Patent ID: 11954182
Assignee: BUFFALO INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to:
access a device database storing information identifying a storage device in association with information identifying an owner of the storage device;
access a license database associatively storing license information of a license for a cloud storage that is a backup destination of data in the storage device, information identifying a license subscriber of the license, and information identifying a license sharer who uses the cloud storage;
receive setting information about a first license from a first license subscriber;
refer to the device database to acquire information identifying a first storage device owned by the first license subscriber or owned by a first license sharer associated with the first license subscriber;
set an update authority of the setting information to at least one of the first license subscriber and the first license sharer; and
receive update instructions of the setting information, to refer to the update authority of the setting information, to confirm that the update instructions are given by the first license subscriber or the first license sharer having the update authority, and update the setting information.