Geolocation attribute

[Yavor Yanakiev]

Yes, it is all about licensing in the Apporto case.
We have to find a way to apply proper license, based on which country the
principal is situated at the moment.
Another use-case, which applies to NYU, is to automatically provide
supplemental login/help information in a language based on the user's
location.

On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Cantor, Scott <cantor.2 at osu.edu> wrote:

> > We just started a pilot use of http://apporto.com and since the software
> > licenses can be different in each country, we need to know where the
> > particular user is.
>
> Perhaps this isn't really about geolocation at all then, it's about
> licensing. If the vendor wants a license code assigned to the login, that's
> a different problem.
>
> Sort of like when vendors ask for your "organization ID" when what they
> really want is their billing ID.
>
> Just another way to look at it.
>
> -- Scott
>
>


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Yavor Yanakiev
Systems Developer for Identity Services
212-992-7585
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