公开(公告)号：US06502079B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-31

申请号：US08986947

申请日：1997-12-08

申请人： Scott Richard Ball ,  Joseph H. Greenwald ,  Bob Jones ,  Kyle Pause

发明人： Scott Richard Ball ,  Joseph H. Greenwald ,  Bob Jones ,  Kyle Pause

IPC分类号： G06F1760

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0283

摘要： A floating license enforcement method and system which enables an authorized user to accumulate time-based usage credit while a software application is in use under a valid license. In the event of a license system fault, the application remains accessible to the user, while consuming the usage credit which was previously accumulated. This allows the user access to the application while the license system fault is being corrected. If the license system fault is corrected before all of the accumulated usage credit is consumed, the application remains accessible to the user under the valid license and resumes accumulating usage credit. Therefore, the invention allows the authorized user to consume its accrued usage credit to bridge the time between when a license system fault occurs and when the fault is corrected, thereby protecting the rights of the user. At the same time, the invention prevents excessive unauthorized use of the application, thereby protecting the rights of the software vendor.

摘要翻译： 一种浮动许可证执行方法和系统，其允许授权用户在软件应用程序在有效许可证下使用时累积基于时间的使用信用。 在许可证系统发生故障的情况下，应用程序在用户先前已累积的使用信用的情况下仍可访问用户。 这允许用户在更正许可证系统故障时访问应用程序。 如果许可证系统故障在所有累积使用信用被消耗之前得到纠正，则该应用程序在有效许可证下仍可由用户访问，并恢复累积使用信用。 因此，本发明允许授权用户消耗其应计使用信用以弥合许可系统故障发生与故障纠正之间的时间，从而保护用户的权限。 同时，本发明可以防止对应用程序的过度未经授权的使用，从而保护软件供应商的权利。