Abstract: A license managing method including an execution device that executes software and a software storage device coupled to the execution device further includes a license storage device that stores license information indicating the number of licenses for permitting a license of the software, and the license managing method includes the step of license-managing of controlling storage of the software to be downloaded into the software storage device or execution of the software by the execution device based on the license information stored in the license storage device when the software whose license permission is required is downloaded.

Abstract: A license managing method including an execution device that executes software and a software storage device coupled to the execution device further includes a license storage device that stores license information indicating the number of licenses for permitting a license of the software, and the license managing method includes the step of license-managing of controlling storage of the software to be downloaded into the software storage device or execution of the software by the execution device based on the license information stored in the license storage device when the software whose license permission is required is downloaded.

Abstract: The similar sentence search system which ensures sufficient search accuracy in a search for similar sentences is provided, the system includes a similarity calculation unit having an input string storage unit which stores an input sentence and an example sentence, a local distance calculation unit which calculates local distances based on the strings stored by the input string storage unit, a local distance storage unit which stores local distances, a path determination unit which controls the calculation performed by the cumulative distance calculation unit based on the information on strings stored by the input string storage unit, a cumulative distance calculation unit which calculates a new cumulative distance based on the local distances and the cumulative distance stored by the cumulative distance storage unit and a cumulative distance storage unit which stores the cumulative distance.

Abstract: The similar sentence search system which ensures sufficient search accuracy in a search for similar sentences includes a similarity calculation unit, an example sentence storage unit which stores example sentences and a similarity storage unit which stores similarities.