Product specifications

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The Interplay Engine uses “smart licensing” to manage Base and Advance licenses to allow
optimum usage of free licenses. It assigns an Advance license to a Base client if a Base license is
not available. It switches the assignment if an Advance client needs a license and a Base license
becomes available. For example:
1. Client 1 requires a Base license, and is assigned the last free Base license. Client workstation
2 requires a Base license, but only an Advance license is available. Workstation 2 is assigned
an Advance license.
2. Client workstation 1 logs out from the application, and a Base license is freed.
3. Client workstation 3 requires an Advance license, but only a Base license is available.
Workstation 2’s license is switched to a Base license and workstation 3 is assigned an
Advance license.
The following figure illustrates this example.
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Client 2
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Client 3
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Client 2
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Client 3
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Clients 1 and 2 logged in Client 1 logs out, Base license free Client 3 logs in