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`lAPPLICANTS
`David E. Cox, Raleigh, NC;
`David L. Kaminsky, Chapel Hill, N;r:-
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BOX PATENT APPLICATION
`Commissioner for Patents
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`Sir:
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`Transmitted herewith for filing under 37 CFR l.53(b) is:
`0 a patent application
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`David L. Kaminsky
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`David B. Lindquist
`Raleigh, North CaroHna
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`METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR
`LICENSE USE MANAGEMENT ON A NETWORK
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`Attorney Docket No. 5577-106DV
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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PAT~NT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re: Divisional of David E. Cox et al.
`Serial No.: to be Assigned (Divisional of SIN 09/211,529)
`Filed: Concurrently Herewith
`For: METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
`FOR LICENSE USE MANAGEMENT ON A NETWORK
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`BOX PATENT APPLICATION
`Commissioner for Patents
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`April 10, 2001
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`SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION DATA SHEET PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R §1.76
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`Robert W. Glatz
`Registration No. 36,
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`Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.
`P.O. Box 37428
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`Attorney Docket: 5577-106
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`---i\~ ,._ ME"fHOBS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUC~
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`herewith: METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER P
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`PRODUCTS
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`FOR CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT
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`er 5577-130. This application is also related
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`to United States Patent
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`plication No. 09/072,597 filed May 5, 1998 and entitled:
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`stem for Maintaining a user Desktop Consistent with Server
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`ication User Access Permissions which is incorporated herein by reference in
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`Field of the Invention
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`The present invention relates to network management in general and in
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`particular to application program management on a computer network.
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`Background of the Invention
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`Traditional mainframe computer configurations provided for user interface
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`Corporation provides an ability to transmit an application program from a server to
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`a number of clients. The SMS system typically allows installation of programs and
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`associated icons at client stations for SMS-enabled applications. A customized
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`install generally must be created by a system administrator for each different
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`version to be installed. Furthermore, once installed at a client, a user must
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`typically use that specific client station. The application generally cannot be
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`the next time the user starts the application. Similarly, the Tivoli Management
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`Environment (TME) 1 O™ system from Tivoli Systems, Inc. provides a software
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`distribution feature which may be used to transmit a file package to client and
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`server stations on a network from a c~ntral Tivoli™ server.
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`A further complication in network systems is that, typically, these systems
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`include combinations of network applications and native applications as well as
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`combinations of different connection types and hardware devices. As used herein
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`"native applications" refers to applications which are installed locally on a
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`workstation such that characteristics associated with the native application are
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`stored on the workstation. The combinations of network connections, differing
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`hardware, native applications and network applications makes portability of
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`preferences or operating environment characteristics which provide consistency
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`from workstation to workstation difficult. Furthermore, differences in hardware or
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`connections may create inefficiencies as users move from workstation t()
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`workstation. For example, a user may, in a first session, access the network
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`utilizing a high speed connection and a workstation with a high resolution color
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`monitor to execute an application and then, in a later session, access the network to
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`execute the same application from a mobile computer with a monochrome display
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`and a low speed modem connection to the network. Thus, session content, such as
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`color display data or preferences associated with the application, which may have
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`session.
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`Efforts to address mobility of uses in a network have included efforts to
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`provide preference mobility such as, for example, Novell's Z.E.N.worksn1,
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`Microsoft's "Zero Administration" initiative for Windows® and International
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`Business Machines Corporation's (IBM's) Workspace On Demand™. However,
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`these solutions each typically require pre-installation of software at the workstation
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`to support their services. For example, Novell's Z.E.N. and IBM's Workspace On
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`Demand utilize a designer~supplied support layer in the operating systerr, to enable
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`their services. In addition to modifying the workstations operating syste.:n at
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`startup to setup tasks to customize the user's environment, the Microsoft Zero
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`Administration solution may be limited to a homogeneous environment where the
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`workstation and the server are utilizing the same operating system.
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`Another approach to centralized management is the traditional mainframe
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`model, such as with the IBM 3270 system, or an X Windows environment.
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`However, in each of these approaches, the client device is treated as a dumb
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`terminal with execution of the applications occurring at the server rather than the
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`client. Accordingly, the communication between the server and the client is
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`typically presenting characters for a display screen of the client and/or receiving
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`key strokes from the client. Windows Zero Administration, as described above, is
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`client rather than user oriented and installs applications on client stations which do
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`not fully support roaming by users. The JAVA™ environment utilized on the
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`Internet for web applications provides an ability for hardware independent
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`application-development but fails to provide an integrated framework for
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`presenting multiple independent applications to a user. While various web
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`applications do allow personalizing of a specific application display by user, this
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`capability is generally not managed across applications for a user. Furthermore, it
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`typically associates personalized screen information with an Internet address which
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`is client device rather than user associated, therefore limiting its ability to support
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`roaming by users.
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`Each of these "mobility" systems typically do not address the fuL range of
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`complications which may arise in a heterogeneous network utilizing differing ·
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`devices and connections. The systems typically will not present application choices
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`associated with the user and for which the user is authorized but instead present
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`information associated with the particular client workstation. Users would
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`typically have to manually define session characteristics at each differing
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`workstation they used in the network or maintain local characteristic definitions
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`which may be inappropriate for particular applications a user is executing and may
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`substantially reduced the administrative convenience of a centrally controlled
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`network. Thus, these various approaches fail to provide a seamless integration of
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`application access and session characteristics across heterogeneous networks.
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`installation on each workstation. In addition, control over access to applications by
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`users is difficult to accomplish in a mobile environment.
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`An additional user based application management capability not fully
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`supported by these various approaches is license use management. Licens:! use
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`management typically involves controlling how many users can use an application.
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`A distributed network environment with a plurality of client stations and a plurality
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`of different users accessing the applications from different clients increases the
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`challenge associated with managing license use to insure compliance with
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`limitations established by software designers. These environments also typically
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`require various steps in the installation process to occur at different locations rather
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`than allowing the entire process to be controlled from a single point for arc entire
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`managed network environment.
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`Summary of the Invention
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`systems and computer program products for management of configurable
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`application programs on a computer network which allow a mix of user and system
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`administrator defined configurable preferences to be associated with specific
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`application programs.
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`It is a further object of the present invention to provide such methods,
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`systems and computer program products that can accommodate various types of
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`hardware operating under different operating systems across client stations.
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`These and other objects are provided, according to the present invention, by
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`providing two program files for each configurable application program which are
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`provided to a network server station which operates as an on-demand server for
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`software deployment and may also act as the application server. The on-demand
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`server makes the first, or configuration manager, program available to an
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`administrator classified user (either remotely at a client station or at a direct
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`interface to the server station) to provide an interface to establish preferences for
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`the configurable preferences of the application program which have been
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`designated as administrator only settable. The on-demand server also provides a
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`second, or application launcher, program to client stations on the network and
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`served by the on-demand server. The,application launcher program not only
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`provides for a user interface to execute the application program itself but also
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`allows a user to specify one or more of the configurable parameters of the
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`application program. An icon is displayed on the screen of the client station
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`through which a user may initiate execution of the application program. The on(cid:173)
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`demand application launcher may also obtain a license for the requesting user
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`before initiating execution thereby providing centralized license management
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`support.
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`The application launcher program first determines the user identity OD) and
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`provides the user information to the server along with the request to initiate
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`execution of the application program. The application program is then executed
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`using stored values for the user and administrator set preferences or, if no
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`preferences have yet been obtained for the particular user (or new preferences are
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`desired), user preferences are obtained before initiating execution of the application
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`program itself. A profile manager program on the on-demand server provi.des a
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`user interface and maintains profile information for each client (hardware related)
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`and user (preferences) for all managed configurable application programs available
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`on the on-demand server. The profile manager program may also control access. to
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`various applications based on user authorization information.
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`In one embodiment of the present invention methods, systems anc.
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`computer program products are provided for management of configurable
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`application programs on a network. An application program having a plurality of
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`configurable preferences and a plurality of authorized users is installed 0:1 a server
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`coupled to the network. An application launcher program associated with the
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`application program is distributed to a client coupled to the network. A user set of
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`the plurality of configurable preferences associated with one of the plurality of
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`authorized users executing the application launcher program is obtained and an
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`administrator set of the plurality of configurable preferences is obtained from an
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`administrator. The application program is then executed using the obtained user
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`set and the obtained administrator set of the plurality of configurable preferences
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`responsive to a request from the one of the plurality of authorized users. The
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`request may be received from the one of the plurality of authorized users through
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`the application launcher program.
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`In another embodiment of the present invention, a configuration manager
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`program associated with the application program is distributed to a second client
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`coupled to the network and the administrator set of the plurality of configurable
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`preferences is obtained from an administrator executing the configuration manager
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`program. The administrator may be one of the plurality of authorized users who is
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`authorized to execute the configuration manager program. In one embodiment of
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`the present invention, an icon associated with the application program is displayed
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`on a screen-of the client and an authorized user may execute the application
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`launcher program by selecting the displayed icon.
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`In one embodiment of the present invention, obtained user sets and
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`obtained administrator sets are stored on a storage device coupled to the server and
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`retrieved from the storage device when initiating execution of the application
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`program. Default preference values may be provided and used for any of the
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`plurality of configurable preferences which are not specified by the user set or the
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`administrator set. Furthermore, the default preference values may be also be stored
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`on the storage device coupled to the server.
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`In a further aspect of the present invention, security may be provided by
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`determining if a user requesting execution of the application program is one of the
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`plurality of authorized users. This aspect may also be combined with the license
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`use management aspects of the present invention to further control access to
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`managed application programs.
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`In another embodiment of the present invention, additional applic2,tion
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`programs are managed according to the teachings of the present invention along
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`with user preferences obtained from a plurality of users. Furthermore, for each
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`application program, associated application launcher programs may be distributed
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`to a plurality of client stations and obtain user preferences from a plurali~1 of users.
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`computer program products are provided for management of configurable:
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`application programs on a network. An application program having a plurality of
`configurable preferences and a plur~lity of authorized users is installed on a server
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`and an application launcher program associated with the application program is
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`distributed to a client. A user set of the plurality of configurable preferences is
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`obtained from one of the plurality of authorized users executing the application
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`launcher program and an administrator set of the plurality of configurable
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`preferences is obtained from an administrator The application program is then
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`executed using a stored user set and the administrator set of the plurality of
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`configurable preferences responsive to a request from the one of the plurality of
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`authorized users.
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`In another embodiment of the present invention, methods, systems and
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`computer program products are provided for management of configurable
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`application programs on a network including receiving an application l~uncher
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`program associated with an application program having a plurality of configurable
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`preferences from a server. A user set of the plurality of configurable pre'.:erences
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`from one of the plurality of authorized users executing the application launcher
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`program is provided to the server. The server is also requested to provide an
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`instance of the application program and a stored user set and an administrator set of
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`the plurality of configurable preferences for use in executing the application
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`program responsive to a request from the one of the plurality of authorized users.
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`In a further aspect of the present invention, methods, systems and computer
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`program products are provided for management oflicense use for a network.
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`License management policy information for a plurality of application programs is
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`maintained at a license management server. Requests are received at the license
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`management server for a license availability of a selected one of the plurality of
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`application programs from a user at a client. The license management server
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`determines the license availability for the selected one of the plurality of
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`application programs for the user based on the maintained license management
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`policy information and provides an unavailability indication to the client
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`responsive to the selection if the license availability indicates that a license is not
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`available for the user or an availability indication if the licensed availability
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`indicates that a license is available for the user. The request may be received from
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`an application launcher program associated with the selected one of the plurality of
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`application programs and the availability or unavailability indication may be
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`provided to the application launcher program. In one embodiment, the license
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`management server is an on demand server associated with the client whict
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`provides an instance of the selected one of the application programs to the client
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`for execution.
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`While the invention has been described above primarily with respect to the
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`method aspects of the invention, both systems and computer program products are
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`also provided.
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`Acc-ordingly, the present invention provides for manag~ment of
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`configurable application programs in a network environment from a centn:J on(cid:173)
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`demand server location while allowing for user preferences to be tracked
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`independent of hardware location of the user. This provides for reduced costs and
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`increased uniformity in managing software in a network environment by c.elivering
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`configured applications when demanded by a user. It further provides an
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`essentially hardware transparent ability for an individual user to interface to an on(cid:173)
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`demand server supported client station while maintaining the user's personal
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`preferences for each application program .
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