Patent ID: 8356360

Claim:
A license management system in which a terminal apparatus and a server apparatus are connected via a network, and the server apparatus manages a license of software in the terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising: a generation unit that generates terminal identification information for identifying the terminal apparatus; and a transmission unit that, in a case of performing authentication regarding a license, transmits the terminal identification information generated by the generation unit and information regarding hardware that constitutes the terminal apparatus to the server apparatus, and the server apparatus comprising: an authentication unit that performs authentication regarding a license with respect to the terminal apparatus with use of the terminal identification information transmitted by the transmission unit; and a storage unit that, in a case where the authentication performed by the authentication unit is successful, stores the terminal identification information and the hardware information transmitted by the transmission unit along with the terminal identification information, in association with each other, wherein the authentication unit performs re-authentication regarding a previously issued license with use of the hardware information transmitted by the transmission unit and the hardware information stored by the storage unit, and in a case where, in accordance with successful re-authentication performed by the authentication unit, the terminal apparatus has received, from the server apparatus, terminal identification information stored in the storage unit in association with the hardware information used in the re-authentication, the transmission unit transmits the received terminal identification information and the hardware information when authentication regarding the previously issued license is performed.