PERSONAL COMPUTER SALES SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION METHOD AT SALE OF PERSONAL COMPUTER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To install a licensed software free of charge.;SOLUTION: A personal computer sales system having personal computer product information including software information indicated on a user terminal to access a sales center terminal via the Internet, and selling personal computers with directing manufacturing and delivery based on purchase order information and software instruction information, is provided with a license information management part 211 to manage onerous software installed on a personal computer which was sold in a past and license information of onerous upgrade software for the latest version, and license information comparison parts 212, 213 comparing license information obtained from a user terminal and license management information and making installation of the onerous software and onerous up grade software free of charge if the license information and license agreement are consistent.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO