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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Quanta Computer Inc., Kuei Shan Hsiang, Tao Yuan Shien, TW;

Inventors:

Tien-Chin Fang, Tao Yuan Shien, TW;

Chen-Chung Lee, Tao Yuan Shien, TW;

Ping-Chi Lai, Tao Yuan Shien, TW;

Chia-Hung Lin, Tao Yuan Shien, TW;

Ming-Jen Chen, Tao Yuan Shien, TW;

Hung-Yu Yang, Tao Yuan Shien, TW;

Assignee:

QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/105 (2013.01);
Abstract

License management methods for use in a license management system are provided. The license management system includes licenses and first devices, each of which obtains one of the licenses. First, a license request from a second device is received and a license grade for each of the first devices and the second device is separately calculated based on a historical record of license usage corresponding to the first devices and the second device and an algorithm in response to the license request. Then, whether to agree the second device to obtain one of the licenses is determined according to the calculated grades and the number of remaining available licenses within the licenses.


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