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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2010
Yoshiko Aono, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoyuki Katsumata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiko Aono, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoyuki Katsumata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A license management server connected to an MFP includes an activating unit that, upon receiving an application activation request from the MFP, accesses a license management DB, and, when the number of licenses associated with a product key of the application in the license management DB is one or greater, grants a license for the application to the MFP and cancels the license for the application granted to the MFP upon receiving a deactivation request, and a license managing unitthat decrements the number of licenses by one when the license for the application has been granted to the MFP and increments the number of licenses by one when the license for the application granted to the MFP has been canceled.