摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for increasing the periodical flexibility of a right to use software to be purchased by a user, and reducing the burden of the user at the time of managing the right to use software. SOLUTION: A right to use a target software is purchased from a software selling agent terminal 12 by using a user terminal 10 in which software management software 5 and target software is installed. The right to use the target software is made valid in a fixed period, and an orderer is able to finally acquire the same formal right to use the target software as a right to use normal software by repeatedly purchasing the right to use the target software the specific number of times. The software management software 5 is provided with not only a communicating function but also a function for managing the operation of the target software, an alarm function, a function for automatically updating the right to use the target software, and a function for managing a plurality of target software by using those functions. Thus, it is possible to manage the right to use the target software without bothering the orderer. |