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1. A license management system comprising:
an information processing device; and a license check device that independently operates on a platform independently of the information processing device, and that is operatively connected to the information processing device through the platform, in which
the license check device comprises:
a license check unit that checks for presence or absence of a license of the information processing device;a first start unit that starts the license check unit in response to a call instructed by the platform;a calling unit that calls, when the license check unit determines that the license is present, the information processing device; anda first storage unit that stores a license program including first identification information used for identifying a subject of a license, first license information, and a location of second license information stored on a program providing computer, and in whichthe information processing device comprises:
an information processing unit that performs a specific information processing based on an application program downloaded from the program providing computer;a second start unit that starts the information processing unit only in response to the call from the license check device; anda second storage unit that stores the application program which program includes second identification information used for identifying the information processing device itself, one of the license check device and the information processing device further comprising a matching unit that matches the first identification information and the second identification information with each other, and matches the first license information and the second license information, respectively, wherein the license check unit checks, based on a result of the matching performed by the matching unit, whether the information processing device has a license, wherein the matching unit stores information on whether the first identification information and the second identification information coincide with each other as matching result information in a third storage unit when the license program is installed, wherein the matching unit, when the matching result information is stored in the third storage unit, in an execution process of the application program, reads the matching result information from the third storage unit, and checks whether the first identification information and the second identification information coincide with each other, wherein when the first identification information and the second identification information coincide with each other, as determined by the composition of the matching result information,
the matching unit reads the second license information from the location of the second license information stored on the program providing computer and matches the first license information and the second license information,the license check unit checks whether the information processing device has the license based on a result of the matching of the first license information and the second license information by the matching unit, andthe calling unit calls the information processing device as a result of the license check unit determining that the license is present based on the matching of the first license information and the second license information and does not call the information processing device when the license check unit determines that the license is not present based on a result of the matching of the first licence information and the second license information, and wherein when the first identification information and the second identification information do not coincide with each other, as determined by the composition of the matching result information, the calling unit does not call the information processing device. |
