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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Randy Jones, Nepean, CA;
Phuong Van Nguyen, Ottawa, CA;
Peter Ciolfi, Ottawa, CA;
Kevin Andrew Meek, Stittsville, CA;
Khenaidoo Nursimulu, Kanata, CA;
Hesam Aldin Rahimi Koopayi, Ottawa, CA;
Sen Wang, Ottawa, CA;
Stéphane Luc Barbarie, Ottawa, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A dynamic licensing method, implemented in an integrated system, includes, responsive to an end user requesting a third-party application through the integrated system; determining a license key, for the third-party application, in the integrated system using a public key associated with the integrated system; receiving an encrypted validation result from a system associated with the third-party application that validates the license key using a private key and software provided with the integrated system, wherein the system returns the encrypted validation results to the third-party application which provides the encrypted validation results to the integrated system; and decrypting the encrypted validation results using previously allocated session key and determining whether to run the third-party application based on the validation results.