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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Robert J. Serkowski, Broomfield, CO (US);
William T. Walker, Evergreen, CO (US);
Robert J. Serkowski, Broomfield, CO (US);
William T. Walker, Evergreen, CO (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system, comprising: (i) first and second computational componentsandhaving, respectively, first and second unique identifiers; (ii) a license filecomprising third and fourth identifiersandrespectively associated with the first and second computational components; (iii) a license manageroperable to (a) obtain, from the first and second computational components, the first and second unique identifiers, (b) access the license file to obtain the third and fourth identifiers, (c) compare each of the first and second unique identifiers with one or both of the third and fourth identifiers; and (iv) a mode setting agentoperable to permit the one or both of the first and second computational components to perform an operation, when both the first and second identifiers match one of the third and fourth identifiers, and not permit the first and second computational components to perform the operation, when only one of the first and second identifiers matches one of the third and fourth identifiers.