KR100690601B1 - Management system for data and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a data management system and a method thereof, and in a program in which a validity period of a program is set in advance, only when an effective period of a program is checked and an effective period elapses, There is a problem in that the user has to manually find and delete programs that are not used when the hard disk capacity occupation that occurs due to the deletion of the program after the expiration of the validity period and the lowering of the operating speed accordingly occurs. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the waste of the hard disk capacity due to the unused program by automatically deleting (uninstalling) the effective period when the program with the effective period of use is installed, It is possible to prevent collision with the system. Also, if the function is applied to one specific file, even if copying / distribution is performed, it is automatically deleted after expiration of the validity period, have.

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exemplary view showing a basic information input screen in a program installation work according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a basic information input screen in a file creation operation in which an expiration date is set according to the present invention; FIG.

3 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a configuration of a system according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart showing an operation process of the system according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE SYMBOLS

10: environment setting unit 20: file information storage unit

30: condition inspection unit 40: file deletion unit

50: system interface section

The present invention relates to a data management system and a method thereof, and more particularly to a data management system and a method thereof, in which a program for automatically deleting (uninstalling) a validity period at the time of installation of a program, And to allow a program to be automatically deleted when elapsed.

In recent years, the development of various application programs has been progressing in all fields as a computer has become a necessary product in life, and support for the environment is being actively developed to further develop it.

In other words, the government is improving various tax support policies and encouraging the use of genuine programs from the viewpoint of the general user, so that the funds that can be sold to R & D can be procured.

However, some of them illegally copy and distribute programs through a mass storage medium, and as a user, copying is used because of the high price of genuine programs, which is a major obstacle to the development of programs due to an increase in illegal program distributors .

As a result, the government is currently cracking down on illegal program circulation to protect program developers, and each program developer is looking for ways to lower PR and program prices to increase the number of genuine program users .

One of them is to lower the price by eliminating the cost of packing the program.

The above method uses the Internet, which is in an increasing trend, and it is a method of paying a fee through a bank account, accessing a homepage of a program supplier, registering the user, downloading the program, and installing the program.

Next, there is a second way to lower the price by limiting the duration of the program.

In other words, this method allows only a limited period of time (usually about one year) to be recognized as a genuine user after paying a predetermined program fee after registering the program with a program maker. During this period, All of the services provided by the program vendors will be available.

Of course, after a certain period of time, you will have to pay for the program again and register the genuine user.

Next, there is a third way to increase the user through program promotion, though not directly lowering the price.

This method provides a bundled program that can be used only for a certain period of time (usually 30 days) or a certain number of times (usually 30 times) as an appendix to related books.

Of these, the third method is the most widely used method in recent years and has contributed greatly to reducing program illegal copying.

The following explains how users use the bundled program as described above.

Once users have installed a few of the bundled programs, in which the first date of use is registered in the program and then the date is automatically checked and after a certain period of time or more, A message asking to register each time is displayed and the program is no longer executed.

Accordingly, the user can delete (uninstall) the program if it is no longer necessary to use the program, or continue to use the program after paying the fee and registering the user.

However, when a large number of shareware programs are installed, the program may be forgotten even if the program is used only once or twice. This may cause the computer to occupy only the capacity of the hard disk, slow the operation speed, There was a problem that could cause conflict with the file.

As described above, in the program in which the legacy use validity period is set, the validity period of the program is checked, and when the validity period has elapsed, only the execution file of the program is not executed. There is a problem that the user has to manually find out a program that is not used and delete the program all the time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a program for automatically deleting (uninstalling) a valid period of time when installing a program, The present invention also provides a data management system and a method thereof, which allow a program to be automatically deleted when an effective period elapses.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data management system comprising: an environment setting unit configured to receive basic information for creating a file having a program installation or a usage validity period; A file information storage unit for storing file information created or changed at the time of program installation; A condition checking unit for checking whether or not the condition of the present system can be operated based on the set environment information; A file deletion unit for deleting the files or files of the installed program based on the stored file information when there is no abnormality in the system operation condition; And a system interface unit that allows each of the components to be well-ported to an operating system or a main device of a user's computer.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data management method comprising: receiving basic information for generating a file having a program installation or a usage validity period; Installing a program or generating a file based on the input basic information; Checking whether the condition for deleting the installed program or the generated file is satisfied; And deleting (uninstalling) the file or the program when the checking result satisfies the deletion condition. In the case of deleting the program, the predetermined file information is loaded and the program created upon installation according to the information is deleted .
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data management method comprising the steps of: checking whether a data having a restriction condition including an effective use period is set to a valid period; The method of any one of the preceding claims, further comprising: controlling the use of the data that has been valid for a certain period of time, so that the use of the copied or distributed data is restricted according to the restriction condition .

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Once the user has installed the system according to the present invention in his computer before installing a validated program such as shareware.

The method of configuring the system may be installed in an independent program form or may be configured to be resident in the memory by a hardware program. Hereinafter, a method of installing in a program form is taken as an example Explain.

When the installed program of the present invention is executed, an execution screen as shown in the example shown in Fig. 1 is displayed.

Accordingly, the user selects a program to be installed by clicking the 'Find' button in FIG.

In other words, click the 'Find' button to select the 'Setup file' or 'Install file' of the program you want to install, and set the effective period of the next program.

At this time, the validity period may be set as the validity period of a program actually installed depending on the user, or may be set longer or shorter.

Next, when the 'install file' is selected and the valid period is set as described above, the installation is started by clicking the 'OK' button.

In this process, the program according to the present invention stores the file information of the installed program, and automatically deletes (uninstalls) the program according to the stored file information when the expiration period specified by the validity period checking routine of the program is ended, .

Of course, a program that performs the above-described functions may be configured to operate as an independent program, or by inserting only the core portion of the program into another file in a virus-like form, the file Can be configured to be automatically deleted when the validity period passes.                     

FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen for creating a new file by inserting the deletion function according to the present invention into a certain file in the form of a virus. Once the source file to be inserted is found, the source file is selected.

Next, the validity period of the file is set as in the case of FIG.

Next, the destination folder in which the file is to be created is set.

In this case, it is safe to designate a specific folder so as not to mix the original file with the newly created file. If the newly created file is created on the original file because the folder is not specified, 00 "

Of course, in order to reset the validity period as described above, it is possible only by a program configured in the user's own computer, and another user can not arbitrarily change the validity period of the file.

That is, the ID or the serial number of the program installed in the user's computer when the validity period is set is checked and set.

Meanwhile, if another user arbitrarily copies a file in which a virus-type file deletion program is inserted as described above, since the above-mentioned nature is copied, the automatic deletion is performed without damaging the computer after the expiration date, It is possible to protect the user.

The configuration of the present system for operating as described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG.                     

First, the system includes an environment setting unit 10 for receiving basic information for installing a program or generating a file having a valid period; A file information storage unit 20 for storing file information created or changed at the time of program installation; A condition checking unit (30) for checking whether the condition of the system can be operated based on the set environment information; A file deletion unit (40) for deleting the files or files of the installed program based on the stored file information when there is no abnormality in the system operating condition; And a system interface unit 50 for allowing each of the components to be easily transplanted to an operating system or a main device of a user's computer.

Here, the environment setting unit 10 may be configured to set a basic file necessary for performing a job, such as a selected file and information on a valid period or a folder of a file to be newly created, according to the type of job to be performed as in the example shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. It is responsible for receiving information.

Of course, this includes output from the configuration screen.

Next, when the program is installed through the system (program), the file information storage unit 20 records all file information generated at that time so that the file information can be used at the time of program deletion.

Next, the condition checking unit 30 checks whether or not the set date has passed when a condition in which the present system can be operated, that is, a valid period is set, and when the number of times of copying is set as a condition, And outputs an appropriate detection signal according to the check.

Next, the file deletion unit 40 controls a file deletion command of the operating system so that a specific file can be deleted.

Next, when the system is configured as an independent program, the system interface unit 50 can be easily transplanted into an operating system of a user computer. When the system interface unit 50 is configured with hardware, the system interface unit 50 is well- It is the role of

Next, FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of the system according to the present invention, wherein the user selects a task (program installation or file creation) to be performed by the system once.

Accordingly, when the selected job is a program installation job, an executable file (installation file) and an expiration date of the program to be installed are set, and a program is installed by clicking the 'OK' button.

At this time, the system does not affect the installation work, but receives and stores the file information generated at that time.

When the installation is completed, the deletion condition (the set valid period, etc.) is checked. If the condition is satisfied, that is, the set valid period is reached, the stored file information is loaded and all the files Respectively.

Next, when the operation selected by the user is a file creation job with an effective period set, a source file selection, a folder, and a valid period are set, and a file including a file deletion function by the present system is created .

When the file is created, the deletion condition (the set validity period, etc.) is checked. If the condition is satisfied, that is, the set validity period is reached, the created file is deleted.

As described above, the data management system and method of the present invention can automatically delete (uninstall) the validity period when installing a program for which a valid period of use is set, such as a shareware program, It is possible to prevent waste of the hard disk capacity and to prevent collision with other file systems.

In addition, if the function is applied to one specific file, even if copying / distribution is performed, it is automatically deleted after expiration of the validity period, thereby protecting the rights of the author.

Claims (12)

An environment setting unit configured to receive basic information for generating a file having a program installation or an effective use period; A file information storage unit for storing file information created or changed at the time of program installation; A condition checking unit for checking whether or not the condition of the present system can be operated based on the set environment information; A file deletion unit for deleting the files or files of the installed program based on the stored file information when there is no abnormality in the system operation condition; And a system interface unit for allowing each of the components to be well-ported to an operating system or a main device of the user's computer. Receiving basic information for generating a file having a program installation or a usage validity period; Installing a program or generating a file based on the input basic information; Checking whether the condition for deleting the installed program or the generated file is satisfied; And deleting (uninstalling) the file or the program when the checking result satisfies the deletion condition. In the case of deleting the program, the predetermined file information is loaded and the program created upon installation is deleted according to the information The data management method comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 2, further comprising: a first step of installing a program after setting an execution file (installation file) and an expiration date of the program to be installed when the program is installed; A second step of receiving and storing file information generated at the time of installing the program; A third step of checking deletion conditions (valid period, etc.) when the installation is completed; And if the deletion condition is satisfied, loading the stored file information and deleting all files created at the time of installation according to the stored file information. 3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising: a first step of receiving basic information such as a source file, a folder in which a file is to be created, A second step of creating a file including a file deletion function based on the information input in the first step; A third step of checking deletion conditions (valid period, etc.) when the file is created; And deleting the created file if the deletion condition is satisfied. The data management method according to claim 4, wherein the file generated by setting the valid period is reset by the system that generated the file. 6. The data management method according to claim 5, wherein whether the system is a system that generated a file having a valid period is determined by using a serial number or an ID of the system. Checking whether or not the set validity period is reached for the data for which the restriction condition including the use validity period is set; The method of claim 1, further comprising: controlling the use of the data that has been valid for a certain period of time so that the validity period can not be used for data that has arrived, The data management method comprising the steps of: The data management method according to claim 7, wherein the data management is performed in an independent program form or inserted into other data in a virus form so as to be applied only to the data. The data management method according to claim 7, wherein if the data is an installed program and all the files created during installation are deleted by using the stored predetermined file information when the valid period is reached. 8. The data management method according to claim 7, wherein at the copying of the data, the copying is performed up to the restriction condition. 8. The data management method according to claim 7, wherein when the data is a file generated by setting a valid period, the effective period of the data can be reset by the system that generated the file. The data management method according to claim 11, wherein whether the system is a system that generated a file having a valid period is determined by using a serial number or ID of the system.

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