Terminal device, information processing apparatus and activation authentication method

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a storage unit in which a procedure is stored;
• and
• a control unit configured to execute the procedure, including:
• setting a determination condition as to whether activation is allowable for a terminal device;
• collating a determination condition associated with the terminal device with respect to inquiry from the terminal device as to whether activation is allowable with position information of the terminal device acquired at a time of the inquiry to determine whether the activation of the terminal device is allowable, the position information indicating an area where the terminal device is located;
• and
• generating an activation determination condition to be stored in the terminal device when the activation of the terminal device is permitted.

An activation authentication method executed by an activation authentication system including a terminal device and an information processing apparatus, the activation authentication method comprising:

• acquiring position information for indicating an area where the terminal device is located, by the terminal device;
• authenticating an activation of the terminal device based on an activation determination condition stored in a storage unit in advance and the position information, by the terminal device;
• inquiring of the information processing apparatus coupled through a communication network as to whether activation is allowable when an authentication result of the authenticating of the activation is an activation forbiddance, by the terminal device;
• receiving the inquiry from the terminal device as to the activation, by the information processing apparatus;
• acquiring the position information acquired at a time of the inquiry, by the information processing apparatus;
• extracting a determination condition corresponding to the terminal device, by the information processing apparatus;
• collating the determination condition with the position information to determine whether the activation of the terminal device is allowable, by the information processing apparatus;
• and
• generating the activation determination condition to be stored in the terminal device when the activation of the terminal device is permitted, by the information processing apparatus.