Patent ID: 8176535
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing system, in an environment where there are provided an organization information storage for storing organization information which defines an organization including users and groups of the users, a usage control information storage for storing usage control information for a judging information storage for storing judging information for judging whether or not an inconvenience resulting from a change of the organization occurs, and a processor, the system comprising: a judgment unit, executed on the processor, that judges, based on the judging information and the organization information, whether or not the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs, the inconvenience indicating that the usage control information stored in the usage control information storage cannot be used to control use of the control target information as a result of the change of the organization; and a countermeasure unit that performs a countermeasure against the inconvenience in a case where the judgment unit judges that the inconvenience resulting from the change of the organization occurs, the countermeasure comprising a process for halting use of the usage control information or the control target information.