Patent ID: 9141767
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for authorizing customer managed software installation based on entitlement records comprising: storing a multiplicity of inventory records in a database of records, the inventory records comprising both entitlement records and maintenance records, the entitlement records each relating an instance , of an software product to a remote computing platform in which the instance of the software product is entitled to be installed, the maintenance records each relating a license to install an instance of the software product to a serial number of the instance of the software product without regard to any specific remote computing platform; responsive to a request to transfer a registered software product from an existing remote computing platform to a new remote computing platform, identifying in the database of records from amongst the inventory records, both an entitlement record for the registered software product of the request and a maintenance record for a serial number of the registered software product, validating both the identified entitlement record and the identified maintenance record for the registered software product within the database of records by a comparison to a software configuration of the registered software product for the existing remote computing platform; and transferring the registered software product to the new remote computing platform only if both the identified entitlement record and the identified maintenance record for the registered software product in the database of records are validated.