Method of managing contracts for licensed program use and a management system thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5930357
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08297179

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The present invention has an object to provide a method of managing contracts for licensed program use with which a licensor is able to confirm whether or not a contract for using a program has been properly kept by the user, as well as provide a system capable of utilizing the managing method. At the user-side (20), information on the status of utilizing the licensed program is stored as data (25), and the stored data is outputted after it is coded. Whereas, at the licensor-side (10), the coded data is inputted and decoded, thereby the licensor is able to determine the status of utilization of the program.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAJAPAN

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Fukui, Toshiyuki Kawasaki, JP 26 357

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