Patents by Inventor Nishanth NAIR

Nishanth NAIR 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).

  • Converting traditional computer product licenses into cloud-based entitlements
    Patent number: 9069937
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for converting a node-locked licensing scheme to a cloud-based management of licenses to use computer products. In one example, a license manager device of a vendor receives a request to upgrade a computer product that is associated with a node-locked certificate that configures the computer product to be node-locked to a particular device. The request includes an identifier of the computer product. The license manager device registers the product identifier to a license pool of a customer account associated with the computer product. The license pool includes entitlements to use the computer product. The license manager device searches for node-locked entitlements that are associated with the node-locked certificate. The license manager device moves the node-locked entitlements to the license pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Techology, Inc.
    Inventors: Satish Sista, Nishanth Nair
  • CONVERTING TRADITIONAL COMPUTER PRODUCT LICENSES INTO CLOUD-BASED ENTITLEMENTS
    Publication number: 20140380490
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for converting a node-locked licensing scheme to a cloud-based management of licenses to use computer products. In one example, a license manager device of a vendor receives a request to upgrade a computer product that is associated with a node-locked certificate that configures the computer product to be node-locked to a particular device. The request includes an identifier of the computer product. The license manager device registers the product identifier to a license pool of a customer account associated with the computer product. The license pool includes entitlements to use the computer product. The license manager device searches for node-locked entitlements that are associated with the node-locked certificate. The license manager device moves the node-locked entitlements to the license pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Satish SISTA, Nishanth NAIR