Patent ID: 8683603

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving by a system management application a first event related to a first change with respect to an asset, wherein implementing the first change requires a license; in response to receiving the first event, the system management application making a request to a license server application for the license required to implement the first change, wherein the license server application is co-resident with the system management application; receiving by the system management application a notification from the license server application that the required license is available; and in response to the notification from the license server application to the system management application that the required license is available, the system management application entering the first change in asset administration data, wherein the entry of the first change in asset administration data makes the asset available to a user through a client device, wherein the client device does not store or receive the license required to implement the first change, wherein the first change includes a request to register a new user, wherein the asset is an application instance, wherein the system management application implementing the first change includes the system management application receiving a response from the license server application that a license corresponding to an application license name and having a value equal to or greater than a license release value for the application instance is available and entering a corresponding change to an administration record to permit the first change with respect to the application instance, wherein the system management application enters a change to an administration record to permit the first change that includes the system management application administering information for the asset, and wherein the information is included as part of the system administration application.