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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Han Chen, White Plains, NY (US);
Nicholas Fuller, North Hills, NY (US);
Liangzhao Zeng, Mohegan Lake, NY (US);
Zhe Zhang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and articles of manufacture for execution-based license discovery and optimization include collecting execution information for one or more software processes on one or more servers in an operating system, mapping the collected execution information for the one or more software processes to one or more software products, determining usage of a software product in the operating system based on the mapping of the collected execution information for the one or more software processes to one or more software products, and identifying one or more software product license optimization opportunities based on a comparison of the determined usage of the software product in the operating system and an indication of all installations of the software product in the operating system.