CN100410956C - A software function control method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a software function control method and system, used for control the software function. The said method includes steps: 1) according to the software function licensing information, establish the corresponding relation of software function and software function status; 2) adjust the current software function status with the corresponding relations software function status to keep consistence. The said system includes: licensing control unit, software control unit. The said licensing control unit is used to send software function authorization information in the licensing to the said software control unit, and after the software control unit receiving the said information, it establishes the corresponding relations between software function and functional status, and adjusts the current software functional status with the software functional status of the said corresponding relations to keep consistence. The invention can control software functions in a safe and convenient way.

Description

A software function control method and system

technical field

The invention relates to the field of computer software, in particular to a software function control method and system.

Background technique

A complete software needs to be composed of several functional modules, but not every user needs to use all the functions, or the functions used should not be open to users for free, there should be some restrictions, and users need to pay a certain fee to use them Corresponding functions, so it is necessary to control the functions of the software.

A method for controlling software functions in the prior art is to use a configuration file to control software functions. Under normal circumstances, the software designed by the software developer will provide many function sets, but for different customer groups, different software function sets may be required. These different function combinations are generally determined by configuration file switches.

However, configuration files generally do not have perfect security measures, and some users with certain experience may easily modify configuration files illegally in order to open the functions they need, which will bring great economic losses to software developers; It is difficult for the configuration file to be linked to the contract signed by the user when purchasing the software, and the software functions signed in the contract may require manual maintenance of the configuration file to correspond to it.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a software function control method and system for safely and conveniently controlling software functions.

The software function control method provided by the present invention includes the steps of: 1) establishing the corresponding relationship between the software function and the software function state according to the software function authorization information in the license; 2) reading the software function state corresponding to the software function in the corresponding relationship; 3) setting The software function state of the software function in the current software is the same as the software function state of the software function in the corresponding relationship.

Preferably, step 3) includes: 4) repeating step 2) until the software function states corresponding to all software functions are read.

Preferably, the step 1) further includes a step: when the software function is started, the license control unit issues authorization information of the software function in the license according to the request.

Preferably, the step 1) further includes the step of: checking the validity of the newly uploaded license, if it is legal, then issue and use the software function authorization information in the new license, otherwise use the software function authorization in the original license information.

Preferably, the detection includes:

A) determine whether the license has expired, if expired, the license is illegal, if not expired then turn to step B);

B) Encrypt and calculate the software function authorization information in the license through the check code, compare the calculation result with the calculation result of the license control unit, if they match, the license is legal, otherwise it is not legal.

Preferably, the corresponding relationship is stored in a mapping table, or stored in an array.

The software function control system provided by the present invention includes: a license control unit, a software control unit; the license control unit is used to send software function authorization information in the license to the software control unit, and the software control unit receives the information Afterwards, establish the corresponding relationship between the software function and the functional state, and read the software functional state corresponding to the software function in the corresponding relationship, and set the software functional state of the software function in the current software to be the same as the software functional state of the software function in the corresponding relationship.

Preferably, the license control unit is also used to reactivate the license after the user purchases a new license for upgrade after the license expires.

Preferably, the license control unit includes: a loading unit and a checking unit; after the loading unit loads the license, the license is sent to the checking unit, and the checking unit checks the validity of the license and sends the check The software function authorization information in the license that has passed the verification is issued.

Preferably, the software control unit includes: a receiving unit, a function analysis unit and a software function control unit; the receiving unit obtains the software function authorization information issued by the verification unit, and sends the information to the function analysis unit, and the function The parsing unit converts the received software function authorization information into an internal function mapping table, and the software function control unit queries the function mapping table according to the software function request to determine whether the software function should be opened, and rejects the use request of the unopened software function .

As can be seen from the above technical solutions, the present invention has the following advantages:

First of all, because the present invention uses licenses to control software functions, compared to the prior art using configuration files to control software functions, licenses in the present invention need to have a verification process, so security is improved. In addition The contract signed by the user and the software developer is stored in the license, and the control of software functions through the license can avoid manual configuration, so the system efficiency is improved;

Secondly, since the present invention can be applied to control the software function when it is started, and can also be used to control the software function when the license is updated and loaded, the scope of application of the present invention is wider;

Finally, since the present invention has an encryption process before verifying the license, the security of the license is further improved.

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Fig. 1 is the flowchart of the first embodiment of the method of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the second embodiment of the method of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the flowchart of the third embodiment of the method of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the flowchart of the fourth embodiment of the method of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the flowchart of the fifth embodiment of the method of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the system of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The invention provides a software function control method and system, the core idea of which is to control the software function by using a license.

The license is a form of contract in which the supplier and the customer authorize/be authorized to use the scope and duration of the products sold/purchased. Through the license, the customer also obtains the corresponding services promised by the supplier. In physical form, it is represented by the license entitlement certificate and the license file.

Function control refers to the overall control over the function set of the operator's software, which can limit the provision of specified software function sets to customers through switches.

The function of the license licensing service is mainly to confirm the scope of use, period, etc. of the service purchased by the user and authorize it. It mainly reflects the confirmation of the user's purchase of the product, the confirmation of the use period of the user's purchase of the product (such as trial time, etc.), and the termination of the user's use after the expiration. The invention adds software function control information to the license.

The software function control method of the present invention is described in detail below:

Referring to Fig. 1, the first embodiment of the method of the present invention comprises:

D1) establish a corresponding relationship;

Wherein, the corresponding relationship between the software function and the state of the software function is established according to the authorization information of the software function in the license.

D2) Adjust software functions;

Wherein, adjusting the current software function status is consistent with the software function status in the corresponding relationship.

Referring to Fig. 2, the second embodiment of the method of the present invention includes:

P1) establish a corresponding relationship;

Among them, the software function authorization information in the received license is converted into an internal function switch list, and the corresponding relationship between the software function and the software function state is saved by the list. It can be understood that the converted corresponding relationship can be in the form of a list It can also be saved in the form of an array or other data structures.

P2) judging whether the software function has been opened, if open, turn to step P3), otherwise turn to step P5);

P3) judge whether described software function should be opened, if so, turn to step P7), otherwise turn to step P4);

Wherein, it is inquired whether the software function described in the corresponding relationship should be opened.

P4) close the function;

Wherein, the function is turned off, and the user is not allowed to use it.

The situation described in steps P2)-P3)-P4) is: the current software function has been opened, but the status of the software function in the corresponding relationship should be closed, then the software function is closed and the user is not allowed to use it.

P5) judging whether the software function should be closed, if so, turn to step P7), otherwise turn to step P6);

Wherein, it is inquired whether the software function described in the corresponding relationship should be closed.

P6) enabling the function;

Wherein, the function is enabled to allow users to use it.

Wherein, the situation described in steps P2)-P5)-P6) is: the current software function has been closed, but the state of the software function in the corresponding relationship should be open, then the software function is opened and the user is allowed to use it.

P7) judge whether the software function status has been checked, if so, turn to step P8), otherwise turn to step P2);

P8) end.

In this embodiment, the detailed process of adjusting software functions is refined.

In this embodiment, all software functions are traversed to determine their status, and then compared with the status of the function in the corresponding relationship. If the status of the corresponding relationship does not match, the current status of the software function is modified. Similarly, you can also use the following methods:

After establishing the corresponding relationship, read the status of all software functions in the corresponding relationship, and then set the status of the current software function to be consistent with the status of the software function in the corresponding relationship, that is, the difference from this embodiment is that the status of the current software function is not judged , can also achieve the purpose of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 3, the third embodiment of the method of the present invention includes:

Q1) The software function starts;

Wherein, starting a software function refers to starting a software sub-module.

Q2) request acquisition;

Wherein, the software control unit requests the license control unit to acquire function authorization information in the license.

Q3) Send information;

Wherein, the license control unit sends function authorization information to the software control unit after receiving the request from the software control unit.

Q4) establish a corresponding relationship;

Among them, the software function authorization information in the received license is converted into an internal function switch list, and the corresponding relationship between the software function and the software function state is saved by the list. It can be understood that the converted corresponding relationship can be in the form of a list It can also be saved in the form of an array or other data structures.

Q5) judging whether the software function has been opened, if open, turn to step Q6), otherwise turn to step Q8);

Q6) judge whether described software function should be opened, if so, turn to step Q10), otherwise turn to step Q7);

Q7) close the function;

Wherein, the function is turned off, and the user is not allowed to use it.

The situation described in steps Q5)-Q6)-Q7) is: the current software function has been opened, but the status of the software function in the corresponding relationship should be closed, then the software function is closed, and the user is not allowed to use it again.

Q8) judge whether the software function should be closed, if so, turn to step Q10), otherwise turn to step Q9);

Q9) Turn on the function;

Wherein, the function is enabled to allow users to use it.

Wherein, the situation described in steps Q5)-Q8)-Q9) is: the current software function has been closed, but the status of the software function in the corresponding relationship should be open, then the software function is opened and the user is allowed to use it.

Q10) judge whether the software function status has been checked, if so, turn to step Q11), otherwise turn to step Q5);

Q11) End.

This embodiment traverses all software functions, judges their status, and then compares it with the status of the function in the corresponding relationship. If it does not match the status in the corresponding relationship, the current status of the software function is modified. Similarly, you can also use the following methods:

After establishing the corresponding relationship, read the status of all software functions in the corresponding relationship, and then set the status of the current software function to be consistent with the status of the software function in the corresponding relationship, that is, the difference from this embodiment is that the status of the current software function is not judged , can also achieve the purpose of the present invention.

This embodiment describes the situation when the software function control method of the present invention is applied to software startup: when a software sub-module is started, the software function authorization information of the license is first requested from the license control unit.

After obtaining the software function authorization information, it is converted into an internal function switch list. Before a software module implements or executes a function command, it will carry a software function identifier, and check whether the software function can be used in the function switch list. open. If yes is returned, it means that the software function can be developed; if the software function controller returns no, it means that the software function is not developed. The software will refuse to provide corresponding software function services.

Referring to Fig. 4, the fourth embodiment of the method of the present invention includes:

R1) update the license;

Among other things, the user updates the license.

R2) issued;

Wherein, the license control unit receives the license updated by the user, and asks it to be issued to the software control unit.

R3) establishing a corresponding relationship;

Among them, the software function authorization information in the received license is converted into an internal function switch list, and the corresponding relationship between the software function and the software function state is saved by the list. It can be understood that the converted corresponding relationship can be in the form of a list It can also be saved in the form of an array or other data structures.

R4) judging whether the software function has been opened, if open, turn to step R5), otherwise turn to step R7);

R5) judging whether the software function should be opened, if so, turn to step R9), otherwise turn to step R6);

R6) closing the function;

Wherein, the function is turned off, and the user is not allowed to use it.

The situation described in steps R4)-R5)-R6) is: the current software function has been opened, but the status of the software function in the corresponding relationship should be closed, then the software function is closed, and the user is not allowed to use it again.

R7) judging whether the software function should be closed, if so, turn to step R9), otherwise turn to step R8);

R8) enabling the function;

Wherein, the function is enabled to allow users to use it.

Wherein, the situation described in steps R4)-R7)-R8) is: the current software function has been closed, but the state of the software function in the corresponding relationship should be open, then the software function is opened and the user is allowed to use it.

R9) judge whether the software function status has been checked, if so, turn to step R10), otherwise turn to step R4);

R10) end.

This embodiment traverses all software functions, judges their status, and then compares it with the status of the function in the corresponding relationship. If it does not match the status in the corresponding relationship, the current status of the software function is modified. Similarly, you can also use the following methods:

After establishing the corresponding relationship, read the status of all software functions in the corresponding relationship, and then set the status of the current software function to be consistent with the status of the software function in the corresponding relationship, that is, the difference from this embodiment is that the status of the current software function is not judged , can also achieve the purpose of the present invention.

This embodiment describes the situation when the software function control method of the present invention is applied to license update.

Referring to Fig. 5, the fifth embodiment of the method of the present invention includes:

S1) Upload the license;

Therein, the user uploads a new license to the license control unit.

S2) judge whether the newly uploaded license expires, if so, then turn to step S3), otherwise turn to step S4);

S3) use the original license and turn to step S5);

Wherein, when the license newly uploaded by the user has expired, the new license is discarded and the original license is continued to be used.

S4) judging whether the verification result matches, if so, turn to step S5), otherwise turn to step S3);

Among them, the authorization information in the license file is plain text information. When performing verification, a physical parameter equipment serial number (ESN: Equipment Serial Number) is automatically obtained from the environment. For example, the global serial number of the network card can be used as the ESN verification Code, with the ESN check code as the key value, the authorization information in the license file is encrypted for signature calculation, and the calculation result string is recorded in the check word field of the file. After obtaining the license file, the license control unit can check and calculate other contents of the license file according to the ESN, and then compare whether the check result is the same as the check word field in the license file, so as to judge the validity of the license. legality.

Wherein, the license file includes a description of the validity period of the license, a description of the set of software functions, and a checksum field.

Wherein, the description method of the software function set is function1=yes|no; function2=yes|no; where function1 and function2 are function items; yes means that the function is enabled, and no means that the function is blocked.

S5) using the new license;

S6) issuing software function authorization information in the license;

S7) establishing a corresponding relationship;

Among them, the software function authorization information in the received license is converted into an internal function switch list, and the corresponding relationship between the software function and the software function state is saved by the list. It can be understood that the converted corresponding relationship can be in the form of a list It can also be saved in the form of an array or other data structures.

Wherein, the corresponding relationship in this embodiment is stored in a mapping table, it can be understood that the corresponding relationship can also be stored in an array or other data structures.

S8) judge whether software function has been opened, if open, turn to step S9), otherwise turn to step S11);

S9) judge whether described software function should be opened, if so, turn to step S13), otherwise turn to step S10);

Wherein, it is inquired whether the software function described in the corresponding relationship should be opened.

S10) closing the function;

Wherein, the function is turned off, and the user is not allowed to use it.

The situation described in steps S8)-S9)-S10) is: the current software function has been opened, but the status of the software function in the corresponding relationship should be closed, then the software function is closed and the user is not allowed to use it.

S11) determine whether the software function should be closed, if so, turn to step S13), otherwise turn to step S12);

Wherein, it is inquired whether the software function described in the corresponding relationship should be closed.

S12) enabling the function;

Wherein, the function is enabled to allow users to use it.

Wherein, the situation described in steps S8)-S11)-S12) is: the current software function has been closed, but the state of the software function in the corresponding relationship should be open, then the software function is opened and the user is allowed to use it.

S13) judge whether the software function status has been checked, if so, turn to step S14), otherwise turn to step S8);

S14) ends.

This embodiment traverses all software functions, judges their status, and then compares it with the status of the function in the corresponding relationship. If it does not match the status in the corresponding relationship, the current status of the software function is modified. Similarly, you can also use the following methods:

After establishing the corresponding relationship, read the status of all software functions in the corresponding relationship, and then set the status of the current software function to be consistent with the status of the software function in the corresponding relationship, that is, the difference from this embodiment is that the status of the current software function is not judged , can also achieve the purpose of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a verification process for the license uploaded by the user is added to ensure the security of the license. After the administrator uploads a license file through the interface, the license controller first checks the validity of the license file according to the time and ESN check code. If the verification is passed, the next step is executed, and if it is not passed, the loading is refused.

After the verification of the license file is passed, the license controller will traverse all the software control units connected to the license controller, and send the software function authorization information of the license to each software control unit.

After the software control unit receives the issued license software function authorization information, it establishes the corresponding relationship between the software function and the software function state, that is, converts it into an internal function switch list, and re-initializes the corresponding function according to the function switch list, and updates Provide services.

In addition, when the license expires and the user re-purchases a new license and uploads it, the verification process is the same. After verification, the new license is activated for use.

The software function control system of the present invention is described in detail below:

Referring to Fig. 6, the system of the present invention includes: a license control unit 100, a software control unit 200; After receiving the information, establish a correspondence between software functions and function states and adjust the current software function states to be consistent with the software function states in the correspondence.

Wherein, the license control unit 100 includes: a loading unit 110 and a checking unit 120; after the loading unit 110 loads the license, the license is sent to the checking unit 120, and the checking unit 120 checks the validity of the license. verification, and issue the software function authorization information in the license that passed the verification.

Wherein, the software control unit 200 includes: a receiving unit 210, a function analysis unit 220 and a software function control unit 230; the receiving unit 210 obtains the software function authorization information issued by the verification unit 120, and sends the information to The function analysis unit 220, the function analysis unit 220 converts the received software function authorization information into an internal function mapping table, and the software function control unit 230 queries the function mapping table according to the software function request to determine whether the software function should be opened, Reject requests for use of unopened software functions.

Wherein, the license control unit 100 is also used to regularly check whether the validity period of the license file has been exceeded according to the time provided in the license file. If the specified validity period of the license is exceeded, the license control unit 100 will issue a license The expiration is notified to the receiving unit 210 .

When applied to software startup situations:

The verification unit 120 sends the software function authorization information in the license file attached to the software when the user purchases the software to the receiving unit 210, and the receiving unit 210 sends the information to the function analysis unit 220, and the function analysis unit 220 establishes a license based on the information. Function mapping table, before a software module implements or executes a function command, it will carry a software function identifier to the software function control unit 230 to inquire whether the software function can be opened. The software function control unit 230 returns the corresponding function opening result according to the function mapping provided by the function analysis unit 220. If it returns yes, it means that the software function can be developed. If it returns no, it means that the software function is not open. The software will refuse to provide unopened software function services.

When applied to a license upgrade update:

The user uploads the new license through the loading unit 110, and the loading unit 110 sends the license to the verification unit 120 for verification, and the verification unit 120 verifies the validity of the license according to the valid time and the ESN verification code , if the verification fails, the original license is used, and the newly uploaded license is discarded; if the verification is passed, the software function authorization information in the new license is issued to the receiving unit 210, and the receiving unit 210 sends the information to For the function analysis unit 220, the function analysis unit 220 establishes a function mapping table according to the information, and the software function control unit 230 queries all software function states according to the function mapping table, so that the current software function state is consistent with the software function state in the mapping table.

In the above software function control system, there may be multiple software control units that perform the same function.

A kind of software function control method and system provided by the present invention has been introduced in detail above. In this paper, specific examples are used to illustrate the principle and implementation of the present invention. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the present invention. method and its core idea; at the same time, for those of ordinary skill in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there will be changes in the specific implementation and application scope. Invention Limitations.

Claims (10)

1. a software function control method is characterized in that, comprises step:

1) sets up the corresponding relation of software function and software function state according to software function authorization message in the licence;

2) read the software function state of software function correspondence in the corresponding relation;

3) it is identical with the software function state of this software function in the corresponding relation software function state of this software function in the current software to be set.

2. software function control method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises after the described step 3):

4) repeating step 2), until the software function state that has read all software function correspondences.

3. software function control method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, further comprises step before the described step 1): when software function started, the licence control module was according to software function authorization message in licensing under the request.

4. software function control method according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, further comprise step before the described step 1): the licence of newly uploading is carried out legitimacy detect, if it is legal, then issue and use software function authorization message in the new permit, otherwise use software function authorization message in the former licence.

5. software function control method according to claim 4 is characterized in that, described detection comprises:

A) judge whether licence is expired, if expired then described licence is illegal, if the not out of date step B that then turns to);

B) software function authorization message in the licence is carried out computations by check code, result of calculation and licence control module are compared its result calculated, if meet, then licence is legal, otherwise illegal.

6. according to each described software function control method in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that described corresponding relation is stored in the mapping table, perhaps is stored in the array.

7. a software function control system is characterized in that, comprising: licence control module, software control unit; Described licence control module is used for sending licence software function authorization message to described software control unit, after the software control unit receives described information, set up the corresponding relation of software function and functional status, and reading the software function state of software function correspondence in the corresponding relation, the software function state that this software function in the current software is set is identical with the software function state of this software function in the corresponding relation.

8. software function control system according to claim 7 is characterized in that, described licence control module also is used for when licence expired, after the user buys new licence again and upgrades, licence is activated again.

9. software function control system according to claim 8 is characterized in that, described licence control module comprises: loading unit, verification unit; Described loading unit sends to verification unit with licence after loading licence, and verification unit is carried out the legitimacy verification to licence, and the software function authorization message issues in the licence that verification is passed through.

10. software function control system according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described software control unit comprises: receiving element, biological function explore unit and software function control module; Described receiving element obtains the software function authorization message that verification unit issues, and described information sent to the biological function explore unit, the biological function explore unit converts the software function authorization message that receives to inner function mapping table, the software function control module according to software function request inquire about described function mapping table judging whether described software function should be opened, refusal is the use request of open software function.

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