LICENSE CONTROL SYSTEM, LICENSE CONTROL SERVER, MOBILE TERMINAL, LICENSE CONTROL METHOD, LICENSE AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly and smoothly provide service using each equipment and each software by authenticating efficiently a license for using the plurality of different units of equipment and the plurality of different softwares. PSOLUTION: This license control server 10 transmits license issuing request information to each equipment control server 40 for controlling each service providing equipment 50, receives each license No. and each expiration date in response thereto, generates a license profile 161 for authenticating the license of each service providing equipment 50, based on each license No., each expiration date and the like, and transmits it to a mobile terminal 30. The mobile terminal 30 authenticates the license of each service providing equipment 50, using the license profile 16, and provides the service using each service providing equipment 50 from a service providing server 20, when succeeding in the authentication. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT