公开(公告)号：US20250028791A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18239766

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Bo LIN ,  Qi WU ,  Xi ZENG ,  Kai LOU ,  Dongping CHEN ,  Yi ZENG ,  Danyang LI ,  DongSheng SHEN ,  Donghai HAN

IPC: G06F21/10 ,  H04L9/00

Abstract: Example methods and systems for blockchain-based licensing as a service are described. In one example, a computer system may receive a first request to obtain a first license associated with a first product from a first client system. In response, the computer system may (a) select a first blockchain from multiple blockchains, and (b) generate and store a first non-fungible token (NFT) on the first blockchain to issue the first license. Further, the computer system may receive a second request to obtain a second license associated with the first product or a second product from a second client system. In response, the computer system may (a) select a second blockchain from multiple blockchains, and (b) generate and store a second NFT on the second blockchain to issue the second license.

公开(公告)号：US20240419473A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18348902

申请日：2023-07-07

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Bo LIN ,  Caixia JIANG ,  Xi ZENG ,  Xiao LIANG ,  Kai LOU ,  Chuntao CHEN ,  Danyang LI ,  Qi WU

IPC: G06F9/455 ,  G06F8/70

Abstract: An example method of configuring an entitlement service that manages entitlement of software in a virtualized computing system includes: receiving, at a plug-in of the entitlement service, software component data that specifies a component type and offerings of the component type, the offerings associated with feature sets, the entitlement service executing on a cloud platform in the virtualized computing system; storing, by the plug-in, the software component data in a database; and notifying, by the plug-in, the entitlement service to support entitlement of components of the software having the component type.