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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Fumio Tsuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriyuki Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Fumio Tsuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriyuki Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information image utilization system and so forth by which it is possible to particularly set the access right and so forth relating to utilization of an apparatus information image and utilization of an apparatus through the apparatus information image to perform authentication. A client () issues a request for provision of ownership information of an apparatus information image (indicating an apparatus possessed by a user of the client ()) to an information image management server (). The information image management server () extracts user IDs of owners of the apparatus information image and attribute information of copy information image data corresponding to the owners from an apparatus information image management table, and transmits the user IDs and the attribute information to the client (). On the other hand, if an instruction to change the attribute information or to delete the copy information image or the like is transmitted from the client (), then the information image management server () updates contents of the apparatus information image management table and updates contents of a folder management table.