Patent ID: 9710809
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for license server synchronization, the method comprising: receiving a first capability request sent from a licensing server to an operations server, the first capability request requesting capacity for one or more additional licenses defining one or more capabilities to which a licensed user is entitled to have activated on a licensed user device that already has one or more fulfilled capabilities; said operations server activating the requested capacity by generating one or more additional licenses based on information from one or more databases in memory, the one or more databases storing licensing information regarding which capabilities the licensed user is entitled to activate on the licensed user device and which capabilities have already been fulfilled on the licensed user device; said operations server transmitting a first capability response from the operations server to the licensing server, the first capability response indicating that the one or more capabilities to which the licensed user device is entitled under the license have been activated, said operations server transmitting the first capability response to a backup licensing server, wherein the backup licensing server provides a second capability response to the licensed user device upon failure of the licensing server, said operations server receiving a server synchronization message sent from the licensing server to the operations server, the server synchronization message based on the one or more activated capabilities that have not been previously fulfilled and deactivated capabilities included in the second capability response; said operations server transmitting a request for payment from the operations server to a service provider, wherein the request for payment is generated based on the one or more activated capabilities that have not been previously fulfilled and deactivated capabilities included in the server synchronization message.