Method for licensing software

Details Method for licensing software Method for licensing software

1994-02-18

1994-12-20

Shaw, Gareth D.

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395700, 395600, 3642283, 3642604, 364DIG1, 364286, G06F 300, G06F 1516

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053752066

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a system that provides a common application software interface for a variety of vendor supplied license servers. The system provides a single set of program calls and translates this single set of calls into a set of calls for each license server. This translation is performed using a translate table, which is easily updated to interface to newly developed or newly released license servers. The system runs as a separate process within the operating environment to monitor the application program, and as long as the application program continues to provide services to the user, the system sends periodic license renewal messages to the license server. The system also notifies the user when the application program cannot obtain a license in order to provide a consistent user interface across applications.

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