Patents by Inventor Rick Eigenmann

Rick Eigenmann 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).

  • File Based License Management System in Virtualization Environment
    Publication number: 20170003993
    Abstract: A system for managing software application licenses includes a physical machine (10) including computer system hardware. A hypervisor operates on the physical machine. A plurality of application virtual machines (11a, 11b) are instantiated on the hypervisor. Each of the plurality of application virtual machines executes at least one licensed software application (12a, 12b) and a local license manager (13a, 13b) for managing a license file of the licensed software application. A master license manager (15) executes on the physical machine. The master license manager is configured to receive the license files (16) of the licensed software application from the local license managers of each of the plurality of application virtual machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Siyuan Zhou, Livio Dalloro, Michael Wieczorek, Rick Eigenmann, Ralf Mildenberger, Yacine Badiss