CN100380273C - Image forming apparatus, license managing method for applications program - Google Patents
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An image forming apparatus, license managing method for applications program. This image forming apparatus which enables a user to continue an operation using an application without restarting the application, by the image automatically accessing a license server to update a license for the application when the license becomes expired while the user is performing the operation. The notification notifying the application of invalidity of the license is issued when it is detected that the license for the application has become invalid during execution of the application. The application suspends the execution of the application in response to the notification.
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The licence managing method of the application program that the present invention relates to a kind of image processing system and carry out by image processing system.
Background technology
In the past, application program can be installed or unload, and the interpolation of function, the image processing system of deletion can be carried out, known.In such image processing system, have have according to each application program intrinsic licence function that the set of applications of moving on image processing system is managed.
As be included in the licence, be used to manage the license information of application program, but for example can enumerate application name, version, supplier, term of life and access times etc.These license informations generally are maintained in the memory storage in the image processing system, use according to the needs of the action of management application program.
As the example in the past of the platform of carrying out the application program that manages by above-mentioned licence, can enumerate when executive utility, at first with reference to license information,, just continue to carry out such example as long as in its term of life.Similarly, but under the situation of managing by access times, platform becomes at first with reference to license information, but as long as residue access times also just continue executive utility.
But when at executive utility or medium at its course of action, but term of life has expired or access times are used up etc. under the situation, usually, becomes the action of limits application or the state that can not move after this at once.For state that can regular event from this recovering state to application program, the general practice is to carry out the renewal formality of licence, obtain new licence, upgrade the license information in the memory storage that remains in the image processing system according to this licence, then, the user resets application program.
The technology of the system break that takes place as avoiding following licence to expire, following technology is disclosed, promptly, by sending warning message about the excess time till the term of life of program, before the overdue certain hour of licence, supervise more new permit (for example with reference to the flat 05-197542 communique of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open) of user.
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But, with regard to the technology of the flat 05-197542 communique of above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open, be accustomed to warning message that begins to send before the overdue certain hour from licence etc. the user, and with the renewal operation of licence under the such situation of pusher, might expire at the medium generation licence of the course of action of application program.
In the course of action of application program, taken place under the overdue situation of licence, necessary temporary transient end application, then, the user is from access permissions such as personal computer card server, carry out the renewal formality of licence as described above, obtain new licence, upgrade the license information in the memory storage that remains in the image processing system according to this licence, and then reset application program again.
Like this, the renewal formality of licence is carried out in generation by personal computer etc., obtain the reason of the needs of new licence, be to be not used in from image processing system and directly visit outside license server, carry out the renewal formality of licence and obtain the perfect method of new licence.
And, upgraded license information although produce, but still carry out the reason of the needs of resetting of application program, be that platform is only when start applications, just confirm the license information of application program, and not in the course of action of application program, application program itself is known the method that license information has been updated.Therefore, for fear of the operation of resetting application program, can consider that also application program itself checks on one side license information termly, move on one side such method, but with regard to this method, license information is not all just to be updated at once, so action is got up to become very inefficent and can't be adopted.
For these reasons, still there is following problem: using application program (for example to carry out under the situation that licence in the process of operation expired the user, the process of duplicating be limited to the phase in mid-term etc. under the situation), promptly allow at once more new permit, also must reset application program, thereby the user will do operation one time again.Obviously, the order of severity of this problem, the amount and the importance of the operation of being carried out with the user rise pro rata.
The objective of the invention is to, a kind of image processing system, the licence managing method by the performed application program of image processing system, program and storage medium are provided, even using application program to carry out under the situation that licence in the process of operation expired the user, also can pass through image processing system access permission card server automatically, more new permit makes the user need not to reset application program and just can proceed operation.
In order to achieve the above object, the 1st scheme of the present invention provides a kind of image processing system, comprising: the license information storage unit is used to store about the license information by the licence of the performed application program of above-mentioned image processing system; The license management unit, be used for above-mentioned application program accordingly managed storage upgrade above-mentioned license information in the license information of above-mentioned license information storage unit; And notification unit, the licence that detects above-mentioned application program in the implementation in above-mentioned application program when above-mentioned license management unit has become when invalid, give above-mentioned application program with the Notice Of Nonavailability of licence, the licence that detects above-mentioned application program when the above-mentioned license management unit renewal by above-mentioned license management unit becomes when effective, licence has been updated has been notified to above-mentioned application program, wherein, above-mentioned application program, response has become invalid notice from the licence of the above-mentioned application program of above-mentioned notification unit, temporarily stop the execution of above-mentioned application program, then, the notice that the licence that responds above-mentioned application program has been upgraded by above-mentioned license management unit, the execution that recovers the above-mentioned application program that temporarily stopped.
Be preferably the action of application program, be associated with the action of image processing system, the licence that has responded from the above-mentioned application program of notification unit has become temporarily stopping of execution Notice Of Nonavailability, application program, comprises the action that temporarily stops the image processing system to be associated with this application program.
Be preferably image processing system and comprise the application program management unit, be used for the licence that above-mentioned license management unit detects in the above-mentioned application program of implementation of above-mentioned application program has been become invalid the response, indication is used to visit the licence of outside license server and obtains the application program starting.
License management unit more preferably, licence is obtained application program have been obtained the licence that has upgraded from license server and has responded, updated stored is in the license information of storage unit, notification unit has been updated license information and has been notified to by the performed application program of above-mentioned image device.
Be preferably image processing system and comprise user interface, display image forms the operation screen of device, and accepts the operation input from the user, and the user interface application programs has temporarily stopped responding, and shows the information that the expression application program has temporarily stopped.
More preferably user interface shows the information of supervising the licence that upgrades application program.
More preferably the key input of new permit responds user interface to having accepted to be used for more, and the licence that indication is used to visit outside license server is obtained the starting of application program.
More preferably user interface responds the input of having accepted the licence lastest imformation, the license information that has upgraded is notified to the license management unit, the license management unit, obtain the license information of being notified by user interface that has upgraded, updated stored is in the license information of storage unit.
Be preferably image processing system, comprise user interface, display image forms the operation screen of device, and accepts the operation input from the user; And setting value storage unit, the licence that is used to be stored in application program has become when invalid, automatically the starting licence that is used to visit outside license server is obtained the setting of application program, user interface, to the execution of the application program carried out by image processing system temporarily stop to respond, be set at the starting licence when obtaining the setting of application program what be stored in the setting value storage unit, the indication licence is obtained the starting of application program, be stored in the inoperative licence of being set at of setting value storage unit when obtaining the setting of application program, user interface shows the updated information of supervising licence.
Be preferably license information, comprise information about the limited time limit of application program.
Be preferably license information, be included in the higher limit of the action frequency of image processing system that move, that be associated with application program under the condition of executive utility.
In order to achieve the above object, the 2nd scheme of the present invention provides a kind of licence managing method by the performed application program of image processing system, comprise: the license information storing step is used to store the license information about by the performed application program of above-mentioned image processing system; The license management step is used for managing the license information of storing at above-mentioned license information storing step accordingly with above-mentioned application program; The licence step of updating is updated in the license information of being stored in the above-mentioned storing step; Carry out the application program execution in step of above-mentioned application program; And notifying process, when the licence of above-mentioned application program in the implementation that detects in above-mentioned license management step in above-mentioned application program has become when invalid, give above-mentioned application program with the Notice Of Nonavailability of licence, when the licence that detects above-mentioned application program in the above-mentioned license management step renewal by above-mentioned licence step of updating becomes when effective, licence has been updated has been notified to above-mentioned application program, wherein, above-mentioned application program execution in step, the licence that responds the above-mentioned application program of above-mentioned notifying process has become invalid notice, temporarily stop the execution of above-mentioned application program, then, respond the notice that the licence of above-mentioned application program has been updated in above-mentioned licence step of updating, recover the execution of the above-mentioned application program that temporarily stopped.
By said structure,,, need not to reset application program and also can proceed operation by new permit more even using application program to carry out that licence has become under the invalid situation in the process of operation the user.Thus, can reduce the risk of user aspect operation, and improve user's convenience.
In addition, using application program to carry out that licence has become under the invalid situation in the process of operation the user, by using access means, the external device (ED) of visit distribution licence comes more new permit, and the user just can need not to proceed operation with resetting application program.Thus, further improved user's convenience.
Other features and advantages of the present invention can obtain clearly by the following explanation of carrying out with reference to accompanying drawing, and the same or analogous part in the accompanying drawing is added identical explanation symbol.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram of expression as the structure of the compounding machine of one of image processing system of one embodiment of the present invention example.
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of one of the software configuration of expression compounding machine shown in Figure 1 example.
Fig. 3 is that expression is by core shown in Figure 1 process flow diagram according to the processing sequence of the performed operation of application program.
Fig. 4 is the figure of the display frame example when representing temporarily to stop operation.
Fig. 5 is the figure of the picture example when representing with Web browser access permission card server.
The figure of the picture example of Fig. 6 when to be expression with Web browser finish the renewal of licence.
Fig. 7 is that expression is removed temporarily stopping of operation and the figure of the picture example when resuming operation.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram of expression as the structure of the compounding machine of one of image processing system of one embodiment of the present invention example.
In the figure, the compounding machine 100 as the image processing system of present embodiment has various functions such as scanner, printer, duplicating machine and facsimile recorder concurrently.This compounding machine 100 via networks such as internet 15, is connected with license server 20, the client computer 11 of outside, and, be connected with other communicators (omitting diagram) via common network 16.
In addition, compounding machine 100 is not limited to illustrated embodiment, also can be digital copier, be with the printer of copy function etc., and the quantity of the peripherals that is connected with network 15 is not limited to illustrated embodiment.In addition, the image processing system of present embodiment is not limited to compounding machine 100, both can be single functional device (scanister etc.) that printing equipments such as facsimile recorder, printer maybe can form image, also can be the controller etc. that is built in above-mentioned each device.
Compounding machine 100 mainly is made of the portion of reading 1, printer portion 2 and image input and output control part 3.Read portion 1 and be connected with image input and output portion 3 with printer portion 2, the image that carries out original copy reads, and, will read the view data that obtains by image and export to printing portion 2 or image input and output control part 3.Printing portion 2 will print on the recording chart from the view data that the portion of reading 1 and image input and output portion 3 are exported.Image input and output portion 3, connect with outside network 15, common network 16, carry out the input and output of view data, and, carry out the storage etc. that the user has used the information such as use amount of compounding machine 100, and then, carry out the analysis and the control of the operation (print command etc.) that receives from the client computer 11 that is connected with network 15.
Image input and output control part 3 is made of facsimile recorder portion 4, Documents Department 5, memory storage 6, network interface portion 7, PDL formatter (formatter) portion 8, video memory portion 9, core 10, real-time clock module (RTC) 22 and counter 24.Core 10 comprises CPU17, RAM18 and ROM19.Facsimile recorder portion 4 is connected with common network 16 with core 10, carries out the decompression of the compressed view data that receives from common network 16, gives core 10 with the image data transmission after decompressing.In addition, fax portion 4, the view data that compression is sent from core 10, the image data transmission that will compress via public line arrives common network 16.In addition, on core 10, be connected with aftertreatment (finisher) portion 12 and liquid crystal board operation display part 13.
Here,, comprise the job control command that is sent out together with the PDL data as the example of operation control data, for example, can be set forth in the PDL data are launched to print as view data after, bind classification (staple sort) and with its discharge.
22 administrative times of real-time clock module (RTC).RTC22 can be as required termly or with arbitrarily regularly, NTP (the Network Time Protocol: NTP (Network Time Protocol)) server (not shown) that is present in the outside of compounding machine via access to netwoks, obtain temporal information, be modified to the correct time.
Counter 24, the action frequency of counting and storage of complex machine 100 (duplicating number of times, scanning times, printing times, facsimile transmission number of times, Flame Image Process number of times etc.).In addition, details as described later, counter 24 can be by also counting the action frequency of the compounding machine 100 under the executive utility condition, and be notified to license information database 209, with the overdue inspection of the licence that is used for application program described later.
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of one of the software configuration of expression compounding machine 100 example.
Among the ROM19 or memory storage 6 in the core 10 of compounding machine shown in Figure 1 100, as software module, store operation and show controlling application program 202, user interface application 203, application program (A) 204, Web browser 205, platform 206 and license information database 209.
As the interface of user 201 with compounding machine 100, compounding machine 100 is provided with liquid crystal board operation display part 13.Liquid crystal board operation display part 13 shows controlling application program 202 controls by operation.
And then user interface application 203 shows between controlling application program 202, application program (A) 204 and the Web browser 205 in operation, and the function as interface is provided.Application program (A) 204 is one of the application program examples by its action of license management.
Platform 206 to more than one application programs such as application programs (A) 204, provides the function as execution environment, for example uses Java (registered trademark) virtual machine and constitutes.In platform 206, include the application program management service routine 208 of the action of managing application program (A) 204 and the license management service routine 207 of managing the licence of application program (A) 204.Be included in the information in the licence of application program (A) 204, all manage by license information database 209.If license information database 209 is stored in the memory storage 6 of Fig. 1.
In the present embodiment, set the valid period (be generally and set date and time) of application program for license information, the upper limit of the number of times of the perhaps action of the compounding machine under the condition of carrying out this application program (any one action in duplicating, scanning, printing, facsimile transmission, the Flame Image Process etc., the perhaps a plurality of actions in these actions) and current action frequency.Current action frequency can be set in the license information by obtaining count value from counter 24.
License management service routine 207, by when the start applications or in the course of action, from the license information of license information database 209 inspections about this application program, and check real-time clock module 22 as required, whether the valid period of confirming licence expires, and perhaps whether has reached the upper limit of the action frequency of the compounding machine 100 under the executive utility condition, thereby checks whether licence expires, that is, the inspection licence is effective/and invalid.
User interface application 203 has the communication function that intercoms mutually with application program (A) 204 and Web browser 205, can provide required information to user 201 at the requirement from application program (A) 204 and Web browser 205.
Application program (A) 204 and Web browser 205, has the communication function that application program management service routine 208 and license management service routine 207 intercom mutually, application program management service routine 208, its communication function be can use, installation, the unloading of application program (A) 204 and Web browser 205, the action management of carrying out, stopping etc. being carried out.
Here, in the present embodiment, install, unload application program (A) 204, comprise by carrying out from the operation of liquid crystal board operation display part 13 via the situation and the situation of network 15 by carrying out from the operation of computing machine 11.
In addition, license management service routine 207 can use above-mentioned communication function, carries out the reception and the transmission of the license information between the same application program (A) 204, and notifies licences renewal (notice has been upgraded licence) etc. to application program (A) 204.
And then, between application program management service routine 208 and license management service routine 207, also has the communication function of intercommunication mutually, under the situation with reference to license information when the action of application program management service routine 208 management application programs (A) 204, perhaps at the outside Web server of license management service routine 207 visits, and when carrying out Web browser 205, also use this communication function to carry out in order to point out this Web page or leaf.
License management service routine 207 has the function that communicates with license information database 209, can carry out the operation such as generation, interpolation, correction, deletion of license information.The renewal of the license information in the license information database 209 can be carried out via license management service routine 207 by the operation of liquid crystal board operation display part 13 or via the operation of network 15 from computing machine 11.
In addition, the software configuration of compounding machine 100 can carry out licence by compounding machine 100 application programs (A) 204 and upgrade operation, as long as the appropriate functional that prompting notice licence has been updated then is not limited to above-mentioned software configuration.
Then, with reference to Fig. 3～Fig. 7, describe with regard to the action of the application program of present embodiment.
Fig. 3 is that expression is by the CPU17 of core 10, according to the process flow diagram of the processing sequence of the performed operation of application program (A) 204.In addition, Fig. 4 is the figure of the display frame example when representing temporarily to stop operation, and Fig. 5 is the figure of the picture example of expression during with Web browser 205 access permissions card server 20.In addition, Fig. 6 is the figure of the picture example of the renewal of the licence of expression on the Web browser 205 when finishing, and Fig. 7 is that expression is removed temporarily stopping of operation and the figure of the picture example when resuming operation.
On being shown in liquid crystal board operation display part 13, when for example application program (A) 204 is performed, beginning flow process processing shown in Figure 3.
At first, in step S301, application program (A) 204 receives fill order.Enter step S302 thus, the operation of beginning application program (A) 204.
In step S303, the time limit of judgement licence in the implementation of operation whether expired or whether reached licence that access times etc. cause whether become invalid, when licence in the implementation in operation does not become when invalid as yet, directly enter step S304, the operation normal termination of this application program (A) 204.
Overdue example of time limit as licence in the implementation of operation, can consider following situation, promptly, compounding machine 100 is carrying out in the process of operation under the condition of executive utility, arrived the situation of time on date of the valid period of this application program, and compounding machine 100 is carrying out in the process of operation under the condition of executive utility, has reached situation to the upper limit number of times of the execution number of times of the operation of this applications specify etc.
Licence becomes under the invalid situation in the implementation of operation, enter step S305, license management service routine 207, it is invalid to have become to application program (A) 204 notice licences, application program (A) 204 responses are from the notice of license management service routine 207, the execution of the operation of the action of application program (A) or the compounding machine 100 that is associated with application program (A) becomes temporary transient halted state, enters step S306.
As the additive method that application program (A) is temporarily stopped, also can be as described below, promptly, license management service routine 207, the licence of application program (A) has been become Notice Of Nonavailability to application program management service routine 208, and application program management service routine 208 sends the indication that temporarily stops to application program (A).
In step S306, picture example as shown in Figure 4 like that, comprise " licence expires " such reporting, represent owing to licence has expired the job status picture guide look 403 of the operation ended, the pop-up box 401 of the indication of supervising like this as " being aborting job; still new permit more ", be presented on the liquid crystal board operation display part 13, enter step S307.In addition, also can come aborting job by press pause button 402 by the user." more new permit " button 404 is to indicate starting Web browser 205, the button of access permission card server 20 in order to carry out licence to upgrade operation.When " access permission card server automatically " described later when having set, then do not show " more new permit " button 404 at step S307.
In step S307, license management service routine 207, the license information of affirmation application program (A) 204 judges whether to have carried out the setting of automatic access permission card server 20.When being set at automatic visit, enter step S308, via application program management service routine 208, starting Web browser 205 enters step S309.
On the other hand, when in step S307, not carrying out the setting of automatic access permission card server, enter step S318, judge whether licence renewing button 404 is pressed.When licence renewing button 404 has been pressed, enter step S308.When the licence renewing button is not pressed in step S318, enter step S319, judge whether pause button 402 is pressed.When pause button 402 has been pressed in step S319, enter step S311, when termination button 402 is not pressed, return step S318 again.
In step S309, from the information of the license file that is recorded in application program (A) 204, obtain URL (the Uniform Resource Locator: URL(uniform resource locator)) of license server 20, in following step S310, Web browser 205 access permissions are demonstrate,proved the more page or leaf of new permit that is used on the server 20.
When Web browser 205 visit was used for the page or leaf of new permit more, the Web page or leaf 504 of license server 20 for example was presented on the liquid crystal board operation display part 13 with picture shown in Figure 5.Promptly, in the page or leaf 504 of the Web browser 501 on liquid crystal board operation display part 13 on the shown picture, be provided with the input area 504a of the licence that is used to issue the application product that to use, by the user in this input area 504a, the licence visit sequence number of input application program (A) 204, the licence of application program (A) 204 will be released.Viewing area 502 shows the URL of the Web page or leaf that Web browser is being visited.
In addition, additive method can also be arranged, that is, when not carrying out the setting of automatic access permission card server 20, become and enter step S311, picture keeps the show state of Fig. 4, waits for manually new permit more of user.Here,, exist the user, obtain licence and upgrade the method for the licence in the compounding machine 100 manually from the Web browser access permission card server 20 of client computer 11 as the manual additive method of new permit more of user.
When being identified in the picture of Fig. 4 shown being used to, user 201 supervises the more information of new permit, and be used for the more operation of new permit and (used the automatic renewal of the picture of Fig. 5, in the picture of Fig. 4 by pressing the renewal of " more new permit " button, keep perhaps that the picture of Fig. 4 is inflexible crosses the manual renewal that client computer 11 carries out) time, the licence that becomes as Fig. 6 upgrades shown in the end demonstration page or leaf 601 such, the content that the renewal of demonstration licence has finished, license information is downloaded in the compounding machine 100 from license server 20, by license management service routine 207, upgrade the license information in the license information database 209.And, license management service routine 207, after having upgraded license information, the licence update notification that the expression licence has been updated sends to application program (A) 204.
In the process that temporarily stops application program (A) 204, enter step S311, to by till the license management service routine 207 notice licence update notification, be holding state.When under this state, carrying out the cancellation of operation ("Yes" among the step S317) by user 201, enter step S304 from step S317, finish the execution of operation.
On the other hand,, in above-mentioned steps S311, when receiving the licence update notification, enter step S312, carry out the judgement whether Web browser 205 has started when application program (A) 204.When Web browser 205 does not start, directly enter step S314, when starting, enter step S313, finish Web browser 205, then, enter step S314.
In step S314, for example confirm to be written in this licence update notification, make licence become effective information necessary, because can be in following following step S315, confirm license information, therefore, the picture (Fig. 4) that operation temporarily stops to be transferred in display frame, and then enters step S316, removes temporarily stopping of operation execution by application program management service routine 208.Thus, become shown in the picture example (Fig. 7) when removing temporarily the stopping of operation like that, the remaining processing that resumes operation, all of operation handle all finish after, enter step S304 and finish operation.
By present embodiment, owing to be provided with the platform with function of being updated of notice licence, therefore, application program can be confirmed license information in the moment that receives this licence update notification.Thus, using application program (for example to carry out under the situation that licence in the process of operation expired the user, under the situation that time limit of licence has expired in the process of duplicating), the method that monitors license information with application program itself is termly compared, and can more effectively avoid the operation of resetting of application program.And then, under the situation that licence has expired in using the process of application program owing to can use the Web browser 205 automatic access permissions to demonstrate,prove servers 20, therefore, the user can be simply new permit more.
Thus, just can proceed operation owing to need not to reset application program, and can reduce the frequency of resetting of application program, therefore, can reduce the risk of user aspect operation, and improve user's convenience.
In addition, above-mentioned embodiment, but be to be illustrated in to implement an example specializing when of the present invention, be not able to this limitation type ground explanation technical scope of the present invention.That is, the present invention implements with various forms with can not breaking away from its principal character.
In addition, the present invention is not limited to the device of above-mentioned embodiment, has both gone for the system that is made of multiple devices, also goes for the device that is made of 1 equipment.
And, purpose of the present invention also can realize by following manner, promptly, the storage medium of program code that has write down the software of the function that realizes embodiment is offered system or device, and the computing machine of this system or device (perhaps CPU, MPU etc.) reads and is stored in the program code on the storage medium and carries out this program.
In this case, just can realize the function of above-mentioned embodiment, this program code and the storage medium formation the present invention who has stored this program code from the program code itself that storage medium is read.
And, as the storage medium that is used to provide program code, can use for example floppy (registered trademark) dish, hard disk, CD, photomagneto disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, tape, non-volatile storage card, ROM etc.
And, except the program code of reading by object computer, realize outside the function of above-mentioned embodiment, the present invention also comprises running on computers OS (operating system) etc., indication according to this program code, carry out part or all of actual treatment, handle the situation of the function that realizes above-mentioned embodiment by this.
And then, the present invention also comprises following situation, promptly, the program code that will read from storage medium be written to the function expansion card that inserts computing machine or with the storer that functional expansion unit had that computing machine is connected after, the CPU that this function expansion card, functional expansion unit had etc., according to the indication of this program code, carry out part or all of actual treatment, handle the function that realizes above-mentioned embodiment by this.
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1. image processing system comprises:
The license information storage unit is used to store about the license information by the licence of the performed application program of above-mentioned image processing system;
The license management unit, be used for above-mentioned application program accordingly managed storage upgrade above-mentioned license information in the license information of above-mentioned license information storage unit; And
Notification unit, the licence that detects above-mentioned application program in the implementation in above-mentioned application program when above-mentioned license management unit has become when invalid, give above-mentioned application program with the Notice Of Nonavailability of licence, the licence that detects above-mentioned application program when the above-mentioned license management unit renewal by above-mentioned license management unit becomes when effective, licence has been updated has been notified to above-mentioned application program
Wherein, above-mentioned application program, response has become invalid notice from the licence of the above-mentioned application program of above-mentioned notification unit, temporarily stop the execution of above-mentioned application program, then, the notice that the licence that responds above-mentioned application program has been upgraded by above-mentioned license management unit, the execution that recovers the above-mentioned application program that temporarily stopped.
2. image processing system according to claim 1, wherein,
The action of above-mentioned application program is associated with the action of above-mentioned image processing system,
The licence that has responded from the above-mentioned application program of above-mentioned notification unit has become temporarily stopping of execution invalid notice, above-mentioned application program, comprises the action that temporarily stops the above-mentioned image processing system to be associated with this application program.
3. image processing system according to claim 1 also comprises:
The application program management unit, be used for the licence that above-mentioned license management unit detects in the above-mentioned application program of implementation of above-mentioned application program has been become invalid the response, indication is used to visit the licence of outside license server and obtains the application program starting.
4. image processing system according to claim 3, wherein,
Above-mentioned license management unit is obtained application program to above-mentioned licence and is obtained the licence that has upgraded from above-mentioned license server and respond, and updated stored is in the above-mentioned license information of said memory cells,
Above-mentioned notification unit has been updated above-mentioned license information and has been notified to by the performed application program of above-mentioned image processing system.
5. image processing system according to claim 1 also comprises:
User interface shows the operation screen of above-mentioned image processing system, and accepts the operation input from the user,
Above-mentioned user interface temporarily stops to respond to above-mentioned application program, shows the information that the above-mentioned application program of expression temporarily stops.
6. image processing system according to claim 5, wherein,
Above-mentioned user interface shows the information of supervising the licence that upgrades above-mentioned application program.
7. image processing system according to claim 5, wherein,
Above-mentioned user interface, the key input of new permit responds to having accepted to be used for more, and the licence that indication is used to visit outside license server is obtained the starting of application program.
8. image processing system according to claim 5, wherein,
Above-mentioned user interface responds the input of having accepted the licence lastest imformation, and the license information that has upgraded is notified to above-mentioned license management unit,
The license information of being notified by above-mentioned user interface that has upgraded is obtained in above-mentioned license management unit, and updated stored is in the above-mentioned license information of said memory cells.
9. image processing system according to claim 1 also comprises:
User interface shows the operation screen of above-mentioned image processing system, and accepts the operation input from the user; And
Setting value storage unit, the licence that is used to be stored in application program have become when invalid, and automatically whether the starting licence that is used to visit outside license server is obtained the setting of application program,
Above-mentioned user interface, to the execution of the application program carried out by above-mentioned image processing system temporarily stop to respond,
Be set at the above-mentioned licence of starting when obtaining the setting of application program what be stored in above-mentioned setting value storage unit, indicate above-mentioned licence to obtain the starting of application program,
Be stored in the inoperative above-mentioned licence of being set at of above-mentioned setting value storage unit when obtaining the setting of application program, above-mentioned user interface shows the updated information of supervising above-mentioned licence.
10. image processing system according to claim 1, wherein,
Above-mentioned license information comprises the information about the limited time limit of above-mentioned application program.
11. image processing system according to claim 1, wherein,
Above-mentioned license information is included in the higher limit of the action frequency of image processing system that move, that be associated with above-mentioned application program under the condition of carrying out above-mentioned application program.
12. the licence managing method by the performed application program of image processing system comprises:
The license information storing step is used to store the license information about by the performed application program of above-mentioned image processing system;
The license management step is used for managing the license information of storing at above-mentioned license information storing step accordingly with above-mentioned application program;
The licence step of updating is updated in the license information of being stored in the above-mentioned storing step;
Carry out the application program execution in step of above-mentioned application program; And
Notifying process, when the licence of above-mentioned application program in the implementation that detects in above-mentioned license management step in above-mentioned application program has become when invalid, give above-mentioned application program with the Notice Of Nonavailability of licence, when the licence that detects above-mentioned application program in the above-mentioned license management step renewal by above-mentioned licence step of updating becomes when effective, licence has been updated has been notified to above-mentioned application program
Wherein, above-mentioned application program execution in step, the licence that responds the above-mentioned application program of above-mentioned notifying process has become invalid notice, temporarily stop the execution of above-mentioned application program, then, respond the notice that the licence of above-mentioned application program has been updated in above-mentioned licence step of updating, recover the execution of the above-mentioned application program that temporarily stopped.
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