According to some embodiments, a system may include an additive manufacturing platform that provides additive manufacturing capability data. A customer platform, associated with a customer, may transmit an industrial asset item request for an industrial asset item. A digital transaction engine may receive the additive manufacturing capability data and the industrial asset item request. The digital transaction engine may then associate the industrial asset item request with an industrial asset definition file, and, based on the additive manufacturing capability data and the industrial asset definition file, assign the industrial asset item request to the additive manufacturing platform. The assignment of the industrial asset item request may be recorded via a secure, distributed transaction ledger. Responsive to the assignment, the additive manufacturing platform may create the industrial asset item (e.g., via an additive manufacturing printer) and provide the item to the customer.

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement and manage software defined silicon products are disclosed. Example semiconductor devices disclosed herein include circuitry configurable to provide one or more features. Disclosed example semiconductor devices also include a license processor to activate or deactivate at least one of the one or more features based on a license received via a network from a first remote enterprise system. Disclosed example semiconductor devices further include an analytics engine to report telemetry data associated with operation of the semiconductor device to at least one of the first remote enterprise system or a second remote enterprise system, the analytics engine to report the telemetry data in response to activation or deactivation of the at least one of the one or more features based on the license.

A method for verifying licenses is performed by a legacy management controller (LMC) and a non-legacy management controller (NLMC). The method includes obtaining, by the LMC, a first license installation request and a license, wherein the license comprises license data and a plurality of signatures; in response to the first license installation request: making a first determination, by the LMC, that a first signature of the plurality of signatures is valid; in response to the first determination: installing, by the LMC, the license on the LMC; obtaining, by the NLMC, a second license installation request and the license; in response to the second license installation request: making a second determination, by the NLMC, that a second signature of the plurality of signatures is valid; and in response to the second determination: installing, by the NLMC, the license on the NLMC.

A system and method for using blockchain for flexible application licensing are presented. A licensing token, from a pool of licensing tokens, is provided using a transactional database based on blockchain protocols for using an application. Usage of each application may be validated according to the one or more licensing tokens using the transactional database.

Blockchain-based license management provides capabilities for managing licensable aspects of a plurality of IHSs (Information Handling Systems) participating in the blockchain comprised of individual license blocks that record licensing transactions. A licensing authority initiates the blockchain and modifies licensable aspects of a specific participating target IHS by distributing license blocks that include one or more license tokens and license logic specifying instructions for the target's evaluation of the license tokens. Each participating IHS validates the received license blocks and adds them to a local copy of the blockchain. If a participating IHS is the target, that IHS uses the license logic to determine licensing modifications indicated by the licensing token. Licensable aspects of the IHS may then be modified based on the determined licensing modifications. A participating IHSs may directly transfer licenses to another IHS through the transfer of license tokens and the corresponding license logic.

Systems and methods related to resource distribution for a fleet of machines are disclosed. A system may include a fleet of machines each having an associated resource capacity and a resource requirement to perform a task. The system may further include a controller having a resource requirement circuit to determine an aggregated amount of the resource requirement and an aggregated amount of the resource capacity. A resource distribution circuit may adaptively improve, in response to an aggregated amount of the resource capacity, an aggregated resource delivery of the resource.

The present invention envisions a comprehensive platform (the “IPwe Platform”) that utilizes blockchain and smart contracts to address and improve upon the significant deficiencies that currently exist in the global IP market (patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc.). The objective of the IPwe Platform is creating transparency in (i) patent ownership, (ii) patent identification and (iii) patent coverage and value. In addition, by providing the network, a guaranteed buy program can be initiated that provides specific guaranteed value to intellectual property assets listed by verified brokers.

A 3D data system includes: a storage means that stores a correspondence, for each of a plurality of 3D data sets, each including a data body representing 3D model, share restriction information describing restrictions on a scope for sharing the data body, the process restriction information describing restrictions on the processing of the 3D model, the correspondence being among the data identifier of the 3D data set, the user identifier of a user who is a subject in the data body included in the 3D data set, and a user identifier of another user who shares the 3D data set from the user; a request receiving means that receives a processing request including a user identifier from the service application; an authenticating means that authenticates the user who has made the request performs the processing; and a response transmitting means that transmits at least a part of the data body and at least a part of the processing limit information to the service application.

The present invention comprises online licensing platform comprising linked micro blog component comprising means for user sports fan to view tag-identified postings by other users including online licensing platform-registered amateur athlete posting on micro blog, User is further allowed to interact with said platform's online-viewable team roster in making contemporaneous purchase of license from at least one of: an athlete listed on said roster, a plurality of athletes each listed on said roster. Said micro blog comprising sequence of tags attached by posting-user to his input of post to micro blog, said tags as means for designating storage of post as linked to a specific community within micro blog. Said micro blog further comprising view of said post from feed of said community, said view allowed by access granted to viewing-user who selects sequence of tags matching the input-tags selected by posting-user.

An online licensing platform connecting a fan with an amateur athlete and providing for a conveyance of money to an amateur athlete contemporaneous to conveyance of licensing rights to a fan, said platform further comprises platform links configured to provide access for a plurality of platform-registered fans to social media accounts of a plurality of platform-registered athletes. In a preferred embodiment, platform further comprising platform-linked fans invited to view live-streamed events on platform. Platform further comprises amateur-status-protective pre-authorization sign-up block to steps of registration, said steps continuation requiring that registering user first confirm by click having read notice. Said block/notice at least tends to reduce potential of loss of amateur status eligibility for registrant.