US 11,775,621 B2
Licensing in the cloud
Malini K. Bhandaru, San Jose, CA (US); Kapil Sood, Portland, OR (US); Christian Maciocco, Portland, OR (US); Isaku Yamahata, Urayasu (JP); and Yunhong Jiang, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/991,592.
Application 17/991,592 is a continuation of application No. 16/373,300, filed on Apr. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,507,643.
Application 16/373,300 is a continuation of application No. 14/581,742, filed on Dec. 23, 2014, granted, now 10,289,814, issued on May 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095881 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/105 (2013.01) [G06F 2221/0704 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0711 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0773 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A client host device comprising:
first security circuitry;
computer readable instructions; and
processor circuitry to execute the computer readable instructions to:
access a first unique identifier stored in the first security circuitry;
establish a first secure channel between the first security circuitry and second security circuitry by causing transmission of the first unique identifier to the second security circuitry, the second security circuitry at a remote license server;
cause transmission of license data to the second security circuitry via the first secure channel, the license data corresponding to an appliance;
activate the appliance after an indication of a validity of the license data from the remote license server;
access a second unique identifier via a virtual machine implemented by the client host device; and
establish a second secure channel between the virtual machine and the second security circuitry by causing transmission of the second unique identifier to the second security circuitry.