Patent ID: 9661496
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. An ID management device comprising: a storage unit configured to store use status of identification information for communication of an application service provided within a predetermined area; an issuing unit configured to issue a temporary identification (ID) to a user terminal based on a request by the user terminal to use the application service, the user terminal having a permanent ID for communicating over a network, and the temporary ID configured to allow the user terminal to use the application service with the temporary ID instead of with the permanent ID of the user terminal; an updating unit configured to, when unused temporary ID is issued, update the use status to indicate that the temporary ID is in use, and, when a use end condition for issued identification information is satisfied, update the use status to indicate that the issued temporary ID is unused; a distribution unit configured to transmit software to the user terminal, the software for receiving the application service in the user terminal; and a determination unit configured to periodically determine whether a use end condition for the issued temporary ID is satisfied, wherein when the use end condition for the issued temporary ID is satisfied, the determination unit controls the user terminal to which the temporary ID is issued in such a manner that user terminal software distributed to provide the application service is deleted from the user terminal.