RENTAL AND SALES METHOD, OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT METHOD OF TRIAL, RENTAL OR SOLD SOFTWARE PROGRAM, AND THE RECORDING MEDIUM OF PROGRAM INSTALLED IN TERMINAL COMPUTER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rental and sales method, and a management technique, etc., of a trial, short term rental or sold software program using communication network.;SOLUTION: A CD-ROM 11 which the program supplier supplies in accordance with the application of use from a client is set to a client's terminal 1, and the plural number of application software for the specific business transactions are installed to the terminal 1. In the case that each application program is within the trial or rental period which is set individually or its was sold, the job name is indicated on the job selecting display, so that when the job is selected, the corresponding program is initiated and its jog is executed. In the that each program of a desired job is over due date of the trial or rental period, the utilization type (that is trial, rental or purchase), the period or the purchase date of each program can be set (or reset) by connecting the client's terminal 1 to the program management equipment 3 through communication network 2 and selecting each utilization type.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2002,JPO