Patent ID: 8533708

Claim:
A method for managing terminal devices, by a server for membership registration, that allows a user to receive an application provided by the server through a terminal device of the user, the method comprising: receiving personal information of the user, wherein the personal information is user-provided; receiving a name of the terminal device, wherein the name of the terminal device is user-provided; assigning a member ID (identifier), by the server, to the user; assigning a terminal ID, by the server, to the terminal device of the user, wherein the assigned member ID and the assigned terminal ID are different; associating the assigned terminal ID and the received name of the terminal device with the assigned member ID; associating usage information, concerning an application accessed by the terminal device, with the assigned terminal ID and the assigned member ID; storing, on the server, the received name of the terminal device, the assigned member ID, the assigned terminal ID, and the associated usage information; and transmitting the received name of the terminal device, the assigned member ID, the assigned terminal ID, and the associated usage information from the server to the terminal device to cause the terminal device to store the received name of the terminal device, the assigned member ID, the assigned terminal ID, and the associated usage information.