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US08719170B2 Method and system for transferring software and hardware feature licenses between devices
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在设备之间传输软件和硬件功能许可证的方法和系统
- Patent Title: Method and system for transferring software and hardware feature licenses between devices
- Patent Title (中): 在设备之间传输软件和硬件功能许可证的方法和系统
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Application No.: US12779866Application Date: 2010-05-13
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Publication No.: US08719170B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Prabhakara Rao Yellai , Phong Ky Vo , Mihir Maniar , Eric B Eggel , Alex Van Truong
- Applicant: Prabhakara Rao Yellai , Phong Ky Vo , Mihir Maniar , Eric B Eggel , Alex Van Truong
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Edward Wildman Palmer LLP
- Agent James M. Behmke; Stephen D. LeBarron
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00 ; G06F17/00 ; G06Q20/12

Abstract:
A method and system for transferring licenses between electronic devices supporting licensable features. Specifically, in a method a request is generated for transferring a license between first and second electronic devices. The request includes first information unique to the first electronic device, second information unique to the second electronic device. The request is sent to a license distributor to generates a master key. The master key includes a removal key including the first information and an add key including the second information. The removal key is used to remove the license from the first electronic device when the first information matches official versions of the first information. The add key is revealed from the master key when the license is successfully removed. The add key is used to add the license to the second electronic device when the second information matches official versions of the second information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100241568A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE FEATURE LICENSES BETWEEN DEVICES Public/Granted day:2010-09-23
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