stores in the dongle or soft license. The user
never comes into contact with the password
again. If the procedure described above is used
extensively in an automated environment,
SmartShelter PDF can be implemented as a
command line tool.
Flexible license models facilitate
monetization
The CodeMeter technology used by
SmartShelter PDF not only provides protection
functionality for documents, but also allows
flexible license models. The possibilities range
from time-limited licenses through pay per
use to network license models, and include
any combination thereof. Hence new models
for generating revenues from the sale or use
of documents can be defined. The concept of
arbitrary product codes permits a role-based
permissions strategy for protecting documents.
License distribution made easy
There are a number of ways to distribute
licenses. If a permissions system has been
implemented, CmDongles and CmActLicenses
with the corresponding permissions levels
(licenses) can be pre-manufactured and
shipped to the user as and when required.
SmartShelter PDF Plug-in
Options for document use
Document usage, such as printing or editing,
can be controlled by granting or denying
permissions. It is also possible to restrict use
of the document to the Acrobat Reader only.
Protection can be tightened even further, e.g.
screen shot capturing can be disabled and a
debugger check can be activated to close the
document as soon as it detects a debugger
running.
The customer only needs to install a
SmartShelter PDF plugin for the freely available
Acrobat Reader®. If he owns a CmDongle or
CmActLicense with the correct firm code and
product code combination, he can now open
the encrypted document.
ERP
On the other hand, online activation, as
provided by CmLicenseCentral Internet, offers
greater flexibility for both the publisher and
the user. In this case licenses are not generated
in advance, but are fetched online directly
by the user from the publisher‘s server. This
means a web shop, for example, can sell and
distribute licenses worldwide, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.
CmLicenseCentral Internet can also be
integrated into the publisher‘s existing
processes. This can be accomplished using
web interfaces. In this case, connection is
possible to existing internal or external ERP or
CRM systems which directly accept customer
orders and generate the corresponding tickets.
An alternative is the direct integration into a
publisher‘s shop system.
Summary
If you desire a system which simultaneously
protects your documents and implements
appropriate license models for your users, then
SmartShelter PDF is the ideal solution. Not
only does it protect documents, it also allows
you to generate and distribute licenses for the
documents. So SmartShelter PDF is on the one
hand the right choice for editors, who want
to get paid for each copy and on the other
hand for companies that want to distribute
chargeable content or want to protect their
manuals, patents and legal documents. In doing
so it optimally fulfills the requirements of small
business solutions as well as those of complex
document management systems.
To begin with, the publisher stores the licenses
for sale as products in CmLicenseCentral. When
a user purchases a particular product, the
license publisher sends him a ticket by email.
The ticket can be redeemed for the licenses
at the publisher‘s web portal. The licenses are
then transferred to the CmDongle or activated
in the CmActLicense immediately.
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