Patent ID: 6067640
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A software use management system which manages an amount of use of software stored in a software memory medium, comprising:a management-use memory medium, formed as a card, having regulatory information written therein designating at least a current limit of use of the software, thereby to manage further use of the software during an off-line mode, said regulatory information in said management-use memory medium being referred to at a current time of use of the software to allow use of the software at the current time within a range prescribed by said regulatory information;said management-use memory medium and said software memory medium comprising separate, respective memory media, each thereof containing a number of times said software memory medium is used; andmeans for incrementing said number in each of said management-use memory medium means and said software memory medium means every time said software memory medium means is used.