Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Katsumasa Jin

Nobuyuki Ikeda

Hirotaka Toya

Ikuko Osajima

Yoshihiro Takahashi

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium stores a software component that includes a fraud examination module. The fraud examination module restricts a use of the software component if the use is unauthorized. The fraud examination module includes fraud determination data which predefines use conditions. The fraud examination modules also includes a determination module that obtains use data and determines the use of the software component to be unauthorized if the obtained use data does not match the use conditions. The use conditions predefined by the fraud determination data include a device identification number which is unique to a device on which an installation of the software component is permitted. The determination module obtains, through an operating system, a device identification number which is unique to a device on which the software component is actually installed as the use data.

Software component, software component management method, and software component management system

A software component, which enables a computer to execute processing, is delivered from a management department and includes at least one software module executable by the computer; a first software subcomponent configured to transmit a component identifying information for identifying the software component, to a software component managing server when the software module is executed; and a second software subcomponent configured to transmit a device identifying information for identifying the computer on which the software component is executed, to the software component managing server when the software module is executed.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Katsumasa Jin