Patent ID: 11863402
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented system for secure management, licensing, and distribution of a plurality of entities over a virtualized networking environment, comprising:
an entity license manager;
an entity license database in communication with the entity license manager, and configured for storing a plurality of polices associated with the plurality of entities;
a processor; and
a memory having computer-executable instructions encoded therein, which, when executed by the processor, cause the entity license manager to:
receive a request for access to a first entity of the plurality of entities from a virtual network of the virtualized networking environment, wherein the virtual network is configured to execute an instantiation of the first entity;
determine if the virtual network may access the first entity based on one or more policies of the plurality of policies associated with the first entity, wherein, if the virtual network may access the first entity, and transmit the first entity to the virtual network;
transmit a copy of the one or more policies associated with the first entity to the virtual network;
receive acknowledgement of receipt of the one or more policies by the virtual network; and
transmit the first entity to the virtual network upon receipt of the acknowledgement.