An Earned Channel is any marketing channel where visibility is gained when other people or organizations share content about your company with others. “Word of mouth” is a common expression to highlight the earned channel. The earned channel is different from the owned, or organic channel because the earned channel does not include self-created content.
Encryption refers to the process of converting plaintext into ciphertext to prevent unauthorized access.
An End-User is the final consumer of, for example, a software product. For a company selling a game, the end user is the company’s customer. For a company selling an SDK, the customer’s customers are instead usually the end user.
An End-User License Agreement (EULA) is a legal contract between the software provider and the end user specifying how the license can be used.
Feature-Locking Licensing Model where you create different versions of the product with different feature sets. For example, a company can sell a Lite version of the software with a limited set of features, and charge more for a Pro version with all of the features.
A floating licensing model allows software license creators to limit the number of computers or machines that can use the same software license at the same time. For example, a client can install the software on 100 computers but only be able to use it on 10 of them at a time.
An Internet of Things (IoT) application is an application that makes communication between devices and the cloud possible, creating a collective network of connected devices.
Key Verification is an important step that a software licensing system performs when checking if the license key that a customer has inserted into a software application is valid or invalid. Cryptolens offers a Licensing as a Service (LaaS) platform that makes key verification effortless! Visit this page to learn more.
A License Agreement is a legal document that specifies the terms under which a licensee can use a software product.
A License File is a file that grants a user the right to use a software application. This file is checked by a software licensing system to make sure that the person trying to access the software product has a valid license key. Without a valid license key, they are not allowed access. The file also has information regarding what features that specific user should have access to within the application.