Resource Management Server Automated License Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing resource management systems face challenges in efficiently allocating licenses to devices as they require manual intervention to activate or deactivate licenses based on device additions or removals, leading to administrative burdens and potential license misallocation.
Innovation Solution
A resource management server that communicates with a license management server to acquire and allocate licenses based on available license information, automatically assigning licenses to resources based on predefined criteria such as expiration dates or function availability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual license allocation is performed by administrators, then license allocation can be controlled based on content selection, but administrative burden increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic license allocation where the resource management server autonomously acquires license information from the license management server and allocates licenses to resources based on predefined criteria, eliminating the need for manual administrator intervention and thereby reducing both administrative burden and time consumption
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback mechanism where the resource management server continuously monitors resource status changes and automatically triggers license allocation or revocation processes based on current resource information, ensuring licenses are dynamically adjusted without manual intervention
2Reliability
If licenses are manually activated/deactivated upon device changes, then license accuracy can be maintained, but operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The resource management server automatically detects resource status changes and triggers license allocation or revocation processes without requiring administrator intervention, maintaining license accuracy through automated monitoring and adjustment while simplifying the operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures license allocation criteria and rules in advance, so that when resource status changes occur, the appropriate license actions are automatically executed based on predefined conditions, ensuring accuracy without requiring complex real-time decision-making processes
Data Source
AI summary
A resource management server including a controller, a communicator that communicates with a license management server which manages a license, and a storage. The storage stores resource information. The controller acquires information about a resource to be activated, acquires license information from the license management server via the communicator, and, when a plurality of sets of license information is acquired as the license information, allocates a license to the resource to be activated based on the plurality of sets of license information.