Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-tier digital supply chain management
- Patent Title (中): 多层数字供应链管理
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Application No.: US14597150Application Date: 2015-01-14
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Publication No.: US09361435B1Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Vikram Koka
- Applicant: FLEXERA SOFTWARE LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Itasca
- Assignee: FLEXERA SOFTWARE LLC
- Current Assignee: FLEXERA SOFTWARE LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Itasca
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/10
- IPC: G06F21/10 ; H04L9/32 ; G06Q50/18

Abstract:
Several embodiments enable management of a bulk package of licenses at a distribution server. The distribution server can store a fulfillment record of a set of licenses. The fulfillment record can indicate distribution statuses of the licenses. The distribution server can also maintain a distribution hierarchy for the set of licenses in the distribution server. The distribution hierarchy can identify one or more other distribution servers that transferred the set of licenses from a root of trust for the licenses to the distribution server and one or more end-user devices or distribution servers that received or fulfilled at least one of the licenses from that the distribution server. When the distribution server distributes a subset of the licenses to a target computing device, the distribution server can update both the fulfillment record and the distribution hierarchy.
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