Abstract: A property of connection relationship information for identifying an internal/external connection of each point is registered in a part DB 1. When the part is one basic part representing a standard configuration article, an anchor ID is registered in the part DB 1 or a product DB 2. Part group extracting unit 4 extracts parts constituting a system from a design drawing generated by drawing generating unit 3 and a group of parts connected at the connection point for each basic part assigned with the anchor ID.

Abstract: In an in-operation system check processing device, an automatic exploration unit automatically checks presence/absence of devices of the in-operation system and relationship between the devices according to the design data of the in-operation system. A check list storage unit contains information on check conditions concerning problems of the devices constituting a network system found afterward. A system check unit detects a problem existing in the actual in-operation system by collating the design data and the result of the automatic exploration with the check conditions stored in the check list storage unit. A caution information output unit outputs caution information relating to the problem. Thus, it is possible to prevent a failure which may be caused in the in-operation system with a high probability and improve the operation quality.

Abstract: In a network design processing device, a network drawing creation processing unit inputs the service communication setting information for business execution in a network system to be designed and the maintenance communication setting information for maintenance management of the network system, while differentiating two types of information on a network diagram, and displays the line joining the starting point and the ending point of communications in the network diagram in display modes different for the service communications and for the maintenance communications. The design diagram data expressing the network diagram inputted by the network diagram creation processing unit is stored in a design diagram data storage unit. Based on this, a design diagram analysis unit creates a design information DB. With reference to this design information DB, a communication setting information check unit detects a setting error concerning the communication.

Abstract: A design data storage unit stores design data on constituent element constituting a computer system to be monitored. A monitoring condition storage unit stores a monitoring a monitoring condition of abnormal detection of the object to be monitored and error information to be outputted when the object meets the monitoring condition. A constituent component false failure setting unit makes a setting to cause the constituent elements in the design data to falsely fail one by one. A monitoring condition check unit checks if each monitoring condition is met when one constituent element is set in a failed state by instructing a network examining unit to examine the design data and extracts all the error information relevant to the met monitoring conditions. According to the results, information on the correspondence between the falsely failed constituent elements and all extracted error information is stored in a monitoring simulation result storage unit.

Abstract: A user information managing method, an application distributing method, a user information managing server, an application distributing server, a user information managing program, and an application distributing program to allow the application provider to easily manage the user information even if distribution of applications is outsourced to a third party are provided. The user information managing server for managing user information of a user using the application providing service includes an authenticating part for authenticating the user terminal in response to a request made from the user terminal to use the application, and a distribution requesting part for requesting, based on the result obtained from the authentication part, to the outsourced third party the distribution of the applications to the user terminal by transmitting a distribution request to the outsourced third party.

Abstract: A service provider having various application servers gains access first to a relay server when a client which has been registered in the relay server intends to use a service provided by the service provider. Then, the relay server certifies the client and connects the client to the service provider. The relay server also performs an accounting operation incidental to services used by the client. For this purpose, a member/accounting management server is connected to the relay server and a database required for this purpose is provided by the member/accounting management service.

Abstract: A club with a conference room function and a remote installation system (RIS) function is displayed on a terminal of a user through a network. A plurality of clubs are hierarchically structured. A user uploads a software program that he has created to one of the clubs so as to publish the software program for which a fee may be or may not be charged. A supervisor of a club links to a software program being uploaded to another club or moves the authority of the club to another club. Another user can download a desired software program from any club. A supervisor of each club can flexibly manage software programs registered in the club.

Abstract: A client receives a remote installation service (RIS) activated by a browser through the Internet, and notifies an RIS server of a software number corresponding to an icon pointed to and clicked by a pointing device on a home page. The RIS server provides various services such as software distribution, online shopping, communications service, transaction service, etc. according to the information.

Abstract: An identifier managing device is used in a software distribution system in which software programs are distributed to distribution terminals from a distribution center through a network, for managing information including identifiers of the distribution terminals. A host computer in the distribution center sells the software programs corresponding to the request from users at the distribution terminals, each of which is assigned a terminal identifier and a terminal password. Each of the users is assigned a user identifier and a user password. A distribution identifier is written in the software programs before the software programs are sold, and the host computer manages the history of the distribution of the software using these identifiers and the passwords. The terminal password is rewritten whenever the terminal accesses the host computer for preventing illegal duplications of the software programs at the users end.

Abstract: Remote installation system and method for enabling a user to obtain any software through a communication line and automatically install it without taking a long time and requiring labor. A host computer transmits first and second key tables and to a terminal and a display displays keywords, included in these tables on a screen. The user selects keywords, which correspond to his target software, on the screen and the host computer sends a list of software, which corresponds to the keywords he selected, to the terminal. He selects his target software prom the list which is informed to the host computer. The host computer selects it from a software group and stores it on a hard disk of the terminal through a communication line, after checking its operation circumstances using a circumstance file. It is automatically registered in the system and its drive icon is displayed in a storage window.