Patents by Inventor Mark Lance Woollard

Mark Lance Woollard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for software licensing under machine virtualization
    Patent number: 8918910
    Abstract: A method and system implementing software licensing management under machine virtualization are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system comprises a virtual platform running on a physical machine; a binding agent running on a host operating system of the virtual platform; a license enforcement module running on a virtual machine instance of the virtual platform. The license enforcement module is in communication with the binding agent. The binding agent enforces a mutex lock to ensure that only a specified number of license enforcement modules are running on the physical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Flexera Software LLC
    Inventors: Sai Kennedy Vedantam, Mark Lance Woollard
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOFTWARE LICENSING UNDER MACHINE VIRTUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20140143888
    Abstract: A method and system implementing software licensing management under machine virtualization are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system comprises a virtual platform running on a physical machine; a binding agent running on a host operating system of the virtual platform; a license enforcement module running on a virtual machine instance of the virtual platform. The license enforcement module is in communication with the binding agent. The binding agent enforces a mutex lock to ensure that only a specified number of license enforcement modules are running on the physical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Flexera Software LLC
    Inventors: Sai Kennedy Vedantam, Mark Lance Woollard
  • Method and system for software licensing under machine virtualization
    Patent number: 8646098
    Abstract: A method and system implementing software licensing management under machine virtualization are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system comprises a virtual platform running on a physical machine; a binding agent running on a host operating system of the virtual platform; a license enforcement module running on a virtual machine instance of the virtual platform. The license enforcement module is in communication with the binding agent. The binding agent enforces a mutex lock to ensure that only a specified number of license enforcement modules are running on the physical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Flexera Software LLC
    Inventors: Sai Kennedy Vedantam, Mark Lance Woollard
  • Method and System for Software Licensing Under Machine Virtualization
    Publication number: 20110047624
    Abstract: A method and system implementing software licensing management under machine virtualization are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system comprises a virtual platform running on a physical machine; a binding agent running on a host operating system of the virtual platform; a license enforcement module running on a virtual machine instance of the virtual platform. The license enforcement module is in communication with the binding agent. The binding agent enforces a mutex lock to ensure that only a specified number of license enforcement modules are running on the physical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Sai Vedantam, Mark Lance Woollard