Hitachi Software Engineering Company, Ltd.

Toshiyuki Tsutsumi

Mariko Kondo

Yumiko Mori

Teruo Nakamura

A license authentication system and method enabling authentication of an application to be installed in a client PC which is being incapable of communicating with the server which authenticates the application. A portable terminal performs license authentication of an application to be installed in a client PC in place of the server and gives the client PC a temporary right of use (stepto step). During the temporary use, the portable terminal performs regular license authentication in place of the client PC to obtain the regular right of use and gives the information relating to the right of use to the client PC (stepto step).

License authentication system and authentication method

A network management system can detect a security hole on the network and take necessary measures against such a security hole. When the security hole is detected on the network, the security hole is displayed on a drawing of the network configuration. Further, the network management system displays the status of connection from the outside network, the contents of accesses to the computer and the network device, the status of access to the network environment maintenance file, and the status of login procedures executed with the privileged user.

Network management system for detecting and displaying a security hole

A system for operating and managing the network equipment is so adapted as to operate and manage a network in which plural computers and network devices are connected to each other. The system is provided with database storing data corresponding to the computers and the network devices and with means for preparing a network specification drawing which satisfies conditions required by the user from the data, for checking the physical data as to whether the network specification satisfies the physical data, for checking the logical data as to whether the network specification satisfies the logical data, and for displaying the network specification drawing in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional manner on the basis of the data stored in the database. The system for operating and managing the network equipment can reduce and simplify management business for network managers as well as management business for managing materials and products by managers managing the materials and products. Further, the system can take necessary measures in case of a fault or a failure of the network and save a resource by sharing the computer resources and the data in an appropriate way.

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Yokohama, Japan

Toshiyuki Tsutsumi