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

Claim 10:
11. A computer-implemented operations support system including an entity licensing agent in communication with a first virtualized networking environment, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory having computer-executable instructions encoded therein, which, when executed by the processor, cause the entity licensing agent to:
receive, from the first virtualized networking environment, a request for a first entity;
transmit the request for the first entity to an entity license manager, wherein the request includes payment information;
receive a copy of the first entity from the entity license manager;
transmit the copy of the first entity to the first virtualized networking environment, wherein the first virtualized networking environment is configured to execute one or more instantiations of the first entity;
receive policy information associated with the first entity from the entity license manager;
store the policy information associated with the first entity; and
transmit an acknowledgement of the policy information to the entity license manager.