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Patent No.:

US 9128780 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2012

Validating license servers in virtualized environments

Applicants:

Gang Xue, Shanghai, CN;

Qiufang Shi, Shanghai, CN;

Inventors:

Gang Xue, Shanghai, CN;

Qiufang Shi, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:

Timothy Churna

Sade Fashokun

Micky Minhas

Primary Examiner:

Azizul Choudhury

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/526 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 17/302 (2013.01); G06F 17/30197 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01); H04L 29/08549 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/003 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0704 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for validating license servers in virtualized environments. Embodiments of the invention leverage a set of features acquired or built in cloud computing environments to facilitate a software based solution providing uniqueness and immutability of a license server hosted in the cloud. Avoiding features of the underlying hardware systems results a much more flexible and reliable platform for hosting license servers. Features of a cloud storage service can be used to create a unique ID for a license server. Security and reliability of license servers hosted in a pubic cloud environment is also improved.

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