UPDATE METHOD AND UPDATE SYSTEM

• US 20080027871A1
• Filed: 07/13/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ziosoft, Inc. (NantWorks, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Ziosoft, Inc. (NantWorks, LLC)
• Inventors: Seo, Shinichiro
• Application Number:
  US11/777,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20080027871A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/59
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]

Abstract

An update system includes: a program server for storing application programs and transmitting the application program corresponding only to an authenticated client; a license server for transmitting information concerning the authenticated client to the program server and transmitting the license key of the application program to the authenticated client; and the client for executing the application program transmitted from the program server based on the license key transmitted from the license server.

Claims

1. An update method in an update system including a license server, a program server and a client, the update method comprising:

storing a medical application program in the program server;

acquiring client information of the client by the license server;

creating by the license server a license key corresponding to the client information;

creating by the license server a license information concerning the medical application program permitted for the client based on information in the license server that can be set by a person having a predetermined authority; and

transmitting by the program server the medical application program in accordance with the license information, to the client for executing the medical application program.

2. The update method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring an ID of the client by the program server; and

transmitting the client information to the license server by the program server.

3. The update method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring the license key from the license server by the client.

4. The update method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the license information includes application information of the application program.

5. The update method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the license information includes at least one of an algorithm or a setting variable used by the application program.

9. The update method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the license server manages the license of the medical application program, the program server stores the medical application program, and the client executes the medical application program.

6. An update system, comprising:

a program server for storing a medical application program, and transmitting the medical application program to a client;

a license server for transmitting license information concerning the client to the program server, and transmitting a license key of the medical application program to the client; and

the client for executing the medical application program transmitted from the program server based on the license key transmitted from the license server,

wherein the license server is accessed by a person having a predetermined authority.

7. The update system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the client serves as a rendering server.

8. The update system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the license server and the program server are included in one apparatus.

10. The update system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the license server manages the license of the medical application program, the program server stores the medical application program, and the client executes the medical application program.