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Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2022
Applicant:

Acronis International Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;

Inventor:

Martijn Van Der Schaaf, Zuidland, NL;

Assignee:

Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/105 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and method for managing software item access. A method may include: monitoring usage of a plurality of software items distributed over a network of computing devices; identifying a contract for the network governing the usage of the plurality of software items, wherein the contract includes a plurality of usage conditions that the network has to comply with to access the plurality of software items; determining whether a discrepancy between an adjustable usage condition of the plurality of usage conditions and the usage of the plurality of software items by the network exists; in response to determining that the discrepancy exists, generating a new usage condition based on historic usage condition parameters and the usage of the plurality of software items; updating the contract with the new usage condition; and managing access to the plurality of software items by the network based on the updated contract.


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