公开(公告)号：JP2000357086A

公开(公告)日：2000-12-26

申请号：JP2000143223

申请日：2000-05-16

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ARMSTRONG WILLIAM J ,  NARESH NEIYAA ,  KEVIN PATRICK SUTOMACCHAA

IPC: G06F12/14 ,  G06F9/06 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F21/00 ,  G06F21/22 ,  G06F21/24

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an improved method which manages the simultaneous use license and specially manages the number of simultaneous uses over multiple logical sections by tracking the simultaneous use of a computer over multiple logical sections. SOLUTION: License management is carried out by using >=1 license manager 90 arranged in respective logical sections 40, 42, and 44. Each license manager 90 has access to common service represented by a use tracker 92 and holds the counts of activity uses of all license computer programs to be tracked. A license manager 90 in each logical section processes a function of accepting or rejecting a request to execute the license application 94 in the section. For the purpose, each license manager 90 retrieves the instruction of the large-area counts of uses over all the logical sections on the computer 10.