Mark Eric Redding

US Patent:

6968384, Nov 22, 2005

Filed:

Aug 25, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/648502

Inventors:

Mark E. Redding - Newport Beach CA, US
Logan A. Badia - Fullerton CA, US
Sandeep Handa - New Delhi, IN
Hemant Sharma - Lake Forest CA, US
Sanjay Chopra - New Delhi, IN
Rana Gupta - Haryana, IN
Poonam Lal - Haryana, IN

Assignee:

Safenet, Inc. - Belcamp MD

International Classification:

G06F015/16
G06F015/173
H04L009/00

US Classification:

709229, 709225, 713201, 705 52, 705 59

Abstract:

A system for managing licenses for protected software on a communication network is disclosed. The system includes at least one client computer that is capable of being coupled to or decoupled from the communication network. While coupled to the communication network, a user of the client computer may request a commuter authorization to use the protected software. At least one license server is also coupled to the communication network. Each license server is programmed for managing a distribution of allocations to use the protected software. In addition, at least one of the license servers is programmed for granting a commuter authorization in response to a request for a commuter authorization from a client computer if there is an available authorization. After a commuter authorization is received by a client computer, the client computer stores a commuter authorization lifetime representing a time period for which the commuter authorization is valid. The client computer may then use the protected software while coupled to or decoupled from the communication network until the commuter authorization lifetime expires.

US Patent:

7035918, Apr 25, 2006

Filed:

Aug 25, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/648697

Inventors:

Mark E. Redding - Newport Beach CA, US
Logan A. Badia - Fullerton CA, US
Sandeep Handa - New Delhi, IN
Hemant Sharma - Lake Forest CA, US
Sanjay Chopra - New Delhi, IN
Vikram Duvvoori - Salinas CA, US
Shankar Ramamoorthy - Santa Cruz CA, US
Ajay Tripathy - New Delhi, IN

Assignee:

Safenet Canada. Inc. - Belcamp MD

International Classification:

G06F 17/60

US Classification:

709223, 709203, 709219, 709225, 709226, 709229, 709217, 709228, 709201, 709204, 709245, 370401, 370352, 707 10, 713155, 713156, 713168, 713152, 713153, 380 30, 705 26

Abstract:

A system for managing licenses for protected software on a communication network is disclosed. The system comprises at least one client computer and a pool of license servers coupled to the communication network. The client computers request authorizations to use the protected software. The pool of license servers are programmed for managing a distribution of allocations to use the protected software. Within the pool of license servers is a current leader server programmed for managing the distribution of allocations for the license servers in the pool, and at least one follower server programmed for managing the distribution of allocations for that particular follower server. Each license server stores a status of the allocations for that particular license server, and each follower server communicates the status of the allocations for that particular follower server to the current leader server. Each follower server is capable of becoming a new leader server if the current leader server can no longer manage the distribution of allocations for the license servers.

US Patent:

7716348, May 11, 2010

Filed:

Aug 25, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/648720

Inventors:

Mark E. Redding - Newport Beach CA, US
Logan A. Badia - Fullerton CA, US
Sandeep Handa - New Delhi, IN
Hemant Sharma - Lake Forest CA, US
Sanjay Chopra - New Delhi, IN
Vikram Duvvoori - Salinas CA, US
Shankar Ramamoorthy - Santa Cruz CA, US
Ajay Tripathy - New Delhi, IN

Assignee:

SafeNet, Inc. - Belcamp MD

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709229, 709 59

Abstract:

A system for balancing a distribution of allocations for protected software over a communication network is disclosed. The system is comprised of at least one client computer and a pool of license servers coupled to the communication network. The client computers request authorizations to use the protected software, while a distribution of allocations is managed among the pool of servers for tracking and managing available allocations for using the protected software. One license server in the pool is designated as the current leader server. When a particular license server does not have a selectable minimum amount of available allocations, the current leader server re-assigns, where possible, the allocations within the pool by updating memory containing the distribution tables of license servers in the pool, to give at least one additional allocation to the particular license server.

US Patent:

6842896, Jan 11, 2005

Filed:

Aug 25, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/648853

Inventors:

Mark E. Redding - Newport Beach CA, US
Logan A. Badia - Fullerton CA, US
Sandeep Handa - New Delhi, IN
Hemant Sharma - Lake Forest CA, US
Sanjay Chopra - New Delhi, IN
Vikram Duvvoori - Salinas CA, US
Shankar Ramamoorthy - Santa Cruz CA, US
Ajay Tripathy - New Delhi, IN

Assignee:

Rainbow Technologies, Inc. - Irvine CA

International Classification:

G06F 944
H04L 900

US Classification:

717172, 717174, 713155

Abstract:

A system for managing licenses for protected software on a communication network is disclosed. The system comprises at least one client computer and a pool of license servers coupled to the communication network. The client computers request authorization to use the protected software, and the license servers manage a distribution of allocations to use the protected software. The pool of license servers includes a selected current leader server for managing the distribution of allocations for all license servers in the pool. The first license server to be started is selected as the current leader server. However, if no license server is started first, the license server with the highest priority according to a leader priority list is selected as the current leader server. In addition, client computers seeking authorization to use the protected software may receive information from the server pool and select a particular license server from which to request authorization to use the protected software based on the received information.