Software License Transfer via Web Page and Email
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional software license management systems expose license holder account information during installation processes, leading to security risks as installation operators must temporarily use the user's account, potentially leaking account information.
Innovation Solution
A software license management system and method that allows license transfer without using the user's account, utilizing a license management server to create a web page for license acceptance via email, enabling the installation operator to transfer licenses to the original user, maintaining account confidentiality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the installation operator uses the license holder's account to perform activation, then the activation process can be completed, but the license holder's account information is exposed and security is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a license transfer mechanism that acts as an intermediary between the installation operator and the license holder's account. The operator receives a temporary license file that enables activation without directly accessing the license holder's account credentials. This intermediary license file allows the operator to perform activation while the license holder's account information remains protected and undisclosed.
2Reliability
If the license holder's account is used for activation, then the software can be activated, but account information leakage occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the activation capability from the license holder's account credentials. Instead of requiring the operator to use the license holder's account directly, the system generates a separate license file that contains only the necessary activation information. This extraction separates the activation function from the sensitive account information, allowing activation to proceed while keeping account credentials secure and private.
3Reliability
If a temporary account is created for activation, then activation can proceed, but the process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of the license information in the form of a license file that can be transferred to the installation operator. Instead of creating temporary accounts or modifying the license holder's account, the system generates a portable license file that contains the necessary authorization information. This copying approach simplifies the process by allowing the operator to use their own account while attaching the transferred license file, avoiding the complexity of temporary account management.
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AI summary
An installation operator of a newly purchased analyzing device (10) performs software activation of the analyzing device PC (1) from an installation operator terminal (3) using his or her own account. At that time, the installation operator is registered in the server (5) as the license holder of the software. After that, when the installation operator issues a transfer request with an e-mail address of a device user who is a license transfer destination from a terminal (3) to a server (5) attached, a predetermined web page is created in the server (5) and an e-mail containing a URL is sent to the device user who has already acquired their account. When the device user issues an instruction of acceptance upon browsing the web page at the user terminal (2), the license holder of the software is transferred from the installation operator to the device user in the server (5).