IP Library Granted Patent US 11,295,267
Granted Patent B2
US 11,295,267 · App. 16/115,585 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Software management device, software management system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

Inventors: Takeshi Ogura (Kanagawa, JP); Toru Nakatani (Kanagawa, JP); Koji Hashimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Haruki Matsui (Kanagawa, JP); Aiko Nozue (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06Q10/087G06Q30/0641G06F3/0482
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Patent No.
US 11,295,267
App. No.
16/115,585
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A software management device includes a display which is a section that displays a product list showing a software product satisfying a predetermined condition, and displays a product list including an item indicating a registered face-to-face selling product which is sold on a face-to-face basis and for which license information has been registered, in a case where the registered face-to-face selling product satisfies the predetermined condition, and a controller that non-restrictively receives a user operation with respect to an on-line selling product, which is a software product sold on line, in a case where the user has an on-line purchase right, and restrictively receives a user operation with respect to the registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the user does not have the on-line purchase right.

Claims (36)

1. A software management device comprising:

a communication unit, connected to an information management device and configured to receive a product list from the information management device;

an input unit, configured to receive a user operation;

a display which is a section that displays the product list showing at least one item of a software product satisfying a predetermined condition, the at least one item including an item indicating a registered face-to-face selling product which is sold on line and installed by a personnel and for which license information has been registered, in a case where the registered face-to-face selling product satisfies the predetermined condition; and

a controller that receives at least one type of user operation with respect to an on-line selling product, which is a software product sold on line, in a case where a user has an on-line purchase right, and restricts at least one of the at least one type of user operation to be received with respect to the registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the user does not have the on-line purchase right.

2. The software management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller receives all of a plurality of types of operations as the user operations with respect to the on-line selling product and the registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the user has the on-line purchase right, and receives some of the plurality of types of operations as the user operation with respect to the registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the user does not have the on-line purchase right.

3. The software management device according to claim 2 ,

wherein in a case where the user does not have the on-line purchase right, the operation which is not received by the controller includes an operation for on-line purchase.

4. The software management device according to claim 2 ,

wherein in a case where the user does not have the on-line purchase right, some of operations received by the controller include a downloading operation, an installation operation, an updating operation, and an uninstallation operation.

5. The software management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the software product satisfying the predetermined condition includes an on-line selling product and a registered face-to-face selling product which are purchased by the user in a case where the user has the on-line purchase right, and includes a registered face-to-face selling product purchased by the user in a case where the user does not have the on-line purchase right.

6. The software management device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the software product satisfying the predetermined condition further includes a free product, regardless of whether or not the user has the on-line purchase right.

7. The software management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the software product satisfying the predetermined condition is a software product installed in a device to be subjected to software management, and

wherein the product list includes the item indicating the registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the registered face-to-face selling product is installed in the device.

8. A software management system comprising:

a software management device which is connected to an image forming device; and

an information management device which is connected to the software management device,

wherein the information management device includes

a license information memory in which license information of an on-line selling product is registered in a case where a software product for the image forming device is sold on line, and license information of a face-to-face selling product is registered in a case where the software product for the image forming device is sold on line and installed by a personnel and to-be-registered information on the software product is input, and

a product list generation section which is a section that generates a product list including an item indicating a software product purchased by a user, the product list generation section generating a product list including an item indicating an on-line selling product in a case where the user purchases the on-line selling product, and generating a product list including an item indicating a registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the user purchases the registered face-to-face selling product for which the license information has been registered, and

wherein the software management device includes

a communication unit, connected to an information management device and configured to receive a product list from the information management device;

an input unit, configured to receive a user operation;

a display that displays the product list, and

a controller that receives all of a plurality of types of operations as a user operation with respect to the on-line selling product and the registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the user has an on-line purchase right, and receives a portion of the plurality of types of operations as a user operation with respect to the registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the user does not have the on-line purchase right.

9. The software management system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the information management device includes

a first license information registration section that registers the license information of the on-line selling product in the license information memory during the on-line selling of the on-line selling product, and

a second license information registration section that registers the license information of the face-to-face selling product in the license information memory based on the to-be-registered information, during or after the selling of the face-to-face selling product.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program which causes, when executed by a controller of an information processing device that manages a software product, the controller to execute:

a function of displaying a product list showing at least one item of a software product satisfying a predetermined condition, the at least one item including an item indicating a registered face-to-face selling product which is sold on line and installed by a personnel and for which license information has been registered, in a case where the registered face-to-face selling product satisfies the predetermined condition; and

a function of receiving at least one type of user operation with respect to an on-line selling product, which is a software product sold on line, in a case where the a user has an on-line purchase right, and restricts at least one of the at least one type of user operation to be received with respect to the registered face-to-face selling product in a case where the user does not have the on-line purchase right.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 19, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056294/0229 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2018
From: OGURA, TAKESHI; NAKATANI, TORU; HASHIMOTO, KOJI; MATSUI, HARUKI; NOZUE, AIKO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046772/0528 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-170341 · Sep 5, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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