| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain meter rate in accordance with an operating time for software which is downloaded from a host device to a terminal by way of a net work and used. SOLUTION: In a terminal, when software which is downloaded from a host device is activated, a start date/time is obtained 401, then completion or interruption of the software is monitored 402. When the software is completed or interrupted, a completion date/time is obtained, and as a difference between this and the start date/time, an operating time of the software is calculated 404. The operating time is transmitted to the host device from the terminal 405. The host device accumulates the operating time of the software notified of from the terminal by the terminal and the kind of software and performs charge for this. In other configurations of execution, when the operating possible time of the software is run out, it operates so that the use of the software is prohibited. |
