Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090204809 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device is arranged to acquire a first public key certificate and a first secret key from a server device by acquiring an individual identification information which is uniquely discriminable for the information processing device from the information processing device and transmitting the individual identification information to the server device. The information processing device is arranged to determine whether the information processing device is permitted to transmit device information to the server device through an encryption communication using the first public key certificate and the first secret key, by acquiring the individual identification information from the information processing device and comparing the acquired individual identification information with the individual identification information associated with at least one of the first public key certificate and the first secret key. | 08-13-2009 |
20090217040 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for collecting apparatus data from an apparatus connected through a network and sending the apparatus data to a server connected through the network includes a recording unit storing a secret key and a public key certificate which are encrypted by key data and commonly distributed; an obtaining unit for obtaining, from the information processing apparatus, individual identification data by which the information processing apparatus can be uniquely identified, sending a request to provide the predetermined key data through the network to the server by specifying the individual identification data, and receiving the key data encrypted by the individual identification data from the server; and a decoder for obtaining the individual identification data from the information processing apparatus, decoding the key data by using the individual identification data, and decoding the common public key certificate and the secret key by using the decoded key data. | 08-27-2009 |
20090265545 | ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATE ISSUE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A registration part receives a product key of a program for performing a communication using a private key and a public key, and discrimination information of a computer using the program. The registration part registers in a management part, when an authentication of a license corresponding to the product key is completed in success, correspondence information between the product key and the discrimination information and other discrimination information regarding the correspondence information. A discrimination information sending part returns the other discrimination information to an electronic certificate issue apparatus. A checking part receives the other discrimination information and check whether the other discrimination information is registered in the management part. A certificate producing part produces, when the other discrimination information is registered in the management part, an individual certificate package containing the private key and the public key for each piece of the other discrimination information. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265546 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATE ISSUING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device acquires first identification information of a computer to which the device is coupled, and records correspondence information indicating a correspondence between a product key of a predetermined program and the first identification information, and second identification information with respect to the correspondence information, in the device, if a license authentication with respect to the product key based on the first identification information is successful. The device generates an individual certificate package including a unique secret key and public key for each second identification information, and records the individual certificate package in the device in correspondence with each second identification information. | 10-22-2009 |
20110067023 | SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION SERVER, SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION METHOD - A software management apparatus includes a software-information obtaining unit that, when receiving a first installation request for installation of a software component onto an image forming apparatus specified by a user, obtains software information on the software component requested to be installed from a software distribution server; a request generating unit that generates a second installation request for installation of the software component requested to be installed based on the software information on the software component requested to be installed and the device information on the specified image forming apparatus; and a request transmitting unit that transmits the second installation request to the specified image forming apparatus so as to cause the software component, which is requested to be installed, to be installed onto the specified image forming apparatus. | 03-17-2011 |
20110125655 | LICENSE-RENEWAL MANAGEMENT APPARATUS LICENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A license-renewal management apparatus, connected to an image forming apparatus and a license management server, includes: a storage unit that stores an identifier that identifies the image forming apparatus associated with payment information about whether usage charge for the software has been paid; a notification receiving unit that receives a notification of expiration of the license from the image forming apparatus; and a renewal-method setting unit that, on receiving the notification, causes automatic renewal of the license for the software installed onto the image forming apparatus to be stopped. | 05-26-2011 |
20130061074 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electronic device has, as operation modes, a first mode and a second mode reduced in power consumption from the first mode. The electronic device includes a main unit an operation of which is suppressed in the second mode; and a sub-unit. The sub-unit includes a communicating unit that performs communication via a communication line; and an operation mode controller that changes the operation modes from the second mode to the first mode when the communication with a predefined prescribed device is requested during the second mode and changes the operation modes from the first mode to the second mode at a timing corresponding to termination of the communication. | 03-07-2013 |
20150178025 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - An information processing system includes first and second information processing apparatuses. The first information processing apparatus transmits a request for status notification to the second information processing apparatus, which transmits a response of the status notification to the first information processing apparatus. The second information processing apparatus transmits a header of the response to the first information processing apparatus when receiving the request for the status notification from the first information processing apparatus, and transmits a part of a body of the response to the first information processing apparatus in response to the occurrence of a status change to be reported in the second information apparatus. The part of the body includes information on the status change. The second information processing apparatus transmits a last part of the body of the response to the first information processing apparatus when the status notification becomes unnecessary. | 06-25-2015 |