • H04L63/10—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for controlling access to devices or network resources
    • H04L63/104—Grouping of entities
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F21/00—Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
    • G06F21/10—Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material ; Digital rights management [DRM]
    • G06F21/12—Protecting executable software
    • G06F21/121—Restricting unauthorised execution of programs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L2463/00—Additional details relating to network architectures or network communication protocols for network security covered by H04L63/00
    • H04L2463/101—Additional details relating to network architectures or network communication protocols for network security covered by H04L63/00 applying security measures for digital rights management

Abstract

A system and method of distributing software licenses in a networked computing environment is provided. The system and method in one aspect comprise a management application and a plurality of agents. The plurality of agents each reside on computers in a network, for example, remote from the management application. The management application includes a user interface from which information about the plurality of computers in a network may be obtained via the plurality of agents and license information may be distributed to the plurality of computers.
PCT/US2004/017970 2003-06-06 2004-06-07 System and method for distribution of software licenses in a networked computing environment WO2004109470A2 (en)

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