Patent ID: 9355224
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system for a dynamic adjustment of authorization for antivirus software, the system comprising: a predetermined number of computers having an antivirus product installed thereon; an authorization key that allows a use of the antivirus product on the predetermined number of computers during a predetermined period of time, wherein the authorization key is computer-independent and is associated with all the computers in the number of computers and not with any particular computer; a plurality of authorization units obtained from a vendor of the antivirus product, each authorization unit representing the smallest increment of time for measuring a duration of the authorization key, wherein the authorization unit represents a correlation between the predetermined number of computers and a predetermined period of the duration of the authorization key; an administration server that is configured to determine a beginning and an ending date of the authorization key for the antivirus product, and provides configuration data to the antivirus product, including frequency of updating of the antivirus product; a database that is configured to receive and store the beginning and the ending date of the authorization key for the antivirus product; wherein the administration server executes a console application that interfaces to the computers and to the vendor of the antivirus product, and sends the authorization key to computers having the antivirus product installed thereon; wherein the console application executing on the administration server changes an expiration date of the authorization key on each computer dynamically as time expires, such that the expiration date increases when the number of computers on which the antivirus product is installed decreases and decreases when the number of computers on which the antivirus product is installed increases, wherein the console application executing on the administration server notifies the vendor of the antivirus product of a new expiration date and a new number of computers on which the antivirus product is installed, wherein the console application executing on the administration server is configured to acquire additional authorization units to extend or shorten the expiration date of the authorization key to the new expiration date, wherein the authorization key is maintained as a file and is stored on each of the computers, and the duration period of the authorization key is written into the file, wherein the predetermined number of computers are divided into several groups, such that computers in a group have a common expiration date for the authorization key, but each group has its own expiration date, and wherein the duration period for the authorization key is determined by the console application using the formula: D=(T