JPH0476745A - Application using right checking system through network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent application from being illegally used by checking the using right of the application through a network in the case of using the application. CONSTITUTION:When the application 103 starts processing, a using right inquiring device 109 sends information necessary for checking the using right to a checking device 110 through a data communication equipment 104. The device 110 collates the information sent from the application 103 by a using right control processing 111, obtains using right information indicating the existence of the using right and sends the using right information to the device 109 through the equipment 104. The application 103 obtains the using right information from the device 111, decides whether the application is illegally used or not, and when its illegal use exists, aborts the processing. Consequently, the application can be prevented from being illegally used when a system sharing a file through a network uses the application.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for preventing unauthorized use when an application is used in a system that shares files using a network.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, since it was possible to identify the device on which an application program was executed mainly by using it on a standalone system, it was necessary to include processing to prevent unauthorized copying in the application, such as a method of inserting a license identification code into the floppy disk, to limit unauthorized use. was completed.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional technology has the disadvantage that in systems that share files using a network, the application is shared by many terminals, so methods such as putting a license identification code on the floppy cannot be applied operationally. There is.

For this reason, conventional server-type systems cannot handle rights protection through programs, so protection can only be achieved through contracts.

[Means to solve the problem]

The network-based application usage right check method of the present invention is an application installed on the terminal system side in a system that uses a network to share files, and sends information such as a terminal ID and application name to an application that inquires about application usage rights. a usage rights inquiry means provided on the system side for registering application usage rights, a usage rights management means for managing the usage rights information, and information from the usage rights management means and information sent from the application. and a usage right checking means for comparing the received information with the information received, obtaining usage right information indicating whether or not there is a usage right, and sending the information to the usage right inquiry means of the application.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 1, the application usage right checking method using the network includes a server system 101 and a plurality of terminal systems 10.
2 are configured via a network, the server system 101 includes a data communication device 104, a file server device 105, a shared file 106, a usage rights check device 110, a usage rights management device 111, and a usage rights registration device 112. The terminal system 102 includes an application 103, a data communication device 104, a server access device 107, and a usage right adjustment device 109. Server system 101 and terminal system 102 are connected by network device 108.

Next, the flow of starting an application from the server system in the system of this embodiment will be explained.

First, application startup processing is started from the terminal system 102. Server access device 107 sends a server access command to file server device 105 through data communication device 104.

The file server device 105 executes the server access command, reads information necessary for application execution from the shared file 106, and sends it to the server access device 107 through the data communication device 104. Server access device 1
07, the application 103 is started. When the application starts processing, in order to check the usage right, the usage right adjustment device 109 sends information necessary for checking the usage right, such as the terminal ID and application name, through the data communication device 104 to the usage right checking device 11.
Send to 0. The usage right checking device 110 is a usage right management bag W.
111, collates the information sent from the application, obtains usage right information indicating whether there is a usage right, and sends the usage right adjustment device 1 through the data communication device 104.
Send it to 09. The application is the usage right adjustment device 11
Obtain usage right information from 1 and determine whether it is being used illegally,
Maintenance of the usage rights of the 6 applications in which the processing is canceled if the usage is unauthorized is performed by the usage rights registration device 1]2 of the server system 101, and the usage rights management device 111 manages the usage rights information.

To explain a specific example of operation, first, the application provider provides the application user with a medium containing the application and a medium containing information for registering usage rights, such as the number of usable terminals. The application user copies the application to the server system and enters the name of the terminal that will enable the application on the screen shown in FIG. 2 based on the information on the medium containing the information for registration of usage rights. An application user uses the application only on a terminal designated by the user. (The application cannot be started on a terminal that is not specified.) Next, regarding application usage rights, in addition to the information on which terminals the application can be executed, usage rights can be defined for each user. . The users who can use the application are defined on the screen shown in FIG. When users of an application are restricted, the user is prompted to enter a user code and password when starting the application, and the application can only be used if the codes match.

This makes it possible to manage the security of server-based shared information, which was difficult with conventional standalone systems.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the present invention can protect the copyright of an application from unauthorized use in a server system that shares files using a network. Further, by limiting the right to use the application, the security of information in the server system is ensured and the operation of the server system administrator is facilitated.

The figure shows the terminal name registration screen for the application.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a user registration screen of the application.

101... Server system, 102...
Terminal system, 103...Application,
104...Data communication device, ]05...File server device, 106...Shared file,
107... Server access device, 108...
...Network device, 109...Usage right adjustment device, 11○...Usage right checking device, 11
1... Usage rights management device, 112... Usage rights registration device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a system that shares files using a network, there is an application usage right inquiry means provided on the terminal system side that sends out information such as the terminal ID and application name, and inquires about application usage rights. , a usage right registration means for registering the usage right of the application, a usage right management means for managing the usage right information, and a usage right management means that compares the information from the usage right management means with the information sent from the application and determines whether the usage right is verified. and a usage right check means to obtain usage right information indicating whether the application exists or not and send it to the usage right inquiry means of the application, and when using the application, check the usage right through the network to prevent unauthorized use. A network-based application usage right checking method characterized by: