License Rehosting via Rehost Ticket Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Licensing authorities face revenue losses due to the inability to verify the removal of software licenses from one device before rehosting them on another, as current methods rely on trust rather than proof of revocation.
Innovation Solution
A system where a rehost ticket is used to validate the removal of a license from a first device before issuing a new license for a second device, ensuring that the license capabilities match and payment for the second device has been received, without requiring a physical transfer of the license.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If companies provide additional licenses based on trust without verification, then customer convenience and ease of operation are improved, but revenue loss increases due to inability to verify license removal
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a license manager as an intermediary component that sits between the customer and the licensing authority. This license manager automatically communicates with the licensing authority to verify license removal status and obtain rehosting approval, eliminating the need for manual verification while preventing revenue loss through automated trustless validation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the license manager continuously monitors license status and automatically reports to the licensing authority. When a license is removed from a previous device, the license manager receives confirmation and automatically requests rehosting approval, creating a closed-loop verification system that prevents revenue loss while maintaining ease of operation.
2Reliability
If companies implement manual verification of license removal, then revenue integrity is improved, but operational complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The license manager operates autonomously to verify license removal and obtain rehosting approval. It automatically queries the licensing authority, validates license status, and processes rehosting requests without requiring manual intervention from customers or licensing authority personnel, thereby maintaining revenue integrity while minimizing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary verification of license removal status before allowing rehosting. The license manager checks whether the license has been properly removed from the previous device and obtains pre-approval from the licensing authority before issuing a new license, ensuring revenue integrity is maintained while automating the process to avoid complexity.
3Ease of operation
If companies allow license transfer without verification, then customer satisfaction and ease of operation are improved, but measurement precision of license status deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual verification mechanisms with automated electronic communication between the license manager and the licensing authority. The license manager uses programmatic interfaces to verify license removal status and obtain rehosting approval, substituting human-based verification with automated digital validation that maintains both ease of operation and measurement precision.
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment, a licensing authority receives a rehost ticket indicating proof of removal of a license from a first device. The licensing authority receives a request for a license for a second device. The licensing authority validates the rehost ticket to ensure that the license on the first device has been removed from the first device. The licensing authority provides a license for the second device if the rehost ticket is successfully validated, wherein the license that has been removed from the first device and the license for the second device provide the same license capabilities. The first device and the second device are associated with the same customer. Payment has been received for the license associated with the first device but payment has not been received for a separate license capable of being applied to the second device.