Information security – Prevention of unauthorized use of data including prevention... – Limitations on number or amount of copies
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-19
2011-07-19
Smithers, Matthew B (Department: 2437)
Information security
Prevention of unauthorized use of data including prevention...
Limitations on number or amount of copies
C726S026000, C707S793000, C707S613000, C705S059000, C705S077000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07984515
ABSTRACT:
A storage area network (SAN) license validator manages data collection policies (DCPs) in deployed SAN agents by identifying data collection policies corresponding to unlicensed features, and disabling the DCPs for the unlicensed features. Thus, the agents need not expend computational and memory resources to gather data for unlicensed features that will not be queried. Agents receive a set of data collection policies (DCPs) for licensed features for which the corresponding data will be gathered and reported to the MODB. DCPs for unlicensed features are disabled in the agents that would have executed them, either by removing or canceling from an active DCP list or by omitting the unlicensed DCPs from the startup sequence of the agent. In this manner, agents operate with only the DCPs for licensed products and corresponding features, and need not gather extraneous data. Users do not observe a designated unavailable screen icon or selection, as unavailable data selections are simply omitted from the GUI display.
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Farizon Boris
Patsenker Svetlana
EMC Corporation
Fields Courtney D
Gupta Krishnendu
Kazanjian Gerald P.
Smithers Matthew B
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