KEYLESS LICENSING IN A MULTI-CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240020357A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US17866085

    申请日:2022-07-15

    申请人: VMware, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06F21/10 G06F21/12 G06F9/54

    摘要: An example method of entitling endpoint software in a multi-cloud environment having a public cloud in communication through a messaging fabric with a data center includes: determining, by an entitlement service executing as a cloud service in the public cloud, deployment information for the endpoint software executing on virtualized hosts of the data center; generating, by the entitlement service in response to an entitlement request, an entitlement task in response to verifying the entitlement request against the deployment information; sending, through the messaging fabric, the entitlement task from the entitlement service to an entitlement agent of an agent platform appliance executing in the data center; and applying, by the entitlement agent in cooperation with a licensing service of the endpoint software, a subscription entitlement as indicated in the entitlement task.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHORIZING SOFTWARE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20190205506A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-04

    申请号:US16184119

    申请日:2018-11-08

    发明人: LIJING CHEN

    摘要: A method and system for authorizing software in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a unique identifier (UID) and is connected to a server of the software through a terminal device. The method includes: generating and transmitting at least one section of audio/video data embedded with the UID corresponding to the electronic device to the terminal device; uploading the audio/video data through the terminal device and sending an authorization request to the server of the software; returning authorization audio/video data from the server of the software through the terminal device, wherein the authorization audio/video data includes an authorization key corresponding to the electronic device; and enabling the electronic device to obtain the authorization audio/video data by means of audio/video communication, so as to obtain the authorization key and authorize the software in the electronic device.

    DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING VERSION CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20170220814A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-03

    申请号:US15011157

    申请日:2016-01-29

    发明人: Rabindra Pathak

    IPC分类号: G06F21/62 G06F21/31

    摘要: A server in a digital rights management system implements version control for the digital documents being managed. Each document belongs to a document series and has a version number. The server maintains a version control database table that stores, for each document, the document series name and version number, and parameters indicating whether the document is obsoleted or deleted. When registering a new document, based on auto-obsolete and auto-delete parameters inputted by the user, the server automatically obsoletes or deletes certain older version documents that belong to the same series as the new document. The server controls access to the documents so that obsoleted documents will not be accessible to users even if they still have local copies of such documents. When a user requests access to an older version document that is not obsoleted, the server may allow access to the latest version document instead.