Authentication method and recording medium
AssigneePanasonic Projector & Display Corporation
InventorChaoyun Chen
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Abstract
An authentication method is performed by a device to authenticate a license of software that is installed on the device and managed by a server. The authentication method includes: presenting unique authentication information that is unique to the software; receiving input of server authentication information generated by the server based on: license information of the software managed by the server in association with the unique authentication information; and the unique authentication information; and authenticating the license of the software based on the unique authentication information and the inputted server authentication information.
Claims14
An authentication method performed by a device to authenticate a license of software that is installed on the device and managed by a server, the authentication method comprising:
- presenting unique authentication information to a user, the unique authentication information being unique to the software;
- receiving input of server authentication information on the device, the server authentication information being generated by the server based on license information of the software and the unique authentication information transmitted to the server, the license information being managed by the server in association with the unique authentication information;
- generating device authentication information based on the unique authentication information and the license information inputted on the device;
- and
- authenticating the license of the software based on the unique authentication information and the server authentication information inputted on the device,
- wherein the receiving of the input of the server authentication information on the device includes:
- presenting a correct symbol and a dummy symbol to the user, the correct symbol being included in the device authentication information and the dummy symbol being not included in the device authentication information;
- and
- receiving input of a symbol selected as the server authentication information from among the correct symbol and the dummy symbol.
An authentication method performed by a device to authenticate a license of software that is installed on the device and managed by a server, the authentication method comprising:
- receiving input of server authentication information on the device, the server authentication information being generated by the server based on license information of the software and unique authentication information transmitted to the server, the license information being managed by the server in association with the unique authentication information, and the unique authentication information being unique to the software;
- generating device authentication information based on the unique authentication information and the license information inputted on the device;
- and
- authenticating the license of the software based on the unique authentication information and the server authentication information inputted on the device,
- wherein the receiving of the input of the server authentication information on the device includes:
- presenting a correct symbol and a dummy symbol to a user, the correct symbol being included in the device authentication information and the dummy symbol being not included in the device authentication information;
- and
- receiving input of a symbol selected as the server authentication information from among the correct symbol and the dummy symbol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.