Trial management system, program, and computer readable recording medium recording the program
US7212980B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 4, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/10
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Upgradable functions which are to be a target of trial are previously stored as software (program) or hardware in a storage section of a system. When a user desires to try out the functions, the user gives an instruction to do so to the system via a display panel or the like. The system, upon receipt of the instruction (including the start, termination, extension of a period, etc., of a trial), provides the target functions as required, thus providing the trial of a functionally upgraded, new system to users more easily and flexibly than ever before.
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