JP2008217430A - License control system, license control server, mobile terminal, license control method, license authentication method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM 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. <P>SOLUTION: 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. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a license management system, a license management server, a portable terminal, a license management method, a license that can manage a service providing device used by a user to receive provision of a predetermined service and a software usage license The present invention relates to an authentication method and a program.

  Conventionally, when a license based on intellectual property rights is set for the use of a product, the license authentication process is distributed among multiple computers, or another computer replaces the license issuing computer. It has been done to validate the license.

For example, in Patent Document 1 below, a front-end server generates an authenticable notification for authenticating a license of software distributed on a computer in a network, and the back-end server receives the generated authenticable notification A technique for performing license authentication of each software on each computer using this authentication enable notification is described.
JP 2006-517697 A (FIG. 11 etc.)

  However, in the technology described in Patent Document 1, it is possible to authenticate a license for a single software by cooperation between a front-end server and a back-end server, but a plurality of software provided by different vendors. In addition, the user cannot authenticate a license set for another product used with the computer.

  Therefore, when the technology described in Patent Document 1 is applied and a service is provided by using a plurality of different devices, each of which is licensed, for example, to authenticate the licenses of the plurality of devices. It is necessary to newly provide a front-end server and a back-end server. In this case, since the user needs to authenticate the license from different servers, there may be a case where the license cannot be authenticated depending on the device due to factors such as a network environment. In this case, since the user cannot use a plurality of devices at the same time, the service itself cannot be provided, resulting in lack of convenience.

  In view of the circumstances as described above, an object of the present invention is to efficiently authenticate licenses respectively set for a plurality of different devices and software, and to provide a service using each device and each software quickly and smoothly. A license management system, a license management server, a portable terminal, a license management method, a license authentication method, and a program are provided.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a license management system according to a main aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of service management devices each managing a plurality of different service provision devices used by a user to receive provision of a predetermined service from a service provision server First transmission means for transmitting license request information requesting each license for using each service providing device to the device management server, and generated from each device management server according to each license request information First receiving means for receiving the license identification information, and generating means for generating authentication information for authenticating the licenses of the service providing devices based on the received license identification information, respectively. And transmitting the generated authentication information to a portable terminal capable of communicating with each service providing device. A license management server having a control unit for controlling the first transmission unit, a second receiving unit for receiving the authentication information, and each service providing device based on the received authentication information, And a portable terminal having authentication means for authenticating each license of each service providing device.

  Services here include, for example, various payment services using credit cards, courier ordering and payment services, application services to various organizations such as government, finance, medical care, education, etc., on-demand print services, etc. Devices include credit card payment terminals, electronic pens for inputting courier order information and various application information electronically using dedicated paper, its dedicated paper, and printers for on-demand printing. Equipment and other electronic equipment. The mobile terminal refers to, for example, a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a mobile PC (Personal Computer), and the like. The first transmitting means and the first receiving means refer to an interface with a network such as the Internet such as FTTx (Fiber To The x) or ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), and the second receiving means is For example, it refers to an interface with the Internet or the like by W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) or the like.

  According to this configuration, the license management server collectively manages licenses of a plurality of different service providing devices to generate authentication information, and the mobile terminal collectively authenticates the license using the authentication information. Therefore, as long as the service provider has a portable terminal, the service provider can efficiently authenticate the licenses set for the different service providing devices, and the service using each service providing device can be performed quickly and smoothly. Can be provided to the user.

  In addition, since each service providing device can be used only by authentication between each service providing device and the mobile terminal, communication costs can be reduced compared to the case where each device management server directly authenticates the license, It can also prevent network congestion.

  In the license management system, the mobile terminal receives service request information for requesting provision of the service from each service providing device when each license is authenticated; Second transmission means for transmitting each received service request information to the service provision server, wherein the second reception means of the portable terminal is configured to provide service provision information according to the transmitted service request information. May be received from the service providing server.

  Accordingly, since various service request information can be transmitted to the service providing server on behalf of each service providing device, even if each service providing device does not have a communication function with the service providing server, various services can be provided to the user. Can be provided. Note that the third receiving means indicates a wireless communication interface such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or IrDA (Infrared Data Association).

  In the license management system, the authentication unit of the mobile terminal may include a unit that disconnects the communication between the mobile terminal and the service providing device when each license is not authenticated. Good.

  As a result, when authentication fails, the communication with the service providing device is disconnected, so that the service providing device can be reliably disabled without performing unnecessary communication thereafter. Reliability can be increased.

  In the license management system, the generation unit of the license management server includes a unit that generates an error detection code for detecting an error in the authentication information to be transmitted and adds the error detection code to the authentication information to be transmitted. The second transmitting means of the portable terminal transmits the error detection code to the service providing server, and the second receiving means of the portable terminal uses the authentication information by the error detecting code in the service providing server. The service providing information may be received when it is confirmed that there is no error.

  Thereby, since the service can be provided after confirming the authenticity of the authentication information, the reliability of the license management can be further improved. In this case, the license management server may confirm that there is no error by inquiring the received error detection code from the license management server, or may receive the error detection code from the license management server in advance. You can do it yourself.

  In the license management system, the portable terminal has storage means for storing terminal identification information for identifying the portable terminal, and the second transmission means of the portable terminal transmits the terminal identification information to the service providing server. The second receiving means of the mobile terminal may receive the service providing information when the mobile terminal is authenticated by the terminal identification information in the service providing server.

  Thereby, since the mobile terminal itself that authenticates the license of each service providing device can also be authenticated, the reliability of license management and the reliability of the service can be further improved. In this case, the terminal identification information may be held by the license management server, and the service providing server may authenticate the terminal identification information by inquiring of the received terminal identification information to the license management server. The server may transmit terminal identification information to the service providing server in advance, and the license providing server itself may perform authentication.

  In the license management system, the first transmission unit of the license management server may transmit information indicating that the authentication information has been generated to the device management server.

  Accordingly, by causing the device management server to receive the information, it is possible to confirm that the license identification information has been properly used for the purpose of generating the authentication information, and to confirm the validity of the license management server. be able to.

  A license management system according to still another aspect of the present invention provides license request information for requesting each license for using each software to a plurality of software management servers that manage a plurality of different software installed in the mobile terminal. A first transmission means for transmitting the license identification information generated in response to the license request information from each software management server, and the received license identification information. Based on the information, generating means for generating authentication information for authenticating each license of each software, and controlling the first transmitting means to transmit the generated authentication information to the portable terminal A license management server having a first control means for receiving the authentication information Second receiving means, storage means for storing each software and authentication information, authentication means for authenticating each license of each software based on the authentication information, and each license being authenticated A portable terminal having second control means for controlling the software to be executed in some cases.

  Here, the software refers to various software such as various game applications, multimedia players, browsers, word processing software, spreadsheet software, and the like. According to this configuration, the license management server collectively manages a plurality of different software licenses to generate authentication information, and the mobile terminal collectively authenticates each license using the authentication information. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently authenticate licenses set for different software, and to execute each software quickly and smoothly.

  A license management server according to another aspect of the present invention provides a plurality of device management servers that respectively manage a plurality of different service providing devices used by a user to receive provision of a predetermined service from the service providing server. Transmission means for transmitting license request information for requesting each license for using a service providing device, and reception for receiving license identification information generated in response to each license request information from each device management server Means for generating authentication information for authenticating the licenses of the service providing devices based on the received license identification information, and authenticating the licenses by the generated authentication information. In order to make the authentication information communicateable with each service providing device. And control means for controlling said transmission means to transmit to the end.

  With this configuration, since the license information of a plurality of different service providing devices is collectively managed to generate authentication information, and the authentication information can be collectively performed on the mobile terminal by this authentication information, the service provider can As long as the user has a portable terminal, the licenses set for the different service providing devices can be efficiently authenticated, and the service using each service providing device can be provided to the user quickly and smoothly.

  In the license management server, the generation means may be means for generating an error detection code for detecting an error in the authentication information to be transmitted and adding the error detection code to the authentication information to be transmitted.

  Thereby, since the service providing server can be made to provide the service after confirming the authenticity of the authentication information using the error detection code, the reliability of the license management can be further improved.

  In this case, the receiving unit receives the error detection code transmitted from the portable terminal to the service providing server from the service providing server, and the control unit receives the generated error detection code and the received error detecting code. It may be determined whether the error detection code matches, and the transmission unit may transmit information regarding the determination result to the service providing server.

  Thereby, the load concerning the said service provision server for authentication of a portable terminal can be reduced.

  Also in this case, the transmission means generates the generated error detection code so as to determine whether or not the error detection code transmitted from the portable terminal to the service providing server matches the generated error detection code. An error detection code may be transmitted to the service providing server.

  As a result, the authentication information is transmitted to the mobile terminal, and the error detection code is transmitted to the service providing server, so that the service providing server can provide the service without any further processing. The load on the server can be reduced.

  The license management server further includes storage means for storing terminal identification information for identifying the portable terminal, and the receiving means receives the terminal identification information transmitted from the portable terminal to the service providing server, The control unit determines whether the received terminal identification information matches the stored terminal identification information, and the transmission unit transmits information about the determination result to the service providing server. It may be.

  In the license management system, the transmission unit may transmit terminal identification information for identifying the mobile terminal to the service providing server in order to cause the service providing server to authenticate the mobile terminal. .

  With these configurations, since the mobile terminal itself that authenticates the license of each service providing device can also be authenticated, the reliability of license management and the reliability of the service can be further improved.

  In the license management server, the transmission unit may transmit information indicating that the authentication information has been generated to the device management server.

  As a result, it is possible to make the device management server confirm that the license identification information is properly used for the purpose of generating the authentication information, and to confirm the validity of the license management server.

  A license management server according to still another aspect of the present invention provides license request information for requesting each license for using each software to a plurality of software management servers that manage a plurality of different software installed in the mobile terminal. Based on the received license identification information, transmission means for transmitting the license identification information generated according to the license request information from the software management server, and the received license identification information. Generating means for generating authentication information for authenticating each license of each software; and for authenticating each license by the generated authentication information, transmitting the authentication information to the portable terminal Control means for controlling the transmission means.

  With this configuration, a plurality of different software licenses are collectively managed, authentication information is generated and transmitted to the mobile terminal, so that each software license can be efficiently authenticated on the mobile terminal and each software can be executed quickly and smoothly. Can be executed.

  A mobile terminal according to another aspect of the present invention generates authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different service providing devices used by a user to receive provision of a predetermined service from a service providing server. A first receiving unit that receives the authentication information from the license management server, and an authentication unit that authenticates the license of each service providing device based on the received authentication information.

  With this configuration, by using the authentication information, it is possible to efficiently authenticate licenses set for a plurality of different service providing devices, and to quickly and smoothly provide services using each service providing device to the user. Can do.

  The mobile terminal includes: a second receiving unit configured to receive service request information for requesting provision of the service from each service providing device when each license is authenticated; and each received service request Transmitting means for transmitting information to the service providing server, wherein the first receiving means receives service providing information corresponding to the transmitted service request information from the service providing server. Good.

  Accordingly, since various service request information can be transmitted to the service providing server on behalf of each service providing device, even if each service providing device does not have a communication function with the service providing server, various services can be provided to the user. Can be provided.

  In the portable terminal, the authentication unit may include a unit that disconnects communication between the portable terminal and the service providing device when each license is not authenticated.

  As a result, the service providing device can be reliably disabled without performing unnecessary communication after authentication failure, and the reliability of license management can be improved.

  In the mobile terminal, an error detection code for detecting an error in the authentication information is added to the received authentication information, and the transmission means transmits the error detection code to the service providing server. The first receiving means sends the service providing information corresponding to the service request information to the service providing server when it is confirmed by the error detecting code that the authentication information is free of errors. You may make it receive from.

  Thereby, since the service can be provided after confirming the authenticity of the authentication information, the reliability of the license management can be further improved.

  In the portable terminal, the transmitting unit transmits terminal identification information for identifying the portable terminal to the service providing server, and the first receiving unit is configured so that the portable terminal is identified by the terminal identifying information in the service providing server. If authenticated, the service providing information may be received.

  Thereby, since the mobile terminal itself that authenticates the license of each service providing device can also be authenticated, the reliability of license management and the reliability of the service can be further improved.

  A portable terminal according to still another aspect of the present invention includes: a receiving unit that receives authentication information from a license management server that generates authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different software; And a storage means for storing the authentication information, an authentication means for authenticating the licenses of the software based on the authentication information, and a control for executing the software when the licenses are authenticated. Control means.

  With this configuration, authentication information for authenticating the license of each software is received from the license management server and stored, so that license authentication can be performed quickly and easily without receiving license authentication from a separate server for each software. Each software can be executed.

  A license management method according to another aspect of the present invention provides a plurality of device management servers that respectively manage a plurality of different service providing devices used by a user to receive provision of a predetermined service from the service providing server. License request information for requesting each license for using the service providing device is transmitted, and license identification information generated according to each license request information is received from each device management server. Generating authentication information for authenticating the license of each service providing device based on each license identification information, and in order to authenticate each license by the generated authentication information, It transmits to the portable terminal which can communicate with each said service provision apparatus.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a license management method for requesting licenses for using each software to a plurality of software management servers that manage a plurality of different software installed in a mobile terminal. , Respectively, and from each of the software management servers, the license identification information generated according to each of the license request information is received, and based on each of the received license identification information, each of the licenses of the respective software Authentication information for authenticating each of the licenses is generated, and the authentication information is transmitted to the portable terminal in order to authenticate each license by the generated authentication information.

  The license authentication method according to another aspect of the present invention provides authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different service providing devices used by a user to receive provision of a predetermined service from a service providing server. The authentication information is received from the generated license management server, and the licenses of the service providing devices are authenticated based on the received authentication information.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a license authentication method that receives authentication information from a license management server that generates authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different software, Authentication information is stored, and each license of each software is authenticated based on the authentication information, and control is performed to execute each software when each license is authenticated.

  A program according to another aspect of the present invention is directed to a plurality of device management servers that respectively manage a plurality of different service providing devices used by a user to receive provision of a predetermined service from a service providing server. Transmitting license request information for requesting each license for using each service providing device, and receiving license identification information generated according to each license request information from each device management server Generating authentication information for authenticating the licenses of the service providing devices based on the received license identification information, and authenticating the licenses based on the generated authentication information. The authentication information can be communicated with each service providing device. It is intended to execute the steps of transmitting to the portable terminal.

  A program according to still another aspect of the present invention provides a license request for requesting each license for using each software to a plurality of software management servers that manage a plurality of different software installed in the mobile terminal. A step of transmitting information, a step of receiving license identification information generated in response to each license request information from each software management server, and each of the license identification information based on the received license identification information. Generating authentication information for authenticating each of the licenses of the software, and transmitting the authentication information to the portable terminal in order to authenticate the licenses based on the generated authentication information It is for making it happen.

  A program according to another aspect of the present invention provides authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different service providing devices used by a user to receive provision of a predetermined service from a service providing server. Receiving the authentication information from the license management server that has generated the certificate, and authenticating the license of each service providing device based on the received authentication information.

  A program according to still another aspect of the present invention includes a step of receiving authentication information from a license management server that generates authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different software in a computer, Storing software and the authentication information; authenticating each license of each software based on the authentication information; and controlling each software to be executed when each license is authenticated To execute the steps.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently authenticate a license for using a plurality of different devices and software, and to provide a service using each device and each software quickly and smoothly.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a license management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the license management system 100 includes a license management server 10, a service providing server 20, a portable terminal 30, a plurality of device management servers 40, and a plurality of different service providing devices 50.

  The license management server 10 receives issuance of a license for allowing the user to use each service providing device 50 under the management from each device management server 40, generates authentication information necessary for authentication of the license, This authentication information is notified to the portable terminal 30.

  The service providing server 20 receives a service request transmitted from each service providing device 50 via the portable terminal 30 and provides a service to each service providing device 50 via the portable terminal 30.

  The mobile terminal 30 is, for example, a mobile phone, a PDA, a smartphone, or the like, and authenticates the license of each service providing device 50 using the authentication information generated by the license management server 10, and provides each service when the license is authenticated. The communication from the device 50 to the service providing server 20 is mediated, and the service corresponding to the use of each service providing device 50 is provided from the service providing server 20.

  The device management server 40 is a server owned by each vendor (licensor) of each service providing device 50, manages information related to each service providing device 50, and in response to a request from the license management server 10, A license for using the service providing device 50 is issued.

  The license management server 10, the service providing server 20, the portable terminal 30, and the device management server 40 can communicate with each other via, for example, the Internet 60 or other dedicated lines. The portable terminal 30 and each service providing device 50 can communicate with each other by, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark).

  The service providing device 50 is an information input / output device such as a credit card settlement terminal 50a, an electronic pen 50b, an electronic pen input paper 50c, and the like, and can be used by a user by receiving license authentication based on the authentication information.

  The credit card settlement terminal 50a includes a reader that reads information on a credit card owned by the user, an input unit that inputs information such as an amount necessary for settlement, and the read information and the input information via Bluetooth (registration). A Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication unit for transmitting to the portable terminal 30 by the trademark and receiving payment completion information via the portable terminal 30.

  Although not shown, the electronic pen 50b includes, for example, a small camera, a processor, and a Bluetooth (registered trademark) transceiver in addition to a configuration required for a general pen. The electronic pen input sheet 50c includes: A minute dot pattern is printed. When the user draws a line by moving the pen on the electronic pen input paper 50c, the electronic pen 50b captures a dot pattern with a camera, analyzes the locus with a processor, and inputs the analysis information with the electronic pen 50b. Information can be transmitted to the portable terminal 30 by a Bluetooth (registered trademark) transceiver.

  Assume that licenses are set from different licensors for the credit card settlement terminal 50a, the electronic pen 50b, and the electronic pen input paper 50c.

  In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which a delivery order service for home delivery and a payment service using a credit card are provided to a user using the license management system 100 configured as described above. In this case, for example, the delivery company prepares the mobile terminal 30 and each service providing device 50 and goes to, for example, the user's home to collect the goods. At the same time as input, the delivery fee is paid to the home delivery company via the card company by the own credit card and the credit card settlement terminal 50a.

  In the present embodiment, the license management server 10 and the service providing server 20 are managed by a license management company different from the service provider such as the courier company or the card company.

Next, the configuration of each device constituting the license management system 100 will be described.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the license management server 10. As shown in FIG. 1, a license management server 10 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11, a random access memory (RAM) 12, a read only memory (ROM) 13, an operation input unit 14, a communication unit 15, and a hard disk (HDD). Drive) 16 and the like, which are connected by a bus 17.

  The CPU 11 appropriately accesses the RAM 12 or the like as necessary, and controls all the blocks of the license management server 10 while performing various arithmetic processing such as generation processing of authentication information described later required for authentication of each service providing device 50, for example. Control. The RAM 12 is used as a work area for the CPU 11 and temporarily stores data such as processing data to be transmitted to the service providing server 20, the mobile terminal 30, and the device management server 40 in addition to the OS and programs. The ROM 13 is a non-volatile memory in which an OS to be executed by the CPU 11, firmware such as programs and various parameters are fixedly stored.

  The operation input unit 14 includes a mouse, a keyboard, a button, a switch, a display for operation confirmation, and the like. The operation input unit 14 inputs various commands by the operation of the administrator of the license management server 10 and outputs them to the CPU 11. The communication unit 15 is an interface for communicating with the service providing server 20, the mobile terminal 30, and the device management server 40 via the Internet 60 using, for example, FTTx or ADSL. The protocol used when the communication unit 15 communicates with the service providing server 20, the portable terminal 30, and the device management server 40 is, for example, HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer) to which a data encryption function by SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is added. Protocol Security) is used.

  The HDD 16 stores the OS, various programs, and data in a built-in hard disk, and reads them from the hard disk to the RAM 12. The HDD 16 also stores data such as the authentication information necessary for managing the license of each service providing device 50. In the present embodiment, this authentication information is called a license profile.

  Specifically, the HDD 16 stores data such as a customer ID, a mobile terminal serial number, and the license profile 161. The customer ID is information for identifying a person who provides a service by using the service providing devices 50 such as the delivery company and the card company. The mobile terminal serial number is a manufacturing number of the mobile terminal 30.

  The license profile 161 is metadata of a license set for each service providing device 50, and is used to authenticate whether or not the use of each service providing device 50 is permitted. As will be described later, the license profile 161 is generated by the processing of the CPU 11 and the like through the exchange with each device management server 40. The license profile 161 includes information on a profile generation date, a service ID, a license number, a service providing device ID, an expiration date, and an error detection code.

  The profile generation date is information indicating the date when the license profile 161 is generated. The service ID is information for identifying each service such as the courier delivery ordering service and the card payment service provided to the user using each service providing device 50. The license number is issued from each device management server 40 and is information for identifying each license set in each service providing device 50. The service providing device ID is information for identifying each service providing device 50, and is information held by each service providing device 50. The expiration date is information indicating the expiration date for which the license issued from each device management server 40 is valid. The error detection code is information for detecting whether or not each piece of information constituting the license profile 161 has an error, that is, information for guaranteeing the certainty of each piece of information. It is generated by processing of the CPU 11 or the like. For the generation of this error detection code, for example, an algorithm such as CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check), MD5 (Message Digest Algorithm 5), or checksum is used.

  Of the information constituting the license profile 161, there are a plurality of pieces of service ID, license number, service providing device ID, and expiration date for each service providing device 50. There is only one error detection code regardless of the number of service providing devices 50.

  Although not shown, the service providing server 20 and the device management server 40 also have substantially the same configuration as the license management server 10. In the HDD of the device management server 40, in addition to the above-described license number, service providing device ID, expiration date, profile generation date, error detection code, information such as the business name of the business that manages the license management server 10 is stored. Remembered.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile terminal 30. As shown in the figure, the mobile terminal 30 has a CPU 31, RAM 32, ROM 33, and operation input unit 34, as well as the license management server 10, as well as a display unit 38, a call / communication unit 35, and Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication. Part 39 and flash memory 36.

  The display unit 38 is a liquid crystal display made of, for example, a TFT (Thin Film Transistor) or the like and having, for example, a VGA (Video Graphics Array) size. The call / communication unit 35 includes an antenna that transmits and receives radio waves of a predetermined frequency, a frequency conversion unit, a modulation / demodulation unit, and the like. For example, the Internet 60 and the like between the license management server 10 and the service providing server 20 by the W-CDMA method. This is an interface for performing HTTPS communication via the Internet or performing a call with another portable terminal. The Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication unit 39 is an interface for communicating with each service providing device 50 by Bluetooth (registered trademark).

  The flash memory 36 is, for example, a NAND type, and holds various programs and data, like the HDD 16 in the license management server 10.

  Specifically, the flash memory 36 stores each information of the license profile 161 received from the license management server 10 in addition to the service providing device BD and the service-specific communication URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

  Further, the flash memory 36 also stores an application for exchanging information for the portable terminal 30 to receive provision of each service with the service providing server 20.

  The service providing device BD is a BD address (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Device Address) of each service providing device 50 necessary for performing communication with each service providing device 50 by Bluetooth (registered trademark). The service-specific communication URL is information indicating the URL of the Web server prepared for each service such as the above-mentioned courier delivery order service and card payment service provided by the service providing server 20.

  Next, the operation in the license management system 100 configured as described above will be described.

  To start providing each service, the service provider first needs to receive a license for each service providing device 50 and register it. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of information and processing among the license management server 10, the device management server 40, and the portable terminal 30 in this registration process. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the license management server 10 in this registration processing.

  As shown in these drawings, first, the CPU 11 of the license management server 10 inputs application information for a service using each service providing device 50 from a service provider such as the above delivery company or a card company (FIG. 4). Step 41 of FIG. 5, step 51 of FIG. This application information includes information such as the service ID, the service providing device ID, the mobile terminal serial number, and the customer ID. The customer ID is information for identifying a customer, that is, a service provider, viewed from the license management business side that owns the license management server 10. The input of such information may be received from the portable terminal 30 via the Internet 60 or the like, for example, or may be input via the operation input unit 14.

  Subsequently, the license management server 10 transmits the service providing device ID in the application information as license issue request information to the device management server 40 by the communication unit 15 (step 42 in FIG. 4, step 52 in FIG. 5). . Then, in response to the license issuance request, the license management server 10 obtains the license number for identifying the license issued to the service providing device 50 in the device management server 40 and information on the expiration date of the license. 40 is received by the communication unit 15 (step 43 in FIG. 4 and step 53 in FIG. 5).

  Subsequently, the CPU 11 of the license management server 10 determines whether or not the license number and the expiration date have been received from each corresponding device management server 40 for all the service providing devices 50 that the service provider desires to use. Judgment is made (step 54 in FIG. 5). For example, the CPU 11 sends a service providing device ID to the device management server 40 that manages each service providing device 50 for all of the credit card settlement terminal 50a, the electronic pen 50b, and the electronic pen input paper 50c that the delivery company desires to use. Until the license No. and the expiration date are received from all the device management servers 40 (No in Step 54).

  When the CPU 11 of the license management server 10 receives the license No. and expiration date for all the service providing devices (Yes in Step 54), the CPU 11 of the license management server 10 based on the received license No. and expiration date and the input application information. The license profile 161 is generated (step 44 in FIG. 4 and step 55 in FIG. 5). At this time, as described above, the CPU 11 generates an error detection code for detecting an error in the license profile 161 using, for example, an algorithm such as CRC based on the information constituting the license profile 161, and It is added to the license profile 161. The generated license profile 161 is stored in the HDD 16.

  Subsequently, the CPU 11 of the license management server 10 transmits, for example, each information of the profile generation date and the error detection code as profile generation completion information to the device management server 40 by the communication unit 15 (step 45 in FIG. 4, FIG. 5). Step 56). Thus, the device management server 40 confirms that the license profile 161 has been generated by the license management server 10 using the issued license No. or confirms that a plurality of profile generation completion information has not been received. Thus, the validity of the license management server 10 can be confirmed.

  Then, the CPU 11 of the license management server 10 transmits the license profile 161 with the error detection code added thereto to the portable terminal 30 via the communication unit 15 (step 46 in FIG. 4 and step 57 in FIG. 5). The portable terminal 30 stores the received license profile 161 in the flash memory 36. Thereby, the preparation for authenticating the license of each service providing device 50 in the mobile terminal 30 is completed.

  Next, an operation when the license of each service providing device 50 is authenticated using the license profile 161 and a service is provided using each service providing device 50 will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of information and processing among the license management server 10, the service providing server 20, and the portable terminal 30 at the time of providing the service. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process flow of the portable terminal 30 when the service is provided, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a process flow of the license management server 10 when the service is provided.

  As shown in these drawings, first, when the mobile terminal 30 receives the license profile 161 from the license management server 10, the CPU 31 of the mobile terminal 30 transfers the license profile 161 to the flash memory 36 as described above. In addition, the license profile 161 is registered so that the license profile 161 can be used (step 61 in FIG. 6).

  When the service provider causes each user to use each service providing device 50 to provide a service, the CPU 31 of the mobile terminal 30 first uses the service providing device BD to perform each service using the Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication unit 39. The service providing device ID request information for requesting the service providing device ID of each service providing device 50 is transmitted to the providing device 50 (step 71 in FIG. 7). When the CPU 31 of the mobile terminal 30 receives the service providing device ID from each service providing device 50 in response to the request (step 72 in FIG. 7), the received service providing device ID and the license profile 161 include the received service providing device ID. The service providing device IDs are compared with each other to authenticate the license of each service providing device 50 (step 62 in FIG. 6 and step 73 in FIG. 7).

  In the portable terminal 30, this authentication process is repeated every time the service providing device 50 is to be used. For example, when a delivery company receives a delivery order from a user, it is necessary to first input slip information such as a delivery destination using the electronic pen 50b and the electronic pen input paper 50c, and therefore the electronic pen 50b and the electronic pen input paper. Each of the licenses 50c is authenticated. Further, when the user pays the delivery fee after inputting the slip information, the credit card settlement terminal 50a needs to read the card information, so the credit card settlement terminal 50a is authenticated.

  If the two service IDs do not match and the authentication fails (No in step 74 in FIG. 7), the CPU 31 of the portable terminal 30 displays the fact on the display unit 38, for example. The service request processing to the service providing server 20 is stopped, and use of each service providing device 50 is rejected (step 81 in FIG. 7). In this case, the mobile terminal 30 disconnects the Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication with each service providing device 50 and makes each service providing device 50 inaccessible to the mobile terminal 30. Thereby, it is possible to prevent a useless authentication process from being repeated between both devices.

  When the two service providing device IDs are matched and the authentication is successful (Yes in step 74 in FIG. 7), the CPU 31 of the portable terminal 30 activates the application for providing the service (FIG. 7). 6 step 63, step 75 in FIG. 7).

  Then, the CPU 31 of the mobile terminal 30 uses this application to first confirm the authenticity of the license profile 161 and the validity of the mobile terminal 30, and the error detection code and profile generation date included in the license profile 161. Each information and its own mobile terminal serial number are transmitted as profile related information to the service providing server 20 by the call / communication unit 35 (step 64 in FIG. 6 and step 76 in FIG. 7).

  Upon receiving this profile related information, the service providing server 20 sends the profile related information to the license management server 10 to inquire about the authenticity of the license profile 161 and the validity of the portable terminal 30 (step in FIG. 6). 65).

  Referring to FIG. 8, when the license management server 10 receives an error detection code, a profile generation date, and a mobile terminal serial number as the profile related information from the service providing server 20 (step 91 in FIG. 8), license management is performed. The CPU 11 of the server 10 first authenticates the portable terminal 30 by comparing the received portable terminal serial No with the portable terminal serial No stored in its own HDD 16 (step 66 in FIG. 6, FIG. 6). 8 step 92).

  If the mobile terminal 30 is successfully authenticated by comparing each mobile terminal serial number (Yes in step 93 in FIG. 8), the CPU 11 of the license management server 10 next generates the received error detection code and profile. The authenticity of the license profile 161 is confirmed by comparing the date with the error detection code and the profile generation date included in the license profile 161 stored in the HDD 16 (step 66 in FIG. 6 and FIG. 8). Step 94).

  If there is no error in the license profile 161 and the authenticity of the license profile 161 is confirmed by comparing the error detection codes and the profile generation dates (Yes in step 94 in FIG. 8), the license management server The CPU 11 transmits service permission information indicating that the validity of the portable terminal 30 and the authenticity of the license profile 161 are confirmed to the service providing server 20 by the communication unit 15 (step 67 in FIG. 6). Step 96 in FIG.

  On the other hand, when an error is detected in the license profile 161 by comparing both the error detection code and the profile generation date, and when the authentication of the portable terminal 30 fails in the step 93 (step 93 in FIG. 8). No and No in step 95), the CPU 11 of the license management server 10 communicates to the service providing server 20 service refusal information indicating that the validity of the portable terminal 30 and the authenticity of the license profile 161 have not been confirmed. Transmitted by the unit 15 (step 67 in FIG. 6 and step 97 in FIG. 8).

  In the service providing server 20, confirmation result information on the validity of the mobile terminal 30 and the authenticity of the license profile 161, that is, service availability information, based on the service permission information or the service refusal information received from the license management server 10. 30 (step 69 in FIG. 6).

  Referring to FIG. 7 again, when the CPU 31 of the mobile terminal 30 receives the service permission information from the service providing server 20 (Yes in step 77), each service is executed by the Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication unit 39 and the application. Service request information is received from the providing device 50 (step 78). The service request information is slip information transmitted from the electronic pen 50b or card settlement information transmitted from the credit card settlement terminal 50a, for example.

  Then, the CPU 31 of the portable terminal 30 uses the service-specific communication URL stored in the flash memory 36 to send this service request information from the application to the service / provider server 20 URL for each service. (Step 79 in FIG. 7), and the service providing information corresponding to the service request information is received from the service providing server 20 by the call / communication unit 35 (step 70 in FIG. 6 and step 80 in FIG. 7). The service provision information is, for example, a notification that reception of delivery orders for home delivery has been completed or a notification that card payment has been completed. Note that the mobile terminal 30 receives the service providing information from the service providing server 20 and then transmits the service providing information to the service providing apparatus 50 to the service providing apparatus 50 having a display unit such as the credit card settlement terminal 50a. You may make it display.

  With the above operation, the mobile terminal 30 authenticates the license for using each service providing device 50 using the license profile 161 generated by the license management server 10, so that the service using each service providing device 50 is used. Can be provided quickly and smoothly. In addition, since the authenticity of the license profile 161 is confirmed by an error detection code or the like and the mobile terminal is authenticated by the mobile terminal serial number, the reliability of license management and service can be improved.

  Further, since each license authentication for a plurality of different service providing devices 50 can be performed with one license profile 161, between the license management server 10 and the portable terminal 30, or between the device management server 40 and the portable terminal 30. Compared with the case where the license profile 161 is exchanged for each license, communication costs can be reduced and network congestion can also be prevented. In addition, this makes it possible to reduce the load compared to the case where the license profile for each license is individually managed by the mobile terminal 30, and to reduce the risk of information leakage and the like.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  In the above-described embodiment, the service providing server 20 transmits the mobile terminal serial number, the error detection code, and the profile generation date information to the license management server 10, thereby verifying the validity of the mobile terminal 30 and the license profile 161. I was going to inquire about authenticity. However, the license management server 10 transmits the mobile terminal serial number, the profile generation date, and the error detection code to the service providing server 20 in advance, so that the validity of the mobile terminal 30 and the credibility of the license profile 161 are determined. You may make it confirm by oneself.

  In the above-described embodiment, communication between the mobile terminal 30 and each service providing device 50 is performed using Bluetooth (registered trademark). However, other than this, for example, IrDA, WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network), Other wireless communication standards such as WUSB (Wireless Universal Serial Bus) may be used.

  In the above-described embodiment, the mobile terminal serial number is used to authenticate the mobile terminal 30. Instead, for example, other information such as the MAC address of the call / communication unit 35 of the mobile terminal 30 is used. It doesn't matter.

  In the above-described embodiment, the license management server 10 and the service providing server 20 exist separately, but both may be realized as one server. In this case, for example, the license management server 10 directly exchanges the error detection code and the portable terminal serial number with the portable terminal 30 in addition to the generation process of the license profile 161 and the transmission process of the license profile 161 to the portable terminal 30. The authentication process of the license profile 161 and the authentication process of the portable terminal 30 are performed.

  In the above-described embodiment, when a change occurs in each service, the license management server 10 receives the notification from the device management server, regenerates the license profile 161, and feeds back the change to the mobile terminal 30. You may make it do. The service change is, for example, when the expiration date of the license set for each service providing device 50 has expired, when the expiration date is changed (extended), when the license agreement is canceled, or when the service is used This is the case when the device 50 is added (deleted). Each time these changes occur, the license management server 10 transmits the regenerated license profile 161 to the mobile terminal 30. In the portable terminal 30, the previous license profile 161 is updated with the regenerated license profile 161.

  Further, when the expiration date of the license set in the predetermined service providing device 50 expires, information for requesting extension of the expiration date is transmitted from the portable terminal 30 side to the license management server 10. It doesn't matter. In this case, for example, when the mobile terminal 30 receives service refusal information based on the expiration date from the service providing server 20, the mobile terminal 30 displays a screen prompting the display unit 38 to input information on whether to request extension of the license. You may make it display.

  In the above-described embodiment, the delivery order service for the courier service and the credit card settlement service are given as examples. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples. For example, the electronic pen 50b and the electronic pen input sheet 50c are used. The present invention can also be applied when providing an application service to each organization such as government, finance, medical care, and education.

  The present invention can also be applied to a case where a printer is applied as the service providing device 50 and a so-called on-demand print service is received from the service providing server 20.

  In addition, the service providing device is not subject to license authentication, but a plurality of application software, each of which is executed by a user, such as a PC or a game device, with different vendors are targeted for license authentication. The present invention can also be applied to a service that is used for a predetermined period via the service providing server 20 and the mobile terminal 30. In this case, as in the so-called ASP (Application Service Provider), each application software is installed on the service providing server 20 side without being installed on each device, and is used via the Web browser of each device. It may be an aspect.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the mobile terminal may be configured to authenticate a license of software installed on the mobile terminal itself. Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, description of parts having the same configurations and functions as those of the above-described embodiments is omitted or simplified.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the license management system according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, the service providing server is eliminated compared to the above-described embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and the like, and the license management server 110, the plurality of software management servers 140 (140a to 140c), and the portable A system is configured by the terminal 130.

  Similarly to the above-described embodiment, the license management server 110 receives a license issued from the software management server 140 for allowing the user to use each software under the management of the software in the mobile terminal 130 and authenticates the license. A necessary license profile is generated, and this license profile is notified to the mobile terminal 130. The configuration of the license management server 110 is substantially the same as the configuration of the license management server 10 shown in FIG. 2 and the like, but the storage contents of the HDD such as the configuration of the license profile are different. The configuration of this license profile will be described later.

  The software management server 140 is a server owned by each software vendor (licensor) installed in the mobile terminal 130 and manages each software and information related thereto. The software management server 140 causes the mobile terminal 130 to download software in response to a request from the mobile terminal 130 and issues a license for using the software in response to a request from the license management server 110. The software is, for example, a game application, a multimedia player, anti-virus software, or other various applications, and is executed on the portable terminal 130 for, for example, an expiration date of a predetermined period.

  The configuration of the mobile terminal 130 is substantially the same as the configuration of the mobile terminal 30 shown in FIG. 3 and the like, but the storage contents of the flash memory such as the configuration of the license profile are different as in the license management server 110.

  Next, the operation of the license management system 200 in this embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a flow of information and processing among the license management server 110, the software management server 140, and the mobile terminal 130.

  As shown in the figure, first, the mobile terminal 130 accesses the software management server 140 to download and install each desired software (step 111). On the other hand, the license management server 110 first inputs license application information from the user of the mobile terminal 130 in order to have the software management server 140 issue a license for using each software installed in the mobile terminal 130. (Step 112). This license application information includes, for example, a mobile terminal ID for identifying the mobile terminal 130 and a software ID for identifying software to be licensed. The license application information may be input by the mobile terminal 130 transmitting it to the license management server 110 via the Internet 60.

  Subsequently, the license management server 110 transmits the portable terminal ID to the software management server 140 as license issuance request information based on the input license application information (step 113). When one software management server 140 (software vendor) provides a plurality of different software (including different versions of one software), a software ID for identifying each software is also transmitted as license issuance request information. To do.

  Subsequently, the software management server 140 issues a license for using the software in accordance with the license issuance request information, and transmits a license number for identifying the license and an expiration date of the license to the license management server 110 ( Step 114).

  Each time the license application information is input, the license management server 110 receives the license No and the expiration date from each software management server 140, and based on the license No and the expiration date and the license application information, the license management server 110 receives a license. A profile is generated (step 115). The license profile includes a profile generation date, a portable terminal ID, a license number for each software, a software ID and an expiration date, and an error detection code.

  Then, the license management server 110 transmits a profile generation date and an error detection code to each software management server 140 as profile generation completion information indicating that the license profile has been generated (step 116). Further, the license management server 110 transmits the generated license profile to the portable terminal 130 (step 117).

  The portable terminal 130 stores the received license profile in the flash memory and registers it so that the license profile can be used (step 118). Then, when an application such as a game application is activated as the software by the user's operation (step 119), the mobile terminal 130 authenticates the license of the application based on the license profile (step 120). Specifically, the application reads the mobile terminal ID in the license profile stored in the flash memory and the mobile terminal ID stored in the ROM or the flash memory, respectively, and authentication is performed by seeing a match between the two. Done. Prior to this authentication, the mobile terminal 130 may send an error detection code included in the received license profile to the license management server 110 to inquire about the authenticity of the received license profile.

  Then, if the license authentication is successful, the mobile terminal 130 activates the application (step 121). If the license authentication fails, the mobile terminal 130 displays the fact on the display unit and executes the application. Is canceled.

  With the above operation, each license of a plurality of different software is managed by one license profile and stored in the mobile terminal 130. Therefore, when executing each software, compared with the case where each software vendor is inquired about the license, Each license can be authenticated quickly and smoothly and each software can be executed.

  In this case as well, the license management server 110 regenerates the license profile each time the license agreement contents change, such as the expiration date of the license, or when the licensed software is updated. Then, it may be transmitted to the mobile terminal 130.

It is a figure showing a schematic structure of a license management system concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the license management server in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the portable terminal in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of the information between a license management server, the apparatus management server, and a portable terminal at the time of registering a license in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the process of the license management server at the time of registering a license in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the sequence diagram which showed the flow of the information between the license management server at the time of service provision in one Embodiment of this invention, a service provision server, and a portable terminal, and a process. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the process of a portable terminal at the time of service provision in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the process of the license management server at the time of service provision in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the schematic structure of the license management system which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of the information between the license management server in another embodiment of this invention, a software management server, and a portable terminal, and a process.

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10, 110 ... License management server 11, 31 ... CPU
15: Communication unit 16 ... HDD
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Service provision server 30, 130 ... Portable terminal 35 ... Call / communication part 36 ... Flash memory 38 ... Display part 39 ... Bluetooth (trademark) communication part 40 ... Equipment management server 50 ... Service provision apparatus 50a ... Credit card payment terminal 50b ... Electronic pen 50c ... Electronic pen input paper 60 ... Internet 100, 200 ... License management system 161 ... License profile 140 ... Software management server

Claims (29)

Request each license for using each service providing device to a plurality of device management servers that respectively manage a plurality of different service providing devices used by the user to receive provision of a predetermined service from the service providing server. First transmission means for transmitting the license request information,
First receiving means for receiving license identification information generated in response to each license request information from each device management server;
Generating means for generating authentication information for authenticating the licenses of the service providing devices based on the received license identification information;
A license management server comprising: control means for controlling the first transmission means to transmit the generated authentication information to a mobile terminal capable of communicating with each service providing device;
Second receiving means for receiving the authentication information;
A portable terminal comprising: an authentication unit that communicates with each service providing device based on the received authentication information and authenticates each license of each service providing device. License management system. The license management system according to claim 1,
The portable terminal is
Third receiving means for receiving, from each service providing device, service request information for requesting provision of the service when each license is authenticated;
Second transmission means for transmitting each received service request information to the service providing server,
The license management system, wherein the second receiving means of the portable terminal receives service providing information corresponding to the transmitted service request information from the service providing server. The license management system according to claim 1,
The license management system according to claim 1, wherein the authentication unit of the mobile terminal includes a unit that disconnects the communication between the mobile terminal and the service providing device when each license is not authenticated. The license management system according to claim 2,
The generation means of the license management server has means for generating an error detection code for detecting an error in the authentication information to be transmitted and adding the error detection code to the authentication information to be transmitted.
The second transmission means of the portable terminal transmits the error detection code to the service providing server;
The second receiving means of the mobile terminal receives the service providing information when the service providing server confirms that there is no error in the authentication information by the error detection code. License management system. The license management system according to claim 2,
The mobile terminal has storage means for storing terminal identification information for identifying the mobile terminal,
The second transmission means of the portable terminal transmits the terminal identification information to the service providing server;
The license management system, wherein the second receiving means of the mobile terminal receives the service providing information when the mobile providing terminal is authenticated by the terminal identification information in the service providing server. The license management system according to claim 1,
The license management system, wherein the first transmission unit of the license management server transmits information indicating that the authentication information has been generated to the device management server. First transmission means for transmitting license request information for requesting each license for using each software to a plurality of software management servers that manage a plurality of different software installed in the mobile terminal;
First receiving means for receiving license identification information generated in response to each license request information from each software management server;
Generating means for generating authentication information for authenticating each license of each software based on each received license identification information;
A license management server comprising: a first control unit that controls the first transmission unit to transmit the generated authentication information to the portable terminal;
Second receiving means for receiving the authentication information;
Storage means for storing the software and the authentication information;
Authentication means for authenticating each license of each software based on the authentication information;
A license management system comprising: a portable terminal including: a second control unit configured to control the software to be executed when each license is authenticated. Request each license for using each service providing device to a plurality of device management servers that respectively manage a plurality of different service providing devices used by the user to receive provision of a predetermined service from the service providing server. A transmission means for transmitting the license request information respectively;
Receiving means for receiving license identification information generated according to each license request information from each device management server;
Generating means for generating authentication information for authenticating the license of each service providing device based on the received license identification information;
Control means for controlling the transmitting means to transmit the authentication information to a portable terminal capable of communicating with the service providing devices in order to authenticate the licenses based on the generated authentication information. Feature license management server. The license management server according to claim 8,
The license management server, wherein the generation unit includes a unit that generates an error detection code for detecting an error in the authentication information to be transmitted and adds the error detection code to the authentication information to be transmitted. The license management server according to claim 9,
The receiving means receives the error detection code transmitted from the mobile terminal to the service providing server from the service providing server,
The control means determines whether or not the generated error detection code and the received error detection code match,
The license management server, wherein the transmission unit transmits information on the determination result to the service providing server. The license management server according to claim 9,
The transmission means uses the generated error detection code to determine whether or not the error detection code transmitted from the portable terminal to the service providing server matches the generated error detection code. A license management server, which transmits to the service providing server. The license management server according to claim 9,
Further comprising storage means for storing terminal identification information for identifying the portable terminal;
The receiving means receives the terminal identification information transmitted from the mobile terminal to the service providing server,
The control means determines whether or not the received terminal identification information matches the stored terminal identification information,
The license management server, wherein the transmission unit transmits information on the determination result to the service providing server. The license management server according to claim 9,
The license management server, wherein the transmission means transmits terminal identification information for identifying the portable terminal to the service providing server in order to cause the service providing server to authenticate the portable terminal. The license management server according to claim 8,
The license management server, wherein the transmission means transmits information indicating that the authentication information has been generated to the device management server. Transmitting means for transmitting license request information for requesting each license for using each software to a plurality of software management servers managing a plurality of different software installed in the mobile terminal;
Receiving means for receiving license identification information generated in accordance with each license request information from each software management server;
Generating means for generating authentication information for authenticating each license of each software based on each received license identification information;
A license management server comprising: a control unit that controls the transmission unit to transmit the authentication information to the mobile terminal in order to authenticate each license by the generated authentication information. The authentication information is received from the license management server that has generated the authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different service providing devices used by the user to receive provision of a predetermined service from the service providing server. First receiving means;
A portable terminal comprising: authentication means for communicating with each service providing device based on the received authentication information and authenticating the license of each service providing device. The mobile terminal according to claim 16, wherein
Second receiving means for receiving, from each service providing device, service request information for requesting provision of the service when each license is authenticated;
Transmission means for transmitting each received service request information to the service providing server,
The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first receiving means receives service providing information corresponding to the transmitted service request information from the service providing server. The mobile terminal according to claim 16, wherein
The mobile terminal characterized in that the authentication means includes means for disconnecting communication between the mobile terminal and the service providing device when each license is not authenticated. The mobile terminal according to claim 17,
An error detection code for detecting an error in the authentication information is added to the received authentication information,
The transmission means transmits the error detection code to the service providing server,
When the service providing server confirms that there is no error in the authentication information by the error detection code, the first receiving unit sends service providing information corresponding to the service request information from the service providing server. A mobile terminal characterized by receiving. The mobile terminal according to claim 17,
The transmitting means transmits terminal identification information for identifying the portable terminal to the service providing server,
The mobile terminal characterized in that the first receiving means receives the service providing information when the mobile providing terminal is authenticated by the terminal identification information in the service providing server. Receiving means for receiving the authentication information from the license management server that generated the authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different software;
Storage means for storing the software and the authentication information;
Authentication means for authenticating each license of each software based on the authentication information;
And a control unit configured to control the software to be executed when each license is authenticated. Request each license for using each service providing device to a plurality of device management servers that respectively manage a plurality of different service providing devices used by the user to receive provision of a predetermined service from the service providing server. Send each license request information,
Receiving license identification information generated according to each license request information from each device management server,
Based on the received license identification information, generate authentication information for authenticating the license of each service providing device,
In order to authenticate each license by the generated authentication information, the authentication information is transmitted to a portable terminal capable of communicating with each service providing device. Sending license request information for requesting each license for using each software to a plurality of software management servers that manage a plurality of different software installed in the mobile terminal,
Receiving license identification information generated according to each license request information from each software management server,
Based on each received license identification information, generate authentication information for authenticating each license of each software,
A license management method, comprising: transmitting the authentication information to the portable terminal in order to authenticate each license by the generated authentication information. The authentication information is received from the license management server that generates the authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different service providing devices used by the user in order to receive provision of a predetermined service from the service providing server. ,
A license authentication method, comprising: communicating with each service providing device based on the received authentication information to authenticate the license of each service providing device. Receive the authentication information from the license management server that generated the authentication information for authenticating each license for using multiple different software,
Storing each piece of software and the authentication information;
Based on the authentication information, authenticate each license of each software,
A license authentication method, wherein the software is controlled to be executed when each license is authenticated. On the computer,
Request each license for using each service providing device to a plurality of device management servers that respectively manage a plurality of different service providing devices used by the user to receive provision of a predetermined service from the service providing server. Sending each license request information;
Receiving each license identification information generated according to each license request information from each device management server;
Generating authentication information for authenticating the license of each service providing device based on each received license identification information;
A program for executing the step of transmitting the authentication information to a portable terminal communicable with the service providing devices in order to authenticate the licenses using the generated authentication information. On the computer,
Transmitting license request information for requesting each license for using each software to a plurality of software management servers managing a plurality of different software installed in the mobile terminal,
Receiving each license identification information generated according to each license request information from each software management server;
Generating authentication information for authenticating each license of each software based on each received license identification information;
A program for executing the step of transmitting the authentication information to the mobile terminal in order to authenticate each license by the generated authentication information. On the computer,
The authentication information is received from the license management server that has generated the authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different service providing devices used by the user to receive provision of a predetermined service from the service providing server. Steps,
A program for executing communication with each service providing device based on the received authentication information and authenticating the license of each service providing device. On the computer,
Receiving the authentication information from the license management server that generated the authentication information for authenticating each license for using a plurality of different software;
Storing each of the software and the authentication information;
Authenticating each license of each software based on the authentication information;
And a step of controlling the software to be executed when the licenses are authenticated.

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