Patent ID: 8484454

Claim:
A method for relocation of portable software licenses to offline computing devices, comprising: providing a licensing network comprising a network license server including at least one portable software license that includes an associated time limit for its use comprising at least one software application and a first computing device connected to said licensing network having a removable security device including a memory store connected thereto; relocating said portable software license from said licensing network to said memory store of said removable security device to generate a license relocation record on said removable security device, said license relocation record including limit information for said time limit; detaching said removable security device from said first computing device; connecting said removable security device to a second computing device that is not connected to said licensing network; provided said time limit is not exceeded, transferring said portable software license to said second computing device, and following said transferring of said portable software license to said second computing device, removing said license relocation record from said memory store of said removable security device.