Patent ID: 8713673
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A qualification screening system comprising: a device under qualification screening comprising a hardware processor and to which software update information is provided via a communication network; and a qualification screening device comprising a hardware processor and that determines to what extent updates of information installed on the device under qualification screening were performed, and based on the determination results, performs qualification screening to screen whether the device under qualification screening satisfies qualifications, wherein the qualification screening device compares a differential time information between a time of a last update of an information update program retained by the device under qualification screening and a time of information exchange with a differential time information between a time of a schedule issuance of information to be updated that is retained by the qualification screening device and the time of information exchange, and, the qualification screening device, based on the comparison results, determines to what extent updates of information installed on the device under qualification screening were performed, wherein the time of information exchange is a time point that is common to the qualification screening device and the device under qualification screening, and wherein the qualification screening device compares a time derived by subtracting a time indicating when information to be updated will be issued, retained by the qualification screening device, from a time, indicated by a clock at which the information exchange was performed, individually retained by the qualification screening device with a time derived by subtracting a time at which an information update program retained by the device under qualification screening was last updated from a time indicated by a clock at which the information exchange was performed retained by the device under qualification screening.