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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1997
Takuya Shimakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoru Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Kitagawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Motoaki Hirabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A software install management method, and an apparatus for the method, can prevent a greater number of softwares than a contracted license number from being installed in a server-client system. A serve comprises a software management portion for saving a software to be installed in a software storage portion, a table management portion for registering an information representing an install history of the software saved in the software storage portion and an information representing a license number to a history management table and to a license number management table, respectively, and a software transmission portion for transmitting the software to the client, and client comprises a software management portion for judging whether or not the software saved in the server is to be installed, a software reception portion for receiving the software transmitted from the server and storing it in a software storage portion, and a table management portion for registering an information representing the software saved in the software storage portion t a management table.