License management apparatus and method, service offer apparatus and method, license management program, service offer program and recording medium storing such programs

摘要

A license management server manages service use licenses so that a necessary number of the service use licenses are used only when they are actually needed. A license acquisition request receiving section receives an acquisition request for the license from a service offer service. A license sending section sends the service use license to the service offer service in response to the acquisition request for the license.