TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TERMINAL MANAGEMENT METHOD
First Claim
1. A terminal management system that manages execution of a given application software program on an information processing terminal connected to a network, comprisinga recording medium that is a portable-type recording medium held by a member, and includes a storage unit where medium identification information indentifying the recording medium and member identification information identifying the member are recorded, andan authentication server connected to the information processing terminal via the network,wherein the information processing terminal includes a terminal information storage unit that stores terminal identification information identifying the information processing terminal, and connection location information identifying a connection location with the network,application writing means that writes one or a plurality of particular application software programs from a predetermined external memory to a particular application storage unit,program execution processing means that starts up the particular application software program and controls a production of a predetermined document and transmission and reception of the produced document,loading detector means that detects the loading of the recording medium, anddetermination information retrieving means that, when a predetermined exclusive application software program from among the particular application software programs is started in response to a detection of the loading, reads from the loaded recording medium the medium identification information and the member identification information, and from the terminal information storage unit, the terminal identification information and the connection location information, and then transmits to the server the medium identification information, the member identification information, the terminal identification information and the connection location information,wherein the server includes determining means that determines from a combination of the medium identification information and the member identification information whether the recording medium is legitimate, and determines from a combination of the terminal identification information and the connection location information whether the information processing terminal is legitimate, and returns determination results thereof to the information processing terminal that is a transmission source, andwherein the information processing terminal includes execution permit/prohibit means that permits the program execution processing means to perform program execution if the determining means has determined that the recording medium and the information processing terminal are legitimate.
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Abstract
A terminal management system and a terminal management method of the system determines whether to permit or prohibit the execution of a particular application software program in the information processing terminal in a space discriminated from an execution space of a general application software program on condition that a recording medium held by a member, and storing predetermined information is loaded on a general information processing terminal, and that the recording medium is authenticated in accordance with the predetermined information on a server side.
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8 Claims
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1. A terminal management system that manages execution of a given application software program on an information processing terminal connected to a network, comprising
a recording medium that is a portable-type recording medium held by a member, and includes a storage unit where medium identification information indentifying the recording medium and member identification information identifying the member are recorded, and an authentication server connected to the information processing terminal via the network, wherein the information processing terminal includes a terminal information storage unit that stores terminal identification information identifying the information processing terminal, and connection location information identifying a connection location with the network, application writing means that writes one or a plurality of particular application software programs from a predetermined external memory to a particular application storage unit, program execution processing means that starts up the particular application software program and controls a production of a predetermined document and transmission and reception of the produced document, loading detector means that detects the loading of the recording medium, and determination information retrieving means that, when a predetermined exclusive application software program from among the particular application software programs is started in response to a detection of the loading, reads from the loaded recording medium the medium identification information and the member identification information, and from the terminal information storage unit, the terminal identification information and the connection location information, and then transmits to the server the medium identification information, the member identification information, the terminal identification information and the connection location information, wherein the server includes determining means that determines from a combination of the medium identification information and the member identification information whether the recording medium is legitimate, and determines from a combination of the terminal identification information and the connection location information whether the information processing terminal is legitimate, and returns determination results thereof to the information processing terminal that is a transmission source, and wherein the information processing terminal includes execution permit/prohibit means that permits the program execution processing means to perform program execution if the determining means has determined that the recording medium and the information processing terminal are legitimate.
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8. A terminal management method of a terminal management system that manages execution of a given application software program on an information processing terminal connected to a network, the system comprising:
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a recording medium that is a portable-type recording medium held by a member, and includes a storage unit where medium identification information indentifying the recording medium and member identification information identifying the member are recorded, and an authentication server connected to the information processing terminal via the network, the terminal management method comprising; writing with application writing means in the information processing terminal one or a plurality of particular application software programs from a predetermined external memory to a particular application storage unit, detecting, with loading detector means in the information processing terminal, the loading of the recording medium, when a predetermined exclusive application software program from among the particular application software programs is started in response to a detection of the loading, reading, with determination information retrieving means in the information processing terminal, from the loaded recording medium the medium identification information and the member identification information, and from a terminal information storage unit, terminal identification information identifying the information processing terminal and connection location information identifying a connection location with network, and then transmitting to the server the medium identification information, the member identification information, the terminal identification information and the connection location information, determining, with determining means in the server, from a combination of the medium identification information and the member identification information whether the recording medium is legitimate, and determining from a combination of the terminal identification information and the connection location information whether the information processing terminal is legitimate, and returning determination results to the information processing terminal that is a transmission source, if the determining means has determined that the recording medium and the information processing terminal are legitimate, returning, with execution permit/prohibit means in the information processing terminal, the execution permission to the information processing terminal as the transmission source, and if the execution permission is received, permitting, with the program execution processing means in the information processing terminal, the particular application software program to be started up and controlling a production of a predetermined document and transmission and reception of the produced document.
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