公开(公告)号：US20140229490A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-14

申请号：US14052563

申请日：2013-10-11

Applicant: Splunk Inc.

Inventor： Vishal Patel ,  Jimmy John ,  Stephen Phillip Sorkin ,  Johnathon Lee Cervelli ,  Mitchell Neuman Blank, JR. ,  Robin Kumar Das

IPC: G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F16/2272 ,  G06F21/121 ,  G06F2221/0775 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  H04L2463/101

Abstract: The invention is directed towards enabling data volume and data type based licensing of software in a distributed system of a plurality of remote and/or local nodes. The invention enables measuring and optionally restricting the use of software based on one or more provided licenses that restrict the amount and type of data that may be processed by the software. New and older licenses may be added together for a single, bulk entitlement for a given volume of data processing for one or all types of data. Different users in the same enterprise may combine license entitlements too. Also, a new license can be acquired repeatedly, without requiring the issuance of combined licenses by the issuing authority and/or the revocation of prior licenses.

Abstract translation: 本发明旨在实现在多个远程和/或本地节点的分布式系统中的软件的基于数据量和数据类型的许可。 本发明能够测量和可选地限制基于限制软件可能处理的数据的数量和类型的一个或多个所提供的许可证的软件的使用。 新一代和更旧的许可证可以一起添加，用于针对一种或所有类型的数据的给定数据量处理的单个批量权利。 同一企业的不同用户也可以组合许可证授权。 此外，可以重复获得新的许可证，而不需要发证机构签发合并的许可证和/或撤销先前的许可证。

公开(公告)号：US11182367B1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16388812

申请日：2019-04-18

Applicant: SPLUNK INC.

Inventor： Vishal Patel ,  Jimmy John ,  Stephen Phillip Sorkin ,  Johnathon Lee Cervelli ,  Mitchell Neuman Blank, Jr. ,  Robin Kumar Das

IPC: G06Q20/00 ,  G06F16/22 ,  G06F21/12

Abstract: The invention is directed towards enabling data volume and data type based licensing of software in a distributed system of a plurality of remote and/or local nodes. The invention enables measuring and optionally restricting the use of software based on one or more provided licenses that restrict the amount and type of data that may be processed by the software. New and older licenses may be added together for a single, bulk entitlement for a given volume of data processing for one or all types of data. Different users in the same enterprise may combine license entitlements too. Also, a new license can be acquired repeatedly, without requiring the issuance of combined licenses by the issuing authority and/or the revocation of prior licenses.