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TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TERMINAL MANAGEMENT METHOD

  • US 20120204239A1
  • Filed: 10/19/2009
  • Published: 08/09/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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, 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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