A license management method, server, client and system

Abstract

The invention discloses a method to carry out the license management. The method comprises the following steps: a license client reports the owned license control items and the number of the corresponding resources of the client to a license server; the license server calculates the total number of the resources of each license control item according to the received license control items and the number of the corresponding resources; finally the license server allocates the resources of the license control items to the license client within the total number of the resources of each license control item. The invention also discloses the license server, the licenser client and a license management system. The application of the invention can realize the upgrade of the single computer license management to the license network smoothly for share under the premise of lower cost.

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[0001] The invention relates to software protection technology, in particular to a method, server, client and system for license (License) management. Background technique

[0002] For a long time, software piracy and illegal use have plagued software product developers. It has directly led to a decline in sales and loss of profits, greatly dampened people's enthusiasm for software product development, and seriously hindered the development of the software industry.

[0003] In order to protect intellectual property rights and curb software piracy and illegal use, various software protection technologies have emerged to control unauthorized use of software. At present, a commonly used software protection technology is to provide users with a license file (or license for short), and the license file controls the operation of the software, thereby controlling the use of the software within the scope of authorization.

[0004] Usually, the license file contains...

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