Understanding Basic Concepts
Sentinel RMS Development Kit is a software toolkit that your vendor used to create the protected application you are using. The application uses Sentinel RMS Development Kit to support the license agreement you have with your vendor. Sentinel RMS Development Kit can authorize, meter, and report application use. However these capabilities are provided depending upon the type of application and details of your license agreement.
Sentinel RMS Development Kit helps you to protect a application in a series of steps:
The application first checks with Sentinel RMS Development Kit to verify if the use is permitted by the license agreement.
If the use is authorized, then Sentinel RMS Development Kit gives the application permission to run.
If permission is granted, this process is invisible. If permission is denied, then the application user will be informed and the application exits or the user is placed into a queue to wait for authorization.
Note: Permission may be denied because someone else is already using the application, the license has expired, or no license has been installed.