Invention Application
- Patent Title: LICENSE AUDITING FOR DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS
- Patent Title (中): 分布式应用程序的许可审计
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Application No.: PCT/US2009034765Application Date: 2009-02-20
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Publication No.: WO2009105702A3Publication Date: 2009-10-15
- Inventor: ETCHEGOYEN CRAIG S
- Applicant: ETCHEGOYEN CRAIG S
- Assignee: ETCHEGOYEN CRAIG S
- Current Assignee: ETCHEGOYEN CRAIG S
- Priority: US3090908 2008-02-22
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00
Abstract:
The provided software application includes a module that determines a machine fingerprint of a client device at an appropriate time, such as during initial software load on the client. The fingerprint may comprise various machine-determinable measures of system configuration for the client. Each application copy may be associated with a serial number. A license host may collect serial number, fingerprint and/or IP address information from clients on which the application is installed. The host may generate a map of application installations, including geographic locations of installations and number of unique serial numbers per client in specified regions.
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