Patent ID: 8781970

Claim:
A computer implemented method for resolving an unlicensed installation of a type of software in a first computer of a company, said method comprising the steps of: automatically determining, by electronically querying at least one computer file, that said type of software has been used by the company more than a predetermined threshold level during a predetermined period of time; automatically determining, by electronically querying at least one computer file, that said type of software is currently installed on a second computer of said company; automatically determining, by electronically querying at least one computer file, that said company has an existing license which permits multiple copies of said software to be installed on said second computer; and based at least in part on (a) the determination that said company has an existing license which permits multiple copies of said software to be installed on said second computer, and (b) the determination that said type of software has been used by the company more than said predetermined threshold level during a predetermined period of time, automatically determining, and generating a computer record indicating, that a solution to said unlicensed installation of said type of software on said first computer is to uninstall said unlicensed software from said first computer and install another copy of the software in said second computer under said existing license in addition to the software of said type which is currently installed on said second computer.