Patent ID: 8103595

Claim:
A licensing system for transferring license information for license-requiring software component of software-controlled devices, the system comprising: a first portable license data storage medium provided with a processor unit and a memory unit, said license data storage medium having license information for the license-requiring software component stored in said memory unit, a second exchangeable license data storage medium provided with a processor unit and a memory unit; a data transfer channel for transferring data between said first license data storage medium and said second license data storage medium; a license detection device for polling said license information of said first license data storage medium and for transferring said license information to said second license data storage medium via said data transfer channel, wherein said license information can be stored in said memory unit of said second license data storage medium and cannot subsequently be polled any longer on said first license data storage medium, wherein said license information in said first portable license data storage medium is one of blocked and deleted upon said license information being stored in said memory unit of said second license data storage medium; and a license-providing device, said license-providing device one of making available and transferring said license information stored in said memory unit of said second license data storage medium to the software-controlled device for one of releasing and blocking at least one license-requiring software component.