Patent ID: 9386166
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlled starting of limited-time licenses for a telecommunication system with a number of applications connected to it, the telecommunication system comprising non-transitory memory and being connectable to multiple terminal devices, wherein licenses acquired by customers for the telecommunication system are downloaded from a Central License Server via the Internet, the method comprising: configuring a date, time and an activation period via a dialog box communicated in a browser using a Web-Based Management component of the telecommunication system connected to the Internet a first time the telecommunication system is switched on for activation; establishing a maximum permitted usage time for cost-free use of the license by the telecommunication system, and when the maximum permitted usage time expires, discontinuing the use of those licenses for which no usage rights have been acquired; expanding the telecommunication system with additional licenses purchased later on-line, such that a customer who has purchased the additional licenses receives a “License Authorization Code” for license activation, which gives the licenses a validity period; starting on-line licensing through “Web-Based Management”; at the start of the on-line licensing, sending a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the telecommunication system and the “License Authorization Code” to the “Central License Server” using “Web-Based Management,” downloading, via the “Central License Server” a new license file as an encoded license file into the telecommunication system for storage in non-transitory memory, generating a new license file from the encoded license file and any previous license file, and beginning the validity time period for the licenses activated by downloading the encoded license file.