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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Michael P. O'Brien, Manasquan, NJ (US);
David C. White, Jr., Saint Petersburg, FL (US);
Muhilan Natarajan, Allen, TX (US);
Christopher Shaun Roberts, Spring, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Consumption-based licensing of network features based on blockchained transactions includes receiving, at a server having connectivity to a network including a plurality of network devices, a request from a particular network device of the plurality of network devices for a feature that is licensed in the network on a per-use basis. Feature-specific key blockchain elements and a feature-specific template are generated for the feature and at least one message that includes the feature-specific key blockchain elements and the feature-specific template is sent to the particular network device. The message enables the plurality of network devices to generate one or more blockchain transactions related to consumption of the feature when a usage interval associated with the feature expires.