Automated registration and licensing tool

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Network computer configuring – Reconfiguring

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C709S224000, C715S733000

Reexamination Certificate

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07917605

ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems are disclosed for managing registrations of computers. The methods and systems provide a registration tool that may be used to automatically register the computers. For each computer to be registered, information uniquely identifying the computer is collected and sent to a remote registration server. The information is then used by the remote registration server to perform the registration on behalf of the computer. The registration may be with a software vendor, a third-party database, or with the remote registration server itself in some cases. The registration server thereafter returns a registration code or other information to the computer to complete the registration. Such an arrangement allows the registration process to be controlled from a central location.

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