JPH08278879A - Software installation system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] It is not necessary to assign a password for each software stored in one software providing medium such as a CD-ROM, and the installation work and password management are simplified. [Structure] One software providing medium (CD-ROM
A software installation system for selecting and installing software to which a usage right has been given by a password from a plurality of software stored in 4), wherein the password indicates the storage location in the CD-ROM 4 of each software to be installed. Management information 23
Is added to the CD-ROM 4, and the installation processing unit 8 that installs the software of the CD-ROM 4 is
It is characterized in that the management information 23 added to the password associated with is read, and the software installation process from the CD-ROM 4 is performed based on the read management information 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for installing software in a computer (hereinafter referred to as an information processing device), and more particularly to a CD-ROM (CD ROM).
The present invention relates to a software installation system suitable for efficiently selecting and installing specific software from a plurality of software stored in a large-capacity storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, software used for a computer is generally provided by using a floppy disk (FD, flexible disk) or the like as a medium. This floppy disk is created for each software, is given a usage right, and is provided to the customer. The customer installs the software on the computer from this floppy disk. However, in recent years, the number of related software is increasing due to the increase in scale and diversification of software. In the technology of creating and providing a providing medium such as a floppy disk for each such software, the The quantity increases and the cost increases.

In order to deal with such a problem, it has become popular to use a large capacity CD-ROM as a medium for providing software. That is, it has become common to store and provide a plurality of software in a single CD-ROM. However, the customer is a single CD-R
Not all of the software stored in the OM is desired to be used and purchased, and it is necessary to charge only the purchased software to be installed.
Therefore, for example, as described on page 50 of "Nikkei PC May 9, 1994 issue" issued by Nikkei BP,
Technology has been developed that uses passwords to install software. That is, the usage right of each software is provided by the password.

In this case, the password is set for each software, and another password is required to install other software stored in the same providing medium. Therefore, when installing software, it is necessary for the customer to have each of the installation target software issue a corresponding password from the software provider. As described above, by using the password, it is possible to prevent the unauthorized use of the software without the usage right. However, in recent years, not only one piece of software is used, but many pieces of software are used in association with other software. Conventionally, passwords are individually applied to such related software, so that installation work and password management are complicated.

[0005]

The problem to be solved is that in the prior art, it is not possible to provide individual usage rights for each software stored in one software providing medium with one password. Is.
An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional techniques, to eliminate the need to assign a password for each software stored in one software providing medium, to avoid an increase in the number of passwords, and to simplify installation work and password management. It is to provide a software installation system that enables the above.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the software installation system of the present invention comprises:
(1) Software that selects and installs software to which a usage right has been granted with a password from a plurality of software stored in one software providing medium.
In the installation system, the storage location information (management information 23) indicating the storage location of each piece of software to be installed in the software providing medium (CD-ROM 4) is added to the password, and the CD-ROM
The installation processing unit 8 that installs the software from the CD 4 reads the management information 23 added to the password associated with the CD-ROM 4, and based on the read management information 23, the software from the CD-ROM 4 is read. It is characterized by performing the installation process of. (2) In the software / installation system described in (1) above, device identification information (system device ID 21) for identifying the information processing device 3 including the installation processing unit 8 is added to the password, and the installation processing unit is added. Reference numeral 8 collates the system device ID 21 of the password input via the input device 2 with the system device ID 21 stored in the information processing device 3, and if each system device ID 21 matches, the CD- R
It is characterized by performing software installation processing from the OM4. Also, (3) above (1), or
In the software installation system according to any one of (2), medium identification information (CD-ROM ID22) for identifying the CD-ROM 4 is added to the password, and the installation processing unit 8 inputs the password via the input device 2. CD-ROM ID22 and CD- of the entered password
The CD-ROM / ID 22 registered in the ROM 4 is collated, and when the CD-ROM / ID medium identification information matches, the software installation process from the CD-ROM 4 is performed.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the password notified to the customer includes management information (stored in the password-providing medium (CD-ROM, etc.)) indicating the location where the software for which the customer has the right to use is stored. Since the location information) is included, the installation processing unit can install only the software in the storage location indicated by the password. That is, the customer can install all the software to which the usage right is granted, with one password for each software providing medium. As described above, in the present invention, the usage right of each software stored in one software providing medium can be determined by one password associated with one software providing medium.

Information for identifying a legitimate information processing device (device identification information) is used in the password notified to the customer.
In addition to adding information for identifying the software providing medium (medium identification information), the information is registered in the information processing device or the software providing medium, and the registered information and the password information input from the input device are added. Is checked. As a result, it is possible to prevent the unauthorized use of the software other than the designated information processing device, and it is possible to avoid installing the wrong software from the wrong software providing medium.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the configuration of the software installation system of the present invention according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a CRT (Cathod)
e Ray Tube, cathode ray tube) and the like, 2 is an input device such as a keyboard and mouse, 3 is a CPU (Central Processing Un)
It, a central processing unit) and the like for performing various processes by a storage program method, 4 is a CD-ROM as a large-capacity storage medium, and 5 is a CD-ROM for reading information from the CD-ROM 4. The driver 6 is a hard disk as an external storage device.

A plurality of software are stored in the CD-ROM 4, and the user of this system has the right to use some of these software. CD-ROM4
It can be read from, stored in the hard disk 6, and used in the information processing device 3. That is, the information processing device 3 has at least a main control unit 7 that controls the processing operation of the entire device, and an installation processing unit 8 that performs the installation process of the software according to the present invention. , Software is read from the CD-ROM 4 via the CD-ROM driver 5.

At this time, the installation processing unit 8 reads the installation information 20 shown in FIG. 2 from the password input via the input device 2, and based on this installation information 20, only the software with the usage right is stored in the CD.
Take out from ROM 4 and store in hard disk 6 As shown in FIG. 2, the installation information 20 includes a system device ID 21 for identifying the information processing device on which the installation is performed and a C for identifying the CD-ROM.
It is composed of a D-ROM ID 22 and management information 23 indicating the storage location in the CD-ROM of the installation target software to which the usage right has been given.

The system device ID 21 of FIG. 2 is unique to the information processing device 3 that the user of the information processing device 3 has contacted in advance with the provider of the CD-ROM 4. The installation processing unit 8 uses the system device ID 21 of FIG.
It is determined whether or not the input password corresponds to the information processing device 3. In this way, by adding the system device ID 21 of FIG. 2 to the password,
CD-R using this password by another information processing device
It is possible to prevent unauthorized removal of the OM4 software.

The CD-ROM ID 22 shown in FIG.
The provider of the ROM4 adds it uniquely to the CD-ROM4. The CD-ROM ID22 is the CD-ROM.
4 is also stored together with the plurality of software 40 as shown in FIG. The installation processing unit 8 uses this C
The CD-ROM in which the password entered by the D-ROM ID 22 is installed in the CD-ROM driver 5
It is determined whether or not it corresponds to No. 4. in this way,
Password and CD-ROM4, CD-RO of Figure 2
By adding the M · ID 22, it is possible to prevent erroneous reading of software from a CD-ROM other than the CD-ROM 4.

Then, the installation processing section 8 determines whether the CD-based recording location information indicated by the management information 23 in FIG.
Each software stored in the ROM 4 is read into the hard disk 6. In this way, by adding the management information 23 of FIG. 2 to the password, it is possible to identify a plurality of softwares that have the right to use the information processing apparatus 1 with one password. Hereinafter, the operation of installing the software according to the present invention by the installation processing unit 8 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the software installation system in FIG. 1 according to the present invention. First, before this processing, the software provider asks the customer who purchased the information processing apparatus to use the CD-RO.
Send M. A plurality of software is stored in this CD-ROM together with the software for each demonstration. The customer executes this demonstration software, selects the software that he / she wants to install, and uses the model name that identifies the software to be installed and the system device ID of the information processing device at the installation destination as the software provider. contact.

The software provider specifies the CD-ROM in which the software is stored from the model name of the contacted software, and creates management information regarding the storage location of the software to be installed. A CD-RO for recognizing the management information, the system device ID contacted by the customer, and the CD-ROM storing the software to be installed.
The M / ID is created as installation information (step 401). Further, this installation information is encrypted by an encryption algorithm to create an encryption code (step 402). A readable code of this encryption code is a password, which is provided to the customer (step 403).

The customer, to whom the password is provided, uses the CD-ROM corresponding to the received password in the information processing device.
The ROM 4 is a CD-RO connected to the information processing device.
The M driver is loaded, the installation processing unit is activated, and the received password is input from the input device.
After being started, the installation processing unit restores the readable password to the original encrypted code (step 4).
04), by decrypting the encrypted code,
The installation information is restored (step 405).

Then, the installation processing section obtains the system device ID from the restored installation information (step 406) and collates this system device ID with the system device ID stored in the information processing device itself (step 406). Step 407). If they match, then the CD-ROM
The CD-ROM ID for recognizing the CD-ROM is acquired (step 408), and the CD-ROM ID and the CD-ROM are acquired.
The CD-ROM ID registered in itself is collated (step 409). Then, if the CD-ROM IDs match, based on the management information included in the installation information, the storage location in the CD-ROM of the software to which the usage right is given and which is the installation target is confirmed, and these software are It is installed in the hard disk in the information processing device (step 410). Incidentally, step 40
If either one of the collation results of 7 or 409 does not match, the installation cannot be performed (step 411).

As described above, in the software installation system according to the present embodiment, the password notified to the customer indicates the position in the software providing medium where the software that the customer has the right to use is stored ( Since the storage location information) is included, only the software at the storage location indicated by this password can be installed, and the software is stored in this CD-ROM based on one password associated with one CD-ROM. It is possible to determine the usage right of a plurality of the created software. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention, and one of the other embodiments will be described below.

In the above embodiment, the software provider is the system device ID 21 and the CD as shown in FIG.
-The installation information 20 including the ROM ID 22 and the management information 23 is created, but as shown in FIG.
Instead of the management information 23 in FIG. 2, the installation information 50 may be created using the number information 51 indicating the order in which the software to be installed is stored in the CD-ROM. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, C of FIG. 1 provided from the software provider to the customer.
The D-ROM 4 has a C for identifying the CD-ROM 4.
In addition to the D-ROM ID 22 and the plurality of software 40, management information 23 regarding the storage location of each software in the CD-ROM is stored.

The operation of installing the software according to the present invention in this case is as follows. The software provider determines the CD-R that stores this software based on the model name of the software contacted by the customer.
The OM is specified, the number information 51 indicating the order in which the software to be installed is stored in the CD-ROM is created, and this number information 51, the system device ID 21, and the CD-ROM / ID 22 are The installation information 50 required by the installation processing unit is provided, and the customer is provided with a password in which the installation information 50 is encrypted / readable coded.

When the customer inputs the provided password through the input device, the installation processing unit uses the password (installation information 50) as the system device ID.
21 and the CD-ROM ID 22 are obtained and collated with the contents stored in the information processing device and the CD-ROM. If they match, the number information 51 and the CD- Based on the management information 23 contained in the ROM, the storage location of the software to be installed in the CD-ROM is confirmed, and each software is installed in the information processing device.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6, in the present embodiment, the management information and the like indicating the storage location of the software to be installed in the CD-ROM is added to the password. , Out of the plurality of software groups stored in the CD-ROM, only the software to which the usage right is given can be installed. That is, by always providing one password to the CD-ROM, it becomes possible to install all the software to be installed. Furthermore, information (system device ID) for identifying a valid information processing device in which each software can be installed is added to this password.
Or information identifying the CD-ROM (CD-ROM
By adding D), it is possible to prevent the unauthorized use of the software by a device other than the designated information processing device, and avoid the installation of the wrong software from the wrong CD-ROM.

[0024]

According to the present invention, a single password can be used to provide individual usage rights for a plurality of software stored in a single software providing medium such as a CD-ROM. It is not necessary to assign a password for each software stored in, so it is possible to avoid an increase in the number of passwords and simplify installation work and password management.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a configuration of a software installation system of the present invention according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of installation information created by an installation processing unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing one data configuration example in the CD-ROM of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the software installation system in FIG. 1 according to the present invention.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing another configuration example of installation information created by the installation processing unit in FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is an explanatory diagram showing another data configuration example in the CD-ROM of FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Display device, 2: Input device, 3: Information processing device, 4:
CD-ROM, 5: CD-ROM driver, 6: hard disk, 7: main control unit, 8: installation processing unit, 2
0, 50: installation information, 21: system device I
D, 22: CD-ROM ID, 23: management information, 4
0: Software, 51: Number information

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Yutaka Maruta 2-14-6 Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside Nikkei Electronic Service Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A software installation system for selecting and installing software to which a usage right is given by a password from a plurality of software stored in one software providing medium, wherein each of the installation targets is set to the password. Installation processing means for adding storage location information indicating each storage location of the software in the software providing medium and performing installation processing of the software from the software providing medium is added to the password associated with the software providing medium. A software installation system, which reads the stored storage position information, and installs software from the software providing medium based on the read storage position information. 2. The software installation system according to claim 1, wherein device identification information for identifying an information processing device having said installation processing means is added to said password, and said installation processing means uses an input device. By collating the device identification information of the password input via the device with the device identification information corresponding to the information processing device, and if the device identification information matches, the installation of software from the software providing medium A software installation system characterized by performing processing. 3. The software installation system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein medium identification information for identifying the software providing medium is added to the password, and the installation processing means When the medium identification information of the password input via the input device and the medium identification information registered in the software providing medium are collated, and the medium identification information matches, the software providing medium A software installation system characterized by performing software installation processing from.