Implementation of software license management support system

Abstract

Managing the software license in PCs is very important and difficult. Many companies pay much attention to making sure the software is used legally even using expensive tools to verify this. In universities, it is not easy for teachers and students to manage the software license because students graduate every year, they do not like the centralized control for their PCs. Teachers and students need easy and reliable tools to find the status of software in PCs. We implemented the Software License Management Support (SLMS) system to improve the situation. We implemented a program in Visual Basic 6 that provides the name of all software installed in PCs easily. Users can upload the software information to the license management server via a Web interface, register, update, and display the license information of software via this interface in the system. As a result, users can confirm the software license that they are using in their PCs. We are operating the software license management support (SLMS) system in our laboratory. It provides us with enough information about the software installed in PCs. Users can set the license information in the database of the SLMS system and check them. The administrator can also check the license status such as no license and the multiple use of one license certainly. It helps users and administrators to make clear which software is installed and which license is used in the PC.