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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Steven Lingafelt, Durham, NC (US);
James W. Murray, Durham, NC (US);
James Swantek, Canton, GA (US);
James S. Worley, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven Lingafelt, Durham, NC (US);
James W. Murray, Durham, NC (US);
James Swantek, Canton, GA (US);
James S. Worley, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for allocation of application licenses includes establishing a computing environment comprising a licensed application or service accessed by at least two users, each user having an associated computer system; establishing an ordered list of users for a licensed application or service, in which users have a predefined priority based on a business value or function; establishing at least one user attribute comprising whether a user's virtual machine will be archived and saved for later resumption if the user's license is at least one of suspended, removed, or reallocated; and establishing at least one disqualification threshold for at least one user.