Patent ID: 8069474
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A software-usage management system comprising: a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions, execution of the instructions by the processor facilitating managing a usage of a software function by a client connected to a network, and execution of the instructions by the processor configuring the software-usage management system to include a test-conducting unit that conducts a test relevant to the software function for a user of the client in which the specific software function is not yet installed from a standpoint of security, wherein the test determines whether the user has a skill of implementing an appropriate security measure to use the specific software function; and a usage allowing unit that allows the user who passed the test conducted by the test-conducting unit to use the specific software function, by sending actual data of the specific software function to the client after notifying the client that the actual data is to be sent using a text-format data, wherein the client rejects sending and receiving data via the network other than the text-format data, except for receiving the actual data of the specific software function.