公开(公告)号：US20170161662A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US14956779

申请日：2015-12-02

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Chijou WANG ,  Manoj K. MONINGI ,  Yangbing ZENG

IPC: G06Q10/06 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06Q30/00

CPC classification number: G06Q10/06315 ,  G06F21/105 ,  G06Q10/0633 ,  G06Q30/0185

Abstract: A system and method of managing software license usage includes: receiving a simulation model that will be processed using two or more license-based software applications; identifying a first license key that will be used to process at least a portion of the simulation model; identifying a second license key that will be used to process at least a portion of the simulation model; and processing the simulation model using the first license key and the second license key, wherein the first license key and the second license key are not used simultaneously and the unused key remains in a shared pool of available license keys.