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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2002
Werner Behr, Paderborn, DE;
Ralf Brese, Rietberg, DE;
Rainer Zimmermann, Paderborn, DE;
Bruno Bozionek, Borchen, DE;
Achim Minderlein, Bad Lippspringe, DE;
Werner Behr, Paderborn, DE;
Ralf Brese, Rietberg, DE;
Rainer Zimmermann, Paderborn, DE;
Bruno Bozionek, Borchen, DE;
Achim Minderlein, Bad Lippspringe, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The use of licenses is monitored in a computer or communication system which has a plurality of terminals and in which at least one license is associated with at least one user. The use of the license or licenses by each user is recorded during a defined period after the license starts to run. Based on the recording result, a message is generated and sent to the user's terminal at least if the scope of use falls short of a predeterminable value.