Patent ID: 8386392
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, over a computer network, a request at a license handling information handling system from a first computer system utilized by a first user of an organization, wherein the first user requests a license to a licensed product; identifying a second user in the organization, wherein the second user currently has a license to the licensed product; in response to the identifying, sending a first electronic message from the license handling information handling system to the second user, wherein the first electronic message requests that the second user relinquish the second user's license; receiving, at the license handling information handling system, a second electronic message from the second user, wherein the second electronic message indicates that the second user will relinquish the second user's license for a temporary time period; sending, from the license handling information handling system, a third electronic message to the first user, wherein the third electronic message includes the temporary time period; receiving, at the license handling information handling system, a response from the first user, the response indicating whether the first user accepts the temporary time period; in response to the first user accepting the temporary time period, revoking the license of the second user to the licensed product from the license handling information handling system; and in response to the revoking, granting the first user the license to the licensed product from the license handling information handling system.