Network monitoring system for tracking, billing and recovering l

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1995-05-25

1998-02-10

Trammell, James P.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

39520011, 39518701, G06F 700

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057176043

ABSTRACT:
A network monitoring system operates on a computer including processor for running a multi-tasking operating system capable of having active and inactive windows. The computer is connected to a server or a service which provides access to a user application subject to a license restriction. When the user application is associated with the active window, the user application is executed by the processor. A license recovering system includes a display coupled to the processor for displaying a user interface of the operating system. A user prompting device, run by the processor, the display and associated with an inactive window, prompts a user when the the inactive window has been inactive for a period greater than a first predetermined period. A closing device closes the user application when the inactive window has been inactive for a period greater than a second predetermined period. The network monitoring system also includes a real-time billing system for billing the computer user for access time to the user application subject to the license restriction to alleviate problems occurring in shared license pools on a network. The network monitoring system also includes a user priority system which defines user priorities for the application shared on the network. The priority system closes a current user accessing the user application if the priority of a new user requesting access is greater than the priority of the current user or if the application of the current user is idle.

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