IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0877163
(2010-09-08)
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등록번호 |
US-8387156
(2013-02-26)
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우선권정보 |
JP-2009-212455 (2009-09-14) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Nagumo, Taku
- Sugiura, Yuuko
- Hirokawa, Tomoya
- Ikawa, Taku
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출원인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
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0 인용 특허 :
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초록
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An equipment managing system includes an intermediating apparatus and an equipment managing apparatus. The intermediating apparatus is connected to a license management apparatus and a program management apparatus via a network. The equipment managing apparatus is connected to an electronic equipmen
An equipment managing system includes an intermediating apparatus and an equipment managing apparatus. The intermediating apparatus is connected to a license management apparatus and a program management apparatus via a network. The equipment managing apparatus is connected to an electronic equipment via a network. The intermediating apparatus stores a program acquired from the program management apparatus and a license file acquired from the license management apparatus to an external storage medium. The equipment managing apparatus sends the program and the license file recorded in the external storage medium to the electronic equipment.
대표청구항
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1. An equipment managing system comprising: an intermediating apparatus connectable to a license management apparatus and a program management apparatus via a first network; andan equipment managing apparatus connectable to an electronic equipment via a second network,the equipment managing apparatu
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An equipment managing system comprising: an intermediating apparatus connectable to a license management apparatus and a program management apparatus via a first network; andan equipment managing apparatus connectable to an electronic equipment via a second network,the equipment managing apparatus having no network connection to the intermediating apparatus, the license management apparatus and the program management apparatus, so that no direct information exchange is possible between the equipment managing apparatus and each of the intermediating apparatus, the license management apparatus and the program management apparatus,the license management apparatus storing, in a related manner, a license identifier to identify a license of a program of the electronic equipment, a product identifier of the program, and license state information indicating a state of use of the license of the program related to the license identifier,the program management apparatus storing the program and the product identifier in a related manner,the intermediating apparatus comprising: a license identifier accepting part configured to accept an input of a license identifier related to an install target;a product information acquiring part configured to acquire from the license management apparatus the product identifier related to the input license identifier;a program acquiring part configured to acquire from the program management apparatus the program related to the product identifier acquired by the product information acquiring part;a license acquiring part configured to specify the license identifier and acquire from the license management apparatus a license file corresponding to the license identifier, and to update the license state information related to the license identifier to a value indicating that the license is in use; anda first write part configured to record the program acquired by the program acquiring part and the license file acquired by the license acquiring part in an external storage medium, andthe equipment management apparatus comprising: a first read part configured to acquire the license file and the program from the external storage medium;an install control part configured to send the program acquired by the first read part to the electronic equipment; anda license import part configured to send the license file acquired by the first read part to the electronic equipment. 2. The equipment managing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the equipment management apparatus comprises: an equipment information acquiring part configured to acquire, from the electronic equipment, equipment information including an equipment identifier of the electronic equipment and the product identifier of the program installed in the electronic equipment; anda second write part configured to record the equipment information acquired by the equipment information acquiring part in the external storage medium, andthe intermediating apparatus comprises: an adequacy confirming part configured to send the equipment information and the product identifier acquired by the product information acquiring part to the program management apparatus, and to control the program management apparatus to determine whether a program at a depending destination of the program related to the product identifier is installed in the electronic equipment based on dependency information that is stored in a dependency information storage part and indicates a dependency relationship between the programs. 3. The equipment managing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the program acquiring part acquires from the program management apparatus a program at the depending destination if the program at the depending destination is not installed in the electronic equipment; andthe first write part records the program at the depending destination in the external storage medium. 4. The equipment managing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the license managing apparatus stores an expiry date of the license and in a related manner to the license identifier;the license identifier accepting part accepts an input of the license identifier related to a license update target;the intermediating apparatus comprises: a license updating part configured to control the license management apparatus to update the expiry date of the license related to the license identifier by specifying the license identifier related to the license update target, and to receive a second license file including the updated expiry date;the first write part records the second license file in the external storage medium;the first read part acquires the second license file from the external storage medium; andthe equipment management apparatus comprises: a license update control part configured to send the second license file acquired by the first read part to the electronic equipment. 5. The equipment managing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the license identifier accepting part accepts an input of the license identifier related to an uninstall target;the first write part records the product identifier acquired by the product information acquiring part in the external storage medium based on the license identifier related to the uninstall target;the first read part acquires the product identifier from the external storage medium;the equipment managing apparatus comprises: an uninstall control part configured to control the electronic equipment to uninstall the program related to the product identifier acquired by the first read part;a license deletion control part configured to control the electronic equipment to delete the license file related to the product identifier acquired by the first read part; anda second write part configured to write the equipment information, and work status information indicating that the program is uninstalled and the license file is deleted, in the external storage medium. 6. The equipment managing system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the intermediating apparatus comprises: a second read part configured to acquire the product identifier and the work status information from the external storage medium; anda license release part configured to control the license management apparatus to update the license state information related to the product identifier to a value indicating that the license is not used, depending on the work status information acquired by the second read part. 7. An equipment managing method to be implemented by an equipment managing system, comprising: including, in the equipment managing system, an intermediating apparatus connectable to a license management apparatus and a program management apparatus via a first network, and an equipment managing apparatus connectable to an electronic equipment via a second network,the equipment managing apparatus having no network connection to the intermediating apparatus, the license management apparatus and the program management apparatus, so that no direct information exchange is possible between the equipment managing apparatus and each of the intermediating apparatus, the license management apparatus and the program management apparatus,the license management apparatus storing, in a related manner, a license identifier to identify a license of a program of the electronic equipment, a product identifier of the program, and license state information indicating a state of use of the license of the program related to the license identifier,the program management apparatus storing the program and the product identifier in a related manner,the intermediating apparatus executes a process comprising: a license identifier accepting procedure to accept an input of a license identifier related to an install target;a product information acquiring procedure to acquire from the license management apparatus the product identifier related to the input license identifier;a program acquiring procedure to acquire from the program management apparatus the program related to the product identifier acquired by the product information acquiring procedure;a license acquiring procedure to specify the license identifier and acquire from the license management apparatus a license file corresponding to the license identifier, and to update the license state information related to the license identifier to a value indicating that the license is in use; anda first write procedure to record the program acquired by the program acquiring procedure and the license file acquired by the license acquiring procedure in an external storage medium, andthe equipment management apparatus executes a process comprising: a first read procedure to acquire the license file and the program from the external storage medium;an install control procedure to send the program acquired by the first read procedure to the electronic equipment; anda license import procedure to send the license file acquired by the first read procedure to the electronic equipment. 8. The equipment managing method as claimed in claim 7, wherein: the process executed by the equipment management apparatus further comprises: an equipment information acquiring procedure to acquire, from the electronic equipment, equipment information including an equipment identifier of the electronic equipment and the product identifier of the program installed in the electronic equipment; anda second write procedure to record the equipment information acquired by the equipment information acquiring procedure in the external storage medium, andthe process executed by the intermediating apparatus further comprises: an adequacy confirming procedure to send the equipment information and the product identifier acquired by the product information acquiring procedure to the program management apparatus, and to control the program management apparatus to determine whether a program at a depending destination of the program related to the product identifier is installed in the electronic equipment based on dependency information that is stored in a dependency information storage part and indicates a dependency relationship between the programs. 9. The equipment managing method as claimed in claim 8, wherein: the program acquiring procedure acquires from the program management apparatus a program at the depending destination if the program at the depending destination is not installed in the electronic equipment; andthe first write procedure records the program at the depending destination in the external storage medium. 10. The equipment managing method as claimed in claim 7, wherein: the license managing apparatus stores an expiry date of the license and in a related manner to the license identifier;the license identifier accepting procedure accepts an input of the license identifier related to a license update target;the process executed by the intermediating apparatus further comprises: a license updating procedure to control the license management apparatus to update the expiry date of the license related to the license identifier by specifying the license identifier related to the license update target, and to receive a second license file including the updated expiry date;the first write procedure records the second license file in the external storage medium;the first read procedure acquires the second license file from the external storage medium; andthe process executed by the equipment management apparatus further comprises: a license update control procedure to send the second license file acquired by the first read part to the electronic equipment. 11. The equipment managing method as claimed in claim 7, wherein: the license identifier accepting procedure accepts an input of the license identifier related to an uninstall target;the first write procedure records the product identifier acquired by the product information acquiring procedure in the external storage medium based on the license identifier related to the uninstall target;the first read procedure acquires the product identifier from the external storage medium;the process executed by the equipment managing apparatus further comprises: an uninstall control procedure to control the electronic equipment to uninstall the program related to the product identifier acquired by the first read procedure;a license deletion control procedure to control the electronic equipment to delete the license file related to the product identifier acquired by the first read procedure; anda second write procedure configured to write the equipment information, and work status information indicating that the program is uninstalled and the license file is deleted, in the external storage medium. 12. The equipment managing method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the process executed by the intermediating apparatus further comprises: a second read procedure to acquire the product identifier and the work status information from the external storage medium; anda license release procedure to control the license management apparatus to update the license state information related to the product identifier to a value indicating that the license is not used, depending on the work status information acquired by the second read procedure. 13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute an equipment managing method in an equipment managing system, comprising: including, in the equipment managing system, an intermediating apparatus connectable to a license management apparatus and a program management apparatus via a first network, and an equipment managing apparatus connectable to an electronic equipment via a second network,the equipment managing apparatus having no network connection to the intermediating apparatus, the license management apparatus and the program management apparatus, so that no direct information exchange is possible between the equipment managing apparatus and each of the intermediating apparatus, the license management apparatus and the program management apparatus,the license management apparatus storing, in a related manner, a license identifier to identify a license of a program of the electronic equipment, a product identifier of the program, and license state information indicating a state of use of the license of the program related to the license identifier,the program management apparatus storing the program and the product identifier in a related manner,the program causing the computer to function as the intermediating apparatus by executing a process comprising: a license identifier accepting procedure to accept an input of a license identifier related to an install target;a product information acquiring procedure to acquire from the license management apparatus the product identifier related to the input license identifier;a program acquiring procedure to acquire from the program management apparatus the program related to the product identifier acquired by the product information acquiring procedure;a license acquiring procedure to specify the license identifier and acquire from the license management apparatus a license file corresponding to the license identifier, and to update the license state information related to the license identifier to a value indicating that the license is in use; anda first write procedure to record the program acquired by the program acquiring procedure and the license file acquired by the license acquiring procedure in an external storage medium,the program causing the computer to function as the equipment management apparatus to execute a process comprising: a first read procedure to acquire the license file and the program from the external storage medium;an install control procedure to send the program acquired by the first read procedure to the electronic equipment; anda license import procedure to send the license file acquired by the first read procedure to the electronic equipment. 14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein: the process executed by computer to function as the equipment management apparatus further comprises:an equipment information acquiring procedure to acquire, from the electronic equipment, equipment information including an equipment identifier of the electronic equipment and the product identifier of the program installed in the electronic equipment; anda second write procedure to record the equipment information acquired by the equipment information acquiring procedure in the external storage medium, andthe process executed by the computer to function as the intermediating apparatus further comprises:an adequacy confirming procedure to send the equipment information and the product identifier acquired by the product information acquiring procedure to the program management apparatus, and to control the program management apparatus to determine whether a program at a depending destination of the program related to the product identifier is installed in the electronic equipment based on dependency information that is stored in a dependency information storage part and indicates a dependency relationship between the programs. 15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 14, wherein: the program acquiring procedure acquires from the program management apparatus a program at the depending destination if the program at the depending destination is not installed in the electronic equipment; andthe first write procedure records the program at the depending destination in the external storage medium. 16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein: the license managing apparatus stores an expiry date of the license and in a related manner to the license identifier;the license identifier accepting procedure accepts an input of the license identifier related to a license update target;the process executed by the computer to function as the intermediating apparatus further comprises:a license updating procedure to control the license management apparatus to update the expiry date of the license related to the license identifier by specifying the license identifier related to the license update target, and to receive a second license file including the updated expiry date;the first write procedure records the second license file in the external storage medium;the first read procedure acquires the second license file from the external storage medium; andthe process executed by the computer to function as the equipment management apparatus further comprises:a license update control procedure to send the second license file acquired by the first read part to the electronic equipment. 17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein: the license identifier accepting procedure accepts an input of the license identifier related to an uninstall target;the first write procedure records the product identifier acquired by the product information acquiring procedure in the external storage medium based on the license identifier related to the uninstall target;the first read procedure acquires the product identifier from the external storage medium;the process executed by the computer to function as the equipment managing apparatus further comprises:an uninstall control procedure to control the electronic equipment to uninstall the program related to the product identifier acquired by the first read procedure;a license deletion control procedure to control the electronic equipment to delete the license file related to the product identifier acquired by the first read procedure; anda second write procedure configured to write the equipment information, and work status information indicating that the program is uninstalled and the license file is deleted, in the external storage medium. 18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 17, wherein the process executed by the intermediating apparatus further comprises: a second read procedure to acquire the product identifier and the work status information from the external storage medium; anda license release procedure to control the license management apparatus to update the license state information related to the product identifier to a value indicating that the license is not used, depending on the work status information acquired by the second read procedure. 19. The equipment managing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external storage medium is portable.
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