Machine, machine management apparatus, system, and method, and recording medium

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8824673
APP PUB NO 20130077784A1
SERIAL NO

13682530

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A machine management method includes installing software in a machine including a security device that holds a secret key unextractable from the security device and a public key extractable from the security device, encrypts input data with the public key, and decrypts the input data with the secret key; storing machine identification information of the machine in association with software identification information of the software installed in the machine in an external management apparatus; creating a device-encryption key to encrypt data stored on a first storage device of the machine; storing a device-encryption-key BLOB obtained by encrypting the device-encryption key with the public key on a second storage device of the machine; and storing the device-encryption key in association with the machine identification information in the external management apparatus.

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  • RICOH COMPANY, LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Senda, Shigeya Shizuoka-ken, JP 15 193

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