CLIENT APPARATUS AND LICENSE MANAGEMENT METHOD

摘要

The present invention is configured to acquire a license having a valid time period and periodically renew the license. The present invention stops the regular renewal of the license if an environment executing an application is inactivated, and restarts the regular renewal of the license if determining that the environment is activated.

主权项

1. A client apparatus configured to acquire a license from a license server when activating an application, the client apparatus comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire a license having a valid time period from the license server; a renewal unit configured to periodically renew the acquired license; a first determination unit configured to determine whether an environment executing the application is inactivated; a stop unit configured to stop the regular renewal of the license by the renewal unit if the first determination unit determines that the environment is inactivated; a second determination unit configured to determine whether the environment executing the application is activated; a restart unit configured to restart the regular renewal of the license by the renewal unit if the second determination unit determines that the environment is activated; and an expiration processing unit configured to perform license expiration processing with respect to the application if the valid time period of the license expires.