Qualification screening system and screening method thereof, qualification screening device and device under qualification screening

A qualification screening method in a qualification screening system comprising:

• a device under qualification screening comprising a hardware processor and to which software update information is provided via a communication network;
• and a qualification screening device comprising a hardware processor and that determines to what extent updates of information installed on the device under qualification screening were performed, and based on the determination results, performs qualification screening to screen whether the device under qualification screening satisfies qualifications,
• wherein the qualification screening method, provided in the qualification screening device, further comprises:
• a comparison step of comparing a differential time information between a time of a last update of an information update program retained by the device under qualification screening and a time of information exchange with a differential time information between a time of a schedule issuance of information to be updated that is retained by the qualification screening device and the time of information exchange;
• and
• based on the comparing results, determining to what extent updates of information installed on the device under qualification screening were performed,
• wherein the time of information exchange is a time point that is common to the qualification screening device and the device under qualification screening, and
• wherein the comparing the differential time information comprises comparing a time derived by subtracting a time indicating when information to be updated will be issued, retained by the qualification screening device, from a time, indicated by a clock at which the information exchange was performed, individually retained by the qualification screening device with a time derived by subtracting a time at which an information update program retained by the device under qualification screening was last updated from a time indicated by a clock at which the information exchange was performed, retained by the device under qualification screening.

A qualification screening hardware device comprising:

• a hardware processor and that determines to what extent updates of information, provided over a communication network, installed on a device under qualification screening were performed, and based on the determination results, performs qualification screening to screen whether the device under qualification screening, which comprises a hardware processor, satisfies qualifications,
• wherein the qualification screening device compares a differential time between a time of a last update of an information update program retained by the device under qualification screening and a time of information exchange with a differential time information between a time of a schedule issuance of information to be updated that is retained by the qualification screening device and the time of information exchange, and the qualification screening device, based on the comparison results, determines to what extent updates of information installed on the device under qualification screening were performed,
• wherein the time of information exchange is a time point that is common to the qualification screening device and the device under qualification screening, and
• wherein the qualification screening device compares a time derived by subtracting a time indicating when information to be updated will be issued, retained by the qualification screening device, from a time, indicated by a clock at which the information exchange was performed, individually retained by the qualification screening device with a time derived by subtracting a time at which an information update program retained by the device under qualification screening was last updated from a time indicated by a clock at which the information exchange was performed retained by the device under qualification screening.

A hardware device under qualification screening by a qualification screening device comprising a hardware processor and that determines to what extent updates of information, provided over a communication network, installed on the device under qualification screening were performed, and based on the determination results, performs qualification screening to screen whether the device under qualification screening satisfies qualifications, the hardware device under qualification screening comprising:

• a hardware processor, an information update program;
• and update history information containing activation time information of the information update program,
• wherein a comparison, by the qualification screening device, of a differential time information between a time of a last update of the information update program retained by the hardware device under qualification screening and a time of information exchange with a differential time information between a time of a scheduled issuance of information to be updated that is retained by the qualification screening device and the time of information exchange is performed;
• and a determination is made by the qualification screening device, based on the comparison results, on to what extent updates of information installed on the device under qualification screening were performed,
• wherein the time of information exchange is a time point that is common to the qualification screening device and the device under qualification screening, and
• wherein the qualification screening device compares a time derived by subtracting a time indicating when information to be updated will be issued, retained by the qualification screening device, from a time, indicated by a clock at which the information exchange was performed, individually retained by the qualification screening device with a time derived by subtracting a time at which an information update program retained by the device under qualification screening was last updated from a time indicated by a clock at which the information exchange was performed retained by the device under qualification screening.