Information processing device, license assignment method, and computer-readable, non-transitory medium

摘要

An information processing apparatus includes a storage for storing a plurality types of software licenses in association with a number of possessed licenses, a product type of a software product, and a device specification condition, a receiver for receiving information of a software product operating in a management target device and information of a device specification of the management target device, a determining module for determining a software license to be assigned to the management target device based on the number of possessed licenses, a number of the product types, or the device specification condition, when there is a plurality of software licenses, in which the software product is included in the product type and the device specification meets the device specification condition, among the plurality types of software licenses, and an assigning module for assigning a software license determined by the determining module to the management target device.

主权项

1. A license assignment method for an information processing device including a storage, comprising:
storing a plurality software licenses of different types in the storage, each in association with a number of possessed licenses, a product type of a software product that is usable by the software license, and a device specification condition for which the software license can be assigned; receiving information about a software product operating in a management target device and information about a device specification of the management target device; determining a software license among the plurality of software licenses to be assigned to the management target device based on the number of possessed licenses, a number of the product types, or the device specification condition, when there is a plurality of software licenses for which the software product operating in the management target device is included in the product types and the device specification of the management target device meets the device specification condition; and assigning, using a computer, the determined software license to the management target device, wherein the computer determines a software license of which the number of possessed licenses is more than or equal to a number of licenses used for the management target device as a software license to be assigned to the management target device, when there is one software license of which the number of possessed licenses is more than or equal to the number of used licenses, among software licenses for which the software product operating in the management target device is included in the product type and the device specification of the management target device meets the device specification condition in the determining step.