CN112650979B

CN112650979B - Software control method and related equipment

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Publication number: CN112650979B
Application number: CN202011500562.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 詹奇
Original assignee: Appeon Technology Shenzhen Co ltd
Current assignee: Appeon Technology Shenzhen Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-17
Filing date: 2020-12-17
Publication date: 2024-03-22
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-17
Also published as: CN112650979A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a software control method and related equipment, which are used for reducing the adverse effect of centralized authorization of software on the stability and reliability of software copy use. The embodiment of the software control method comprises the following steps: the software authorization control device determines a target software authorization group to which any software copy node belongs, and returns the obtained current state information and authorization state information of the target software authorization group to the any software copy node, so that the any software copy node can control the running process of the software copy node based on the current state information and the authorization state information. Therefore, the software authorization control device does not need to perform centralized control on the operation of each software copying node, but is controlled by the software copying node, so that the stability and reliability of the operation of the software copying node are not affected by the software authorization control device, and the use experience of a user on the software copying node is improved.

Description

Software control method and related equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the field of software control, in particular to a software control method and related equipment.

Background

Software authorization is an extension and development of the concept of software protection, and its target object covers both aspects of software developers and end users, and is aimed at creating more convenient and flexible sales modes for software developers while protecting software from piracy. The traditional software sales mode is generally sold according to the number of installation parts, and is permanently used by one-time payment. With the advent of the cloud age, software renting (also known as software subscription) patterns began to rise, i.e., pay for use by time or number of times of use of software. Software sales have become the dominant way of selling software today, since software rental patterns can bring continuous cash flows to software developers, and also significantly reduce end user usage thresholds (the cost of a single payment far exceeds the cost of software rental). The control method of software authorization (i.e. granting the use authority of the software) is gradually changed from the previous decentralized control to centralized control, because the centralized control can bring better user experience and simple and convenient authorization management.

The software authorization control device for performing centralized authorization is generally deployed in the cloud, and the centralized authorization is that the software authorization control device performs centralized management and control on multiple software copies. One problem that needs to be solved by the centralized authorization control of server software is the control problem of the number of users who use multiple software copies simultaneously when running the multiple software copies simultaneously, because the devices where the software copies are located are generally deployed in the network environment of the users, the reliability and stability of the network are relatively poor, and therefore, if multiple software copies are running simultaneously and multiple users use the multiple software copies simultaneously, the stability and reliability of the use of the software copies will be greatly affected.

Therefore, in order to solve the problem of controlling the number of users who use multiple software copies simultaneously when running the multiple software copies, a software authorization control scheme is needed to reduce the adverse effect of centralized authorization of software on the stability and reliability of use of the software copies.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a software control method and related equipment, which are used for reducing the adverse effect of centralized authorization of software on the stability and reliability of software copy use.

The first aspect of the embodiment of the application provides a software control method, which is applied to a software authorization control device, wherein the software authorization control device is in communication connection with at least one software copy node; the method comprises the following steps:

if a state synchronization request sent by any one of the at least one software copy node is received, determining a target software authorization group to which the any one of the at least one software copy node belongs;

obtaining current state information of the target software authorization group; the current state information comprises the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group;

Obtaining the authorization status information of the target software authorization group; the authorization status information comprises the total number of software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously and/or the total number of users authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously;

and returning the current state information and the authorized state information of the target software authorized group to any software copy node so that the running process of any software copy node is controlled by any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorized state information.

The second aspect of the embodiment of the application provides a software control method, which is applied to any software copy node, wherein any software copy node is in communication connection with a software authorization control device; the method comprises the following steps:

sending a state synchronization request to the software authorization control device so that the software authorization control device determines a target software authorization group to which any software copy node belongs and returns current state information and authorization state information of the target software authorization group; the current state information comprises the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group; the authorization status information comprises the total number of software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously and/or the total number of users authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously;

And controlling the running process of any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorized state information.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a software entitlement control device, which is communicatively connected to at least one software copy node; the software authorization control device comprises:

the determining unit is used for determining a target software authorization group to which any one of the at least one software copy node belongs when receiving a state synchronization request sent by the any one of the at least one software copy node;

the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the current state information of the target software authorization group; the current state information comprises the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group;

the acquisition unit is also used for acquiring the authorization status information of the target software authorization group; the authorization status information comprises the total number of software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously and/or the total number of users authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously;

And the sending unit is used for returning the current state information and the authorized state information of the target software authorization group to any software copy node so that the running process of any software copy node is controlled by any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorized state information.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a software copy node, where the software copy node is communicatively connected to a software authorization control device; the software copy node includes:

the sending unit is used for sending a state synchronization request to the software authorization control device so that the software authorization control device determines a target software authorization group to which the software copy node belongs and returns the current state information and the authorization state information of the target software authorization group; the current state information comprises the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group; the authorization status information comprises the total number of software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously and/or the total number of users authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously;

And the control unit is used for controlling the running process of the software copy node based on the current state information and the authorized state information.

A fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a software entitlement control device, which is communicatively connected to at least one software copy node; the software authorization control device comprises:

a processor, a memory, a bus, and an input/output device;

the processor is connected with the memory and the input and output equipment;

the bus is respectively connected with the processor, the memory and the input and output equipment;

the processor is used for determining a target software authorization group to which any one of the at least one software copy node belongs when receiving a state synchronization request sent by the any one of the at least one software copy node; obtaining current state information of the target software authorization group; the current state information comprises the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group; obtaining the authorization status information of the target software authorization group; the authorization status information comprises the total number of software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously and/or the total number of users authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously;

The input/output device is used for returning the current state information and the authorized state information of the target software authorized group to any software copy node so that the running process of any software copy node is controlled by any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorized state information.

A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a software copy node, where the software copy node is communicatively connected to a software authorization control device; the software copy node includes:

a processor, a memory, a bus, and an input/output device;

the processor is connected with the memory and the input and output equipment;

the input and output equipment is used for sending a state synchronization request to the software authorization control device so that the software authorization control device determines a target software authorization group to which the software copy node belongs and returns the current state information and the authorization state information of the target software authorization group; the current state information comprises the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group; the authorization status information comprises the total number of software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously and/or the total number of users authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously;

The processor is used for controlling the running process of the software copy node based on the current state information and the authorized state information.

A seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a computer storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the foregoing first aspect.

An eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a computer storage medium having stored therein instructions that when executed on a computer cause the computer to perform the method of the foregoing second aspect.

From the above technical solutions, the embodiments of the present application have the following advantages:

in the embodiment of the application, when the software authorization control device receives a state synchronization request sent by any one of at least one software copy node, determining a target software authorization group to which the any one software copy node belongs, and returning the obtained current state information and authorization state information of the target software authorization group to the any one software copy node, so that the any one software copy node can control the running process of the software copy node based on the current state information and the authorization state information. Therefore, the software authorization control device does not need to perform centralized control on the operation of each software copying node, but is controlled by the software copying node, so that the stability and reliability of the operation of the software copying node are not affected by the software authorization control device, and the use experience of a user on the software copying node is improved.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network framework in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a software control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another flow chart of a software control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart of another software control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a software authorization control device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another configuration of a software authorization control device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a software copy node in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of another configuration of a software copy node according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1, in an embodiment of the present application, a network framework includes:

software entitlement control means 101 and software copy nodes 102 to 104; it should be noted that, the number of the software copy nodes is not limited in this embodiment, and depends on the actual application.

The software copy node is a node corresponding to the software copy, the software copy is obtained by copying the software by personnel, and the software can be server side software or non-server side software. The software copy nodes 102 to 104 may be disposed on different computer devices, or may be disposed on the same computer device, where the computer device may be a server, a terminal, or the like, capable of running a software copy, so long as the computer device is capable of providing an operating environment and operating conditions of the software copy. In the case of a terminal, the computer device may be a terminal device such as a personal computer (personal computer, PC) or a desktop computer; when the server is a server, the computer equipment can be an independent physical server, a server cluster or a distributed system formed by a plurality of physical servers, and a cloud server for providing basic cloud computing services such as a cloud database, cloud computing, big data, an artificial intelligent platform and the like.

When the software copy nodes 102 to 104 are in an operating state, a user may access the software copy nodes 102 to 104 through a terminal device and request services provided by software copy from the software copy nodes 102 to 104, i.e. after the terminal device of the user establishes a network connection with the software copy nodes 102 to 104, the user may log in the software copy nodes, request services provided by the software copy nodes, and select to log out the software copy nodes after logging in the software copy nodes, so as to end use of the services provided by the software copy nodes.

The developer of the software copy node may set the usage rights of the software copy node and grant the usage rights of the software copy node to persons having the usage requirements, the person granted the usage rights may be referred to as a user of the software copy node, and the user may use the service provided by the software copy node based on the granted usage rights.

The software entitlement control 101 is used to assist the software copy nodes 102 to 104 in managing and controlling the operation of the software copy nodes, the specific management and control procedure being described in detail in the following embodiments. The software authorization control device 101 may be a server, specifically, may be an independent physical server, may be a server cluster or a distributed system formed by a plurality of physical servers, or may be a cloud server that provides basic cloud computing services such as a cloud database, cloud computing, big data, and an artificial intelligent platform.

The software authorization control device 101 can be deployed in a general network environment or in a cloud. When the software authorization control device 101 is deployed at the cloud, the data transmission efficiency with other network equipment can be improved, and due to the stability characteristics of the cloud platform, the stability and reliability of the operation of the software authorization control device 101 can be improved when the software authorization control device 101 is deployed at the cloud.

In the embodiment of the present application, the software authorization control device 101 establishes a network connection with the software copy nodes 102 to 104 through a network, so as to implement information interaction and data transmission. The network is typically a wireless network, but may also be a wired network, and if a wireless network is used, the type of network may be a cellular wireless network, or a WiFi network, or other type of wireless network. In the case of a wired network, the network is typically in the form of a fiber optic network.

In the network frame, only one software authorization control device and three software copy nodes are taken as examples for illustration, but in practical application, more software authorization control devices and software copy nodes can participate in the network frame.

The software control method in the embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to the network framework of fig. 1:

Referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of a software control method in an embodiment of the present application includes:

201. if a state synchronization request sent by any one of the at least one software copy node is received, determining a target software authorization group to which the any one of the at least one software copy node belongs;

in this embodiment, the developer of the software copy node may grant the user the use authority of the target software authorization group including at least one software copy node, and after the user obtains the authorization, the service provided by the software copy node in the target software authorization group may be used. The at least one software copy node may be disposed on the same computer device, or may be disposed on different computer devices.

Therefore, when receiving a state synchronization request sent by any one of the software copy nodes, the software authorization control device determines a target software authorization group to which the any one of the software copy nodes belongs.

202. Obtaining current state information of a target software authorization group;

in this embodiment, the current state information of the target software authorization group includes the total number of software copy nodes currently in an operating state in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of logged-in users of the software copy nodes in the operating state in the target software authorization group.

For example, the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state in the target software authorization group is 5, and the total number of the login users of the 5 software copy nodes can be counted by accumulating the number of the login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group.

203. Obtaining authorization status information of a target software authorization group;

in this embodiment, the authorization status information of the target software authorization group includes the total number of software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously and/or the total number of users authorized to log into the software copy nodes simultaneously.

204. Returning the current state information and the authorization state information of the target software authorization group to any software copy node so that the running process of any software copy node is controlled by any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorization state information;

after the current state information and the authorization state information of the target software authorization group are obtained, the software authorization control device responds to a state synchronization request sent by any software copy node and returns the current state information and the authorization state information of the target software authorization group to any software copy node, so that any software copy node can control the running process of any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorization state information, namely, the running process of the software copy node can be controlled according to the current state information and the authorization state information.

In this embodiment, when the software authorization control device receives a state synchronization request sent by any one of the at least one software copy node, it determines a target software authorization group to which the any one of the at least one software copy node belongs, and returns the obtained current state information and authorization state information of the target software authorization group to the any one of the at least one software copy node, so that the any one of the at least one software copy node can control its own running process based on the current state information and the authorization state information. Therefore, the software authorization control device does not need to perform centralized control on the operation of each software copying node, but is controlled by the software copying node, so that the stability and reliability of the operation of the software copying node are not affected by the software authorization control device, and the use experience of a user on the software copying node is improved.

The embodiments of the present application are described above from the perspective of the software entitlement control device, and will be further described below from the perspective of the service node. Referring to fig. 3, an embodiment of a software control method in an embodiment of the present application includes:

301. sending a state synchronization request to the software authorization control device so that the software authorization control device determines a target software authorization group to which any software copy node belongs and returns current state information and authorization state information of the target software authorization group;

In this embodiment, any software copy node is communicatively connected to the software entitlement control device. The current state information of the target software authorization group comprises the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group; the authorization status information of the target software authorization group includes the total number of software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously and/or the total number of users authorized to log into the software copy nodes simultaneously.

302. Controlling the running process of any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorized state information;

after receiving the current state information and the authorization state information of the target software authorization group, the any software copy node controls the running process of the any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorization state information, namely controls the running process of the any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorization state information. Therefore, the software authorization control device does not need to perform centralized control on the operation of each software copying node, but is controlled by the software copying node, so that the stability and reliability of the operation of the software copying node are not affected by the software authorization control device, and the use experience of a user on the software copying node is improved.

Embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail below on the basis of the embodiments shown in fig. 2 and 3 described above. Referring to fig. 4, another embodiment of a software control method in the embodiment of the present application includes:

401. the software authorization control device receives software state data sent by any software copy node according to a preset heartbeat period;

the software copying node sends software state data to the software authorization control device, and the purpose is to enable the software authorization control device to acquire the state of the target software copy, wherein the state comprises the identification of the software authorization group to which the software copying node belongs and the number of current login users of the software copying node. In the running process of the software copy node, the number of the login users may be changed continuously, and the login users log out of the software copy node and new users log in the software copy node. In order to update the software state data in real time, the software copy node can send the software state data according to a preset heartbeat period, namely send the software state data to the software authorization control device at regular intervals, so that the software authorization control device can acquire the latest state data of the software copy node in real time, and the information lag of the software state is avoided.

The software copy node can send software state data based on an asynchronous communication mechanism, and under the asynchronous communication mechanism, communication delay or communication failure has no great influence on the operation of the software copy node, so that the operation stability of the software copy node is ensured.

Wherein the heartbeat period may be set to 5 to 10 minutes, i.e. when the heartbeat period is set to 5 minutes, the software status data will be sent every 5 minutes. Too short a heartbeat cycle can cause the software authorization control device to frequently receive data, increasing the burden of the software authorization control device; too long a heartbeat period results in untimely software state updates.

It should be noted that, the heartbeat period of each software copy node in the target software authorization group is the same, so as to count the number of software state data in the subsequent steps.

402. Any software copy node sends a state synchronization request to a software authorization control device;

in this embodiment, the software copy node in the target software authorization group controls its running process according to the current state information and the authorization state information of the target software authorization group sent by the software authorization control device, so the software copy node needs to request the current state information and the authorization state information of the target software authorization group from the software authorization control device, and therefore, the software copy node sends a state synchronization request to the software authorization control device.

Any software copy node sends a state synchronization request to the software authorization control device according to a preset synchronization period. The synchronization period corresponding to the sending state synchronization request may be slightly longer than the heartbeat period corresponding to the sending software state data, that is, the state synchronization request is sent again at intervals of a short period of time after the sending of the software state data, so that a certain time may be reserved for the software authorization control device to obtain the current state information and the authorization state information of the target software authorization group.

403. The software authorization control device obtains the current state information of the target software authorization group;

in this embodiment, the current state information includes the total number of software copy nodes currently in an operating state in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the operating state in the target software authorization group. Specifically, the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state in the target software authorization group is obtained, and the obtaining manner may be that the total number of the target software state data received in one heartbeat period before the receiving time point of the state synchronization request is counted. The identification of the software authorization group included in the target software state data is the same as the identification of the target software authorization group.

In this embodiment, the user of the target software authorization group may run more than some software copy nodes when using the software copy nodes, so as to prevent omission when counting the total number of the software copy nodes currently in running state in the target software authorization group, the software state data sent by the software copy nodes should include the identifier of the target software authorization group, so that the total number of the software copy nodes currently in running state in the target software authorization group can be accurately counted according to the identifier of the target software authorization group.

In addition, the total number of logged-in users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group may be obtained by adding the number of current logged-in users included in all the target software state data as the total number of logged-in users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group.

For example, the total number of the target software state data is 5, each item of target software state data includes the number of currently logged-in users, and then the number of currently logged-in users in the 5 items of target software state data is accumulated, so that the total number of logged-in users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group can be counted.

404. The software authorization control device obtains the authorization status information of the target software authorization group;

the operation performed in this step is similar to the operation performed in step 203 in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, and will not be described here again.

405. The software authorization control device returns the current state information and the authorization state information of the target software authorization group to any software copy node;

in this embodiment, the authorization status information may be sent to the software copy node together with the current status information when the current status information of the target software authorization group is sent each time, so that the software copy node may synchronize the latest authorization status information in time when the authorization status information is updated. In addition, if the update period of the authorization status information is longer, the authorization status information can be sent to the software copy node only when the first status synchronization request is sent after the software copy node is started, and the authorization status information is not sent in the subsequent status synchronization request, so that the number of times of transmitting the authorization status information can be reduced, and resource waste is avoided.

406. Any software copy node controls the running process of any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorized state information;

In this embodiment, the software status data sent by any software copy node further includes an identifier of the software copy node itself.

Due to the stability and reliability of the network environment and network conditions where the software copy nodes are deployed, when the number of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group exceeds the preset number, unstable running of the software copy nodes can be caused, and therefore user use is affected. In order to effectively control the number of software copy nodes in an operating state, in this embodiment, the software state data further includes a start time of the software copy nodes, and the software authorization control device determines, according to the start time included in the target software state data, a software copy node that is started recently from among the software copy nodes that send the target software state data, where one or more software copy nodes that are started recently are selected, and includes an identifier of the software copy node that is started recently in the current state information and sends the identifier to any software copy node. Thus, the current state information received by the software copy node also includes an identification of the most recently started software copy node. And judging whether the total number of the software copy nodes in the running state is larger than the total number of the software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously by the software copy nodes with the same identification as the identification of the software copy node started recently, and stopping running any software copy node if the total number of the software copy nodes in the running state is larger than the total number of the software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously. And if the total number of the software copy nodes in the current running state is smaller than or equal to the total number of the software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously, maintaining the current running state.

It can be understood that determining whether the total number of software copy nodes currently in the running state is greater than the total number of software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously and controlling the running of the software copy nodes accordingly may be performed immediately after receiving the current state information and the authorized state information, or may be performed after a period of time, which is not limited herein.

Therefore, the purpose of authorizing and controlling the software copy nodes is achieved by controlling the number of the software copy nodes in the running state.

In this embodiment, the usage rights of the software copy node have a time period, and the usage period of the software copy node needs to be controlled. The specific control mode is that the software authorization control device obtains the software operation expiration time corresponding to the target software authorization group, and the software operation expiration time is contained in the authorization status information and is sent to any software copy node. Thus, the authorization status information also includes the software run expiration time corresponding to the target software authorization group. And after receiving the software running expiration time, the software copying node judges whether the current running time is later than the software running expiration time, and if the current running time is later than the software running expiration time, the software copying node stops running. And if the current running time is not later than the running expiration time of the software, maintaining the current running state.

It will be appreciated that determining whether the current run time is later than the software run expiration time and controlling the running of the software copy node accordingly may be performed during the first hour of each day or at any point in time, as not limited herein.

Therefore, the service life of the software copy node can be effectively controlled by controlling the operation of the software copy node through the software operation expiration time of the use authority, and the management of the software developer on the software authorization is facilitated.

Another way for the software copy node to control the running process of the software copy node based on the current state information and the authorized state information may be that the software copy node determines whether the total number of the logged-in users of the software copy node in the running state in the target software authorized group is greater than the total number of the users authorized to log in the software copy node simultaneously, if the total number of the logged-in users of the software copy node in the running state in the target software authorized group is greater than the total number of the users authorized to log in the software copy node simultaneously, it indicates that the total number of the logged-in users is too large at this time, the software copy node may be unstable in use, the use of the software copy node may be adversely affected, and even the software copy node may be paralyzed, and at this time, the ratio of the difference between the total number of the two users to the total number of the currently logged-in software copy node is calculated, and the software service is stopped for the recently logged-in users of the ratio number.

It will be appreciated that stopping the provision of software services to the number of recently logged-in users of the ratio may require the user to log out of the software copy node, or may simply stop the provision of software services to the user but not require the user to log out of the software copy node, as the specific manner is not limited.

Specifically, when the quotient m/n of the difference m between the total number of logged-in users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group and the total number of users authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously divided by the total number n of the software copy nodes in the running state is an integer, each software copy node stops providing software services for m/n recently logged-in users; when m/n is a non-integer, rounding up m/n to obtain an integer k, and stopping providing software services for k recently logged-in users by each software copy node, wherein m and n are both positive integers.

For example, assuming that the total number of software copy nodes is 5, when the difference between the total number of logged-in users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group and the total number of users authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously is 5, each software copy node should stop providing the software service for 1 recently logged-in user; when the difference between the total number of logged-in users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group and the total number of users authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously is 9, each software copy node should stop providing software services for 2 recently logged-in users.

It can be understood that, whether the total number of login users of the software copy node in the running state in the target software authorization group is greater than the total number of users authorized to login to the software copy node simultaneously and control the total number of login users accordingly may be performed immediately after receiving the current state information and the authorized state information, or may be performed after a period of time, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, a software developer or a user of the software copy node may preset a preset grace period and a preset grace number of times of the software copy node, where the preset grace period refers to a maximum duration for which the software copy node is allowed to be unable to connect to the software authorization control device due to a network problem, and the preset grace number refers to a number of times for which the software copy node is allowed to be unable to connect to the software authorization control device due to a network problem, and the preset grace period and the preset grace number are used to control operation of the software copy node according to a failure problem of the software copy node.

Specifically, when the time point reaches the start point of the preset time period, the failure count is recorded as 0 and a failure flag for marking the failure is set. The method comprises the steps that a software copy node monitors whether software state data is failed to be sent in real time in the running process, when the software state data is failed to be sent, if the software state data is failed to be sent for the first time under the condition of fault marks, a fault time point is recorded as a time point of the first sending failure, and the fault time point is a time point of occurrence of faults; if the software state data transmission failure is the first transmission failure without the fault mark, the fault time point is recorded as the time point of the first transmission failure, and the fault mark is set.

Meanwhile, if the software state data is not successfully transmitted within a preset grace period after the fault time point and/or if the number of faults exceeds the preset grace number, stopping the operation of the software copy node; if the software state data is successfully transmitted within the preset grace period after the fault time point, adding 1 to the fault times, clearing the fault mark, and returning to execute the steps of marking the fault times as 0 and setting the fault mark if the time point reaches the starting point of the preset time period.

For example, assuming that the preset time period is one day, the start point of the preset time period may be 0 a day in the early morning, and at 0 a day in the early morning, the failure count is counted as 0 and a failure flag for marking a failure is set. Thereafter, suppose 09:00 when the event of the software status data transmission failure occurs for the first time, since the failure flag has been set previously, if the software status data transmission failure at this time is the first transmission failure in the case of having the failure flag, the failure time point 09:00 is noted as the point in time when the first transmission failed.

Meanwhile, assuming that the preset grace period is 1 hour, at the failure time point 09: the software state data is not successfully transmitted within 1 hour after 00, and/or the number of faults in one day exceeds the preset wide limit number, the operation of the software copy node is stopped; if at failure time point 09: and if the software state data can be successfully transmitted within 1 hour after 00 hours, adding 1 to the fault times, clearing the fault marks, and returning to the step of executing the fault marks when the time point reaches the starting point of the preset time period, wherein the fault times are marked as 0, so as to judge whether the software state data is successfully transmitted within the preset grace period after the fault time point and judge whether the fault times exceed the preset grace times.

If at failure time point 09: the software state data can be successfully transmitted within 1 hour after 00 and the fault mark is cleared, then the event that the transmission of the software state data fails after the event is the first transmission failure under the condition of no fault mark, at the moment, the fault time point is marked as the time point of the first transmission failure and a new fault mark is set, and whether the software state data is successfully transmitted within the preset grace period after the fault time point and whether the fault times exceed the preset grace times are continuously judged.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the software copy node may autonomously control the operation of the software copy node and the use of the software copy by the user according to the actual state of the software copy node, and the software authorization control device is not required to participate in the control of the software copy node, so that the stability and reliability of the software copy are not affected by the software authorization control device. Meanwhile, the number control of login users of the software copy node does not need to depend on a software authorization control device, so that the software authorization control device does not become a bottleneck of software copy stability and reliability.

The software control method in the embodiment of the present application is described above, and the software authorization control device in the embodiment of the present application is described below, referring to fig. 5, where one embodiment of the software authorization control device in the embodiment of the present application includes:

The software authorization control device is in communication connection with at least one software copy node; the software authorization control device comprises:

a determining unit 501, configured to determine, when a status synchronization request sent by any one of the at least one software copy node is received, a target software authorization group to which the any one of the software copy nodes belongs;

an obtaining unit 502, configured to obtain current state information of a target software authorization group; the current state information comprises the total number of the software copy nodes in the running state currently in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group;

the obtaining unit 502 is further configured to obtain authorization status information of the target software authorization group; the authorization status information comprises the total number of software copy nodes which are authorized to run simultaneously and/or the total number of users which are authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously;

and the sending unit 503 is configured to return the current status information and the authorization status information of the target software authorization group to any software copy node, so that any software copy node controls the running process of any software copy node based on the current status information and the authorization status information.

In a preferred implementation manner of this embodiment, the software authorization control device further includes:

a receiving unit 504, configured to receive software status data sent by any software copy node according to a preset heartbeat cycle; the software state data comprises the identification of a software authorization group to which the software copy node belongs and the number of currently logged-in users of the software copy node;

the obtaining unit 502 is specifically configured to count a total number of target software state data received in one heartbeat period before a receiving time point of the state synchronization request, and determine the total number as a total number of software copy nodes currently in an running state in the target software authorization group; the identification of the software authorization group included in the target software state data is the same as the identification of the target software authorization group;

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

and adding the number of the current login users included in all the target software state data to be the total number of the login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group.

In a preferred implementation of this embodiment, the software state data further includes a start-up time of the software copy node;

the determining unit 501 is further configured to determine, according to the start time included in the target software state data, a software copy node that is started up recently from among software copy nodes that send the target software state data; wherein the most recently started software copy node is one or more;

The sending unit 503 is further configured to send the identifier of the most recently started software copy node to any software copy node included in the current state information.

In a preferred implementation manner of this embodiment, the obtaining unit 502 is further configured to obtain a software running expiration time corresponding to the target software authorization group;

the sending unit 503 is further configured to send the software running expiration time included in the authorization status information to any software copy node.

In this embodiment, the operations performed by each unit in the software authorization control device are similar to those described in the embodiments shown in fig. 2 and fig. 4, and are not repeated here.

In this embodiment, when receiving a state synchronization request sent by any one of at least one software copy node, the determining unit 501 determines a target software authorization group to which any one software copy node belongs, and the sending unit 503 returns the obtained current state information and authorization state information of the target software authorization group to the any one software copy node, so that the any one software copy node can control its own running process based on the current state information and the authorization state information. Therefore, the software authorization control device does not need to perform centralized control on the operation of each software copying node, but is controlled by the software copying node, so that the stability and reliability of the operation of the software copying node are not affected by the software authorization control device, and the use experience of a user on the software copying node is improved.

Referring to fig. 6, an embodiment of a software authorization control device in an embodiment of the present application includes:

the software entitlement control device 600 may include one or more central processing units (central processing units, CPU) 601 and a memory 605, with one or more applications or data stored in the memory 605.

Wherein the memory 605 may be volatile storage or persistent storage. The program stored in the memory 605 may include one or more modules, each of which may include a series of instruction operations in the software entitlement control device. Still further, the central processor 601 may be configured to communicate with the memory 605 to execute a series of instruction operations in the memory 605 on the software entitlement control device 600.

The software entitlement control device 600 may also include one or more power supplies 602, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 603, one or more input/output interfaces 604, and/or one or more operating systems, such as Windows ServerTM, mac OS XTM, unixTM, linuxTM, freeBSDTM, etc.

The cpu 601 may perform the operations performed by the software authorization control device in the embodiments shown in fig. 2 and fig. 4, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted herein.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer storage medium, where one embodiment includes: the computer storage medium has stored therein instructions which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the operations performed by the software entitlement control device in the embodiments shown in figures 2 and 4.

The software authorization control device in the embodiment of the present application is described above, and the service node in the embodiment of the present application is described below, referring to fig. 7, where one embodiment of the service node in the embodiment of the present application includes:

the software copying node is in communication connection with the software authorization control device; the software copy node includes:

a sending unit 701, configured to send a state synchronization request to a software authorization control device, so that the software authorization control device determines a target software authorization group to which the software copy node belongs, and returns current state information and authorization state information of the target software authorization group; the current state information comprises the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state in the target software authorization group and/or the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group; the authorization status information comprises the total number of software copy nodes which are authorized to run simultaneously and/or the total number of users which are authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously;

The control unit 702 is configured to control an operation process of the software copy node based on the current status information and the authorized status information.

In a preferred implementation manner of this embodiment, the sending unit 701 is further configured to asynchronously send software status data to the software authorization control device according to a preset heartbeat period, so that the software authorization control device obtains current status information based on the software status data; wherein the software status data includes an identification of the software authorization group to which the software copy node belongs and a number of currently logged-in users of the software copy node.

In a preferred implementation of this embodiment, the software copy node further includes:

a recording unit 703, configured to, when the network problem occurring each time is eliminated and the software status data is successfully transmitted, increase the number of recorded failures once and clear the grace time starting point of the preset grace period recorded when the network problem occurs, where the grace time starting point is the time starting point when the network problem occurs;

the control unit 702 is further configured to record a start point of a grace period when the first transmission fails when the network problem causes multiple transmission failures of the software status data, and determine whether the current time point exceeds a grace time end point of the preset grace period and whether the number of failures in the preset time period exceeds a preset grace number when each subsequent transmission fails; if the current time point exceeds the time limit end of the preset grace period and/or the failure times in the preset time period exceed the preset grace times, stopping the operation of the software copy node; if the current time point does not exceed the end point of the grace time of the preset grace period and the number of faults in the preset time period does not exceed the preset grace number, the current running state of the software copy node is maintained.

In a preferred implementation manner of this embodiment, the current state information further includes an identifier of a recently started software copy node, where the recently started software copy node is a recently started software copy node in the software copy nodes whose identifier of the software authorization group is the same as that of the target software authorization group;

the control unit 702 is specifically configured to determine whether the total number of software copy nodes currently in an operating state is greater than the total number of software copy nodes authorized to operate simultaneously if the identifier of the software copy node is the same as the identifier of the recently started software copy node; if yes, stopping the operation of the software copy node.

In a preferred implementation manner of this embodiment, the authorization status information further includes a software operation expiration time corresponding to the target software authorization group;

the control unit 702 is specifically configured to determine whether the current running time of the software copy node is later than the software running expiration time; if yes, stopping the operation of the software copy node.

In a preferred implementation manner of this embodiment, the control unit 702 is specifically configured to determine whether the total number of logged-in users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group is greater than the total number of users authorized to log in the software copy nodes simultaneously; if yes, calculating the ratio of the difference value of the total number of the two users to the total number of the software copy nodes currently in the running state, and stopping providing the software service for the latest logged-in users with the ratio number.

In this embodiment, the operations performed by each unit in the software authorization control device are similar to those described in the embodiments shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, and are not repeated here.

Referring to fig. 8, an embodiment of a software authorization control device in an embodiment of the present application includes:

the software entitlement control 800 may include one or more central processing units (central processing units, CPU) 801 and a memory 805, with one or more applications or data stored in the memory 805.

Wherein the memory 805 may be volatile storage or persistent storage. The program stored in the memory 805 may include one or more modules, each of which may include a series of instruction operations in the software entitlement control device. Still further, the central processor 801 may be configured to communicate with the memory 805 and execute a series of instruction operations in the memory 805 on the software entitlement control device 800.

The software entitlement control 800 may also include one or more power supplies 802, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 803, one or more input/output interfaces 804, and/or one or more operating systems, such as Windows ServerTM, mac OS XTM, unixTM, linuxTM, freeBSDTM, etc.

The cpu 801 may perform the operations performed by the software authorization control device in the embodiments shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted herein.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer storage medium, where one embodiment includes: the computer storage medium has stored therein instructions which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the operations performed by the software entitlement control device in the embodiments shown in figures 3 and 4.

It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, apparatuses, and methods may be implemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.

The integrated units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied in essence or a part contributing to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM, random access memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

Claims

1. A software control method, characterized in that the method is applied to a software entitlement control device, which is communicatively connected to at least one software copy node; the method comprises the following steps:

2. The software control method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises:

receiving software state data sent by any software copy node according to a preset heartbeat period; the software state data comprises an identification of a software authorization group to which the software copy node belongs and the number of currently logged-in users of the software copy node;

the obtaining the current state information of the target software authorization group includes:

counting the total number of the state data of the target software received in one heartbeat period before the receiving time point of the state synchronization request, and determining the total number as the total number of the current running software copy nodes in the target software authorization group; the identification of the software authorization group included in the target software state data is the same as the identification of the target software authorization group;

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

and adding the number of the current login users included in all the target software state data to be used as the total number of the login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group.

3. The software control method of claim 2, wherein the software state data further comprises a start-up time of the software copy node;

The method further comprises the steps of:

determining a latest started software copy node from software copy nodes which send the target software state data according to the starting time included in the target software state data; wherein the most recently started software copy node is one or more;

and sending the identification of the recently started software copy node to any software copy node by being contained in the current state information.

4. The software control method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises:

obtaining the software operation expiration time corresponding to the target software authorization group;

and sending the software running expiration time contained in the authorization status information to any software copy node.

5. The software control method is characterized by being applied to any software copy node which is in communication connection with a software authorization control device; the method comprises the following steps:

6. The software control method according to claim 5, characterized in that the method further comprises:

the software state data are asynchronously sent to the software authorization control device according to a preset heartbeat period, so that the software authorization control device obtains the current state information based on the software state data; the software state data comprises an identification of a software authorization group to which the any software copy node belongs and the number of currently logged-in users of the any software copy node.

7. The software control method according to claim 6, characterized in that the method further comprises:

if the time point reaches the starting point of the preset time period, the failure number is recorded as 0, and a failure mark is set;

monitoring whether the software state data fails to be sent;

if the failure is the first transmission failure with the failure mark, marking the failure time point as the time point of the first transmission failure;

if the failure is the first transmission failure without the failure mark, marking the failure time point as the time point of the first transmission failure and setting the failure mark;

If the software state data is not successfully transmitted within a preset grace period after the fault time point and/or if the fault times exceed the preset grace times, stopping the operation of any software copy node;

and if the software state data is successfully transmitted within a preset grace period after the fault time point, adding 1 to the fault times, clearing the fault mark, and returning to execute the steps of marking the fault times as 0 and setting the fault mark if the time point reaches the starting point of the preset time period.

8. The software control method according to claim 5, wherein the current status information further includes an identification of a most recently started software copy node, the most recently started software copy node being a most recently started software copy node of the software copy nodes having the same identification of the software authorization group as the identification of the target software authorization group;

the controlling the running process of any software copy node based on the current state information and the authorized state information includes:

if the identification of any software copy node is the same as the identification of the recently started software copy node, judging whether the total number of the software copy nodes in the running state is larger than the total number of the software copy nodes authorized to run simultaneously;

If yes, stopping the operation of any software copy node.

9. The software control method according to claim 5, wherein the authorization status information further includes a software running expiration time corresponding to the target software authorization group;

judging whether the current running time of any software copy node is later than the running expiration time of the software;

if yes, stopping the operation of any software copy node.

10. The software control method according to claim 5, wherein the controlling the running process of any one of the software copy nodes based on the current state information and the authorized state information includes:

judging whether the total number of login users of the software copy nodes in the running state in the target software authorization group is larger than the total number of users who log in the software copy nodes simultaneously with the authorization;

if yes, calculating the ratio of the difference value of the total number of the two users to the total number of the software copy nodes in the running state, and stopping providing software services for the recently logged-in users with the ratio.

11. A software entitlement control device, wherein the software entitlement control device is communicatively coupled to at least one software copy node; the software authorization control device comprises:

12. A software copy node, wherein the software copy node is communicatively coupled to a software entitlement control device; the software copy node includes: