Patent ID: 8745223
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of sharing a software license of a software among a plurality of mobile devices, the method comprising: at a server, assigning, to a mobile device, on a first come first served basis, a server defined identifier, the server defined identifier identifying device information of the mobile device, the device information being stored on a repository and associating the mobile device with a software license, the license being shared by a plurality of mobile devices, including associating a device identifier of the mobile device with the server defined identifier in the repository, wherein the associations indicate that the mobile device is a licensed device for using the software; at the server, managing a message call from each mobile device to the server, including: at the server, disassociating the device identifier from the server defined identifier by clearing the device identifier in the device information in the repository in a predetermined condition so that the server defined identifier with no association with a device identifier in the repository is assignable at the step of assigning.