Information terminal, communication terminal, server, license transfer system and license transfer method
AssigneeClarion Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Haruhiko SAWAJIRI
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Abstract
Provided is an information terminal connected to a communication terminal which is connectable to one or more other information terminals, wherein the information terminal comprises a communication unit which receives, from the communication terminal, a connection history with the other information terminals which were previously connected to the communication terminal, and a license transfer management unit which extracts an information terminal among the other information terminals that satisfies a license transfer condition based on the received connection history.
Claims11
An information terminal connected to a communication terminal which is connectable to one or more other information terminals, comprising:
- a communication unit which receives, from the communication terminal, a connection history with the other information terminals which were previously connected to the communication terminal;
- and
- a license transfer management unit which extracts an information terminal among the other information terminals that satisfies a license transfer condition based on the received connection history.
A communication terminal which is connectable to each of a plurality of information terminals, comprising:
- a connection history storage unit which stores a connection history with the plurality of information terminals;
- and
- an in-vehicle device connection history management unit which reads the connection history from the connection history storage unit, and sends the connection history to a connected information terminal among the plurality of information terminals,
- wherein the in-vehicle device connection history management unit stores the connection history with the connected information terminal in the connection history storage unit based on a command from the connected information terminal.
A server connected to a communication terminal which is connectable to each of a plurality of information terminals, comprising:
- a connection history storage unit which stores a connection history of the plurality of information terminals and the communication terminal;
- and
- an in-vehicle device connection history management unit which reads the connection history from the connection history storage unit, and sends the connection history to the communication terminal,
- wherein the in-vehicle device connection history management unit stores the connection history of the communication terminal and the information terminal in the connection history storage unit based on a command from the communication terminal.
A license transfer system configured from an information terminal, a communication terminal, and a server,
- wherein the information terminal is connected to a communication terminal which is connectable to one or more other information terminals, and
- comprises:
- an information terminal communication unit which receives, from the communication terminal, a connection history with the other information terminals which were previously connected to the communication terminal;
- and
- a license transfer management unit which extracts an information terminal among the other information terminals that satisfies a license transfer condition based on the received connection history,
- wherein the information terminal communication unit sends, to the server, a license transfer command for transferring a license from an information terminal which satisfies the license transfer condition to the corresponding information terminal,
- wherein the communication terminal comprises:
- a connection history storage unit which stores a connection history with the plurality of information terminals;
- and
- an in-vehicle device connection history management unit which reads the connection history from the connection history storage unit, and sends the connection history to a connected information terminal among the plurality of information terminals,
- wherein the in-vehicle device connection history management unit stores the connection history with the connected information terminal in the connection history storage unit based on a command from the connected information terminal, and
- wherein the server comprises:
- a server storage unit which stores a license table indicating a relation between the information terminal and a software license;
- and
- a license management unit which rewrites the license table based on the license transfer command from the information terminal.
A license transfer method executed in an information terminal, a communication terminal, and a server,
- wherein the information terminal:
- is connected to a communication terminal which is connectable to one or more other information terminals;
- receives, from the communication terminal, a connection history with the other information terminals which were previously connected to the communication terminal;
- extracts an information terminal among the other information terminals that satisfies a license transfer condition based on the received connection history;
- and
- sends, to the server, a license transfer command for transferring a license from an information terminal which satisfies the license transfer condition to the corresponding information terminal,
- wherein the communication terminal comprises a connection history storage unit which stores a connection history with the plurality of information terminals,
- wherein the communication terminal:
- reads the connection history from the connection history storage unit, and sends the connection history to a connected information terminal among the plurality of information terminals;
- and
- stores the connection history with the connected information terminal in the connection history storage unit based on a command from the connected information terminal, and
- wherein the server comprises a server storage unit which stores a license table indicating a relation between the information terminal and a software license;
- and
- wherein the server rewrites the license table based on the license transfer command from the information terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.