Software operation results management system, method, and program

A software operation results management system which is connected to a client apparatus via a network and manages operation results of prescribed software that operates on the client apparatus, comprising:

• software storing means for storing the prescribed software;
• monitoring software storing means for storing monitoring software for monitoring operation results of the prescribed software on the client apparatus;
• software information storing means for storing information relating to the prescribed software;
• transmitting means for transmitting the prescribed software stored in the software storing means and the monitoring software stored in the monitoring software storing means to the client apparatus in response a request for the prescribed software from the client apparatus;
• operation results requesting means for requesting the client apparatus to send operation results of the prescribed software;
• receiving means for receiving the operation results of the prescribed software from the client apparatus;
• and
• operation results storing means for storing the operation results of the prescribed software received from the client apparatus.

A software operation results management method in which a server manages operation results of prescribed software that is supplied from the server to a client apparatus and operates on the client apparatus, the server and the client apparatus being connected to each other via a network, wherein:

• the server executes the steps of:
• storing the prescribed software;
• storing monitoring software for monitoring operation results of the prescribed software on the client apparatus;
• storing information relating to the prescribed software;
• transmitting the stored prescribed software and the stored monitoring software to the client apparatus in response a request for the prescribed software from the client apparatus;
• requesting the client apparatus to send operation results of the prescribed software;
• receiving operation results of the prescribed software from the client apparatus;
• and
• storing the operation results of the prescribed software received from the client apparatus;
• and
• the client apparatus executes the steps of:
• requesting the server to supply the prescribed software;
• receiving the prescribed software and the monitoring software from the server;
• storing the operation results of the prescribed software acquired by the monitoring software;
• and
• transmitting the stored operation results to the server.