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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2006
David Bantz, Portland, ME (US);
Thomas E. Chefalas, Somers, NY (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Srikant Jalan, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Steven J. Mastrianni, Unionville, CT (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
David Bantz, Portland, ME (US);
Thomas E. Chefalas, Somers, NY (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Srikant Jalan, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Steven J. Mastrianni, Unionville, CT (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer controlled implementation for distributing portions of a license to use software entities, granted by a licensor to a primary licensee, to subsequent secondary licensees comprising determining a dividable value for the primary license to use a software entity, enabling the primary licensee to grant a portion of the dividable value of the primary license to use the software entity to a secondary licensee, enabling the licensor, the licensee and the secondary licensee to add value to said values of the licenses and tracking said value of the license and of the portion granted to said secondary licensee.