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LICENSE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD AND LICENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

  • US 20090274304A1
  • Filed: 05/01/2009
  • Published: 11/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A license management apparatus comprising:

  • a database in which a device is registered in association with licenses for functions licensed to the device;

    an accepting unit adapted to accept an inactivation certification key containing a device ID of a source device of transferred licenses, the inactivation certification key being issued by the source device, and a duplication certification key containing a device ID of a destination device of the transferred licenses, the duplication certification key being issued by the destination device;

    a registration changing unit adapted to, upon acceptance of input of the inactivation certification key and the duplication certification key by the accepting unit, inactivate, in the database, licenses for functions registered in association with the source device of the transferred licenses that is specified based on the inactivation certification key and register, in the database, the licenses for the functions that have been inactivated for the source device of the transferred licenses in association with the destination device of the transferred licenses that is specified based on the duplication certification key; and

    an activation key issuance unit adapted to issue an activation key to be inputted to the destination device of the transferred licenses to permit an activation process of the functions the licenses for which have been registered in association with the destination device.

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