Dynamic licensing for applications and plugin framework for virtual network systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9893887
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15000075

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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.

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  • CIENA CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barbarie, Stéphane Luc Ottawa, CA 2 21
Ciolfi, Peter Ottawa, CA 2 21
Jones, Randy Nepean, CA 20 264
Meek, Kevin Andrew Stittsville, CA 2 21
Nguyen, Phuong Van Ottawa, CA 11 173
Nursimulu, Khenaidoo Kanata, CA 4 192
Rahimi, Koopayi Hesam Aldin Ottawa, CA 2 21
Wang, Sen Ottawa, CA 124 1603

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