WARRANTY PERIOD DETERMINATION DEVICE AND WARRANTY PERIOD DETERMINATION METHOD

摘要

This warranty period determination device (100) is equipped with: a reception unit (201) that receives owner information, device information, and operation information for a device (110); an acquisition unit (202) which, on the basis of the received owner information and device information for the device (110), acquires from an information database (206) in which at least the owner information, device information, and operation information for multiple devices (210) are associated on a user-by-user basis and are registered, the operation information associated with an extrapolated specific owner among the owners of the devices (210); a usage period estimation unit (203) that estimates the usage period of the device (110) from the acquired operation information and the received operation information; a time information acquisition unit (205) that acquires information about the current date and time; and a warranty period determination unit (204), which determines the usage start date for the device (110) by subtracting, from the acquired current date and time, the usage period as estimated by the usage period estimation unit (203), and thus determines the warranty period of the device (110).