Digital content billing system using networks
First Claim
1. A digital content billing system using a network, comprising:
- a holder for having digital content and holding a right to let a third person use the digital content;
a distributor for obtaining the digital content from the holder and distributing the digital content to a user;
an advertiser for possessing an advertising information piece to be provided for the user; and
an administrator for obtaining the advertising information piece from the advertiser, receiving an execution declaration of the digital content from the user, downloading the advertising information piece and a permission for the execution declaration to the user through the network, collecting an advertisement rate, which corresponds to the number of execution times of the digital content used by the user, from the advertiser and paying an execution fee, which corresponds to the number of execution times of the digital content, to the holder.
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Abstract
An administrator contracts with an advertiser and a holder holding a right to let a third person use digital content. The holder sets the digital content to become usable by using an execution key, downloads the execution key to the administrator through a network, and downloads the digital content not made usable to a distributor through the network. The distributor downloads the digital content to a user through the network. When the user sends an execution declaration of the digital content to the administrator, the administrator downloads the execution key and an advertising information piece received from the advertiser to the user through the network. Therefore, the user can use the digital content made usable by the execution key while seeing the advertising information piece. Thereafter, the administrator collects an advertisement rate corresponding to the number of execution times of the digital content from the advertiser and pays an execution fee corresponding to the number of execution times of the digital content to the holder. Accordingly, the user can enjoy a desired digital content without charge, and the administrator is not required to collect the execution fee from each of many users.
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19 Claims
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1. A digital content billing system using a network, comprising:
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a holder for having digital content and holding a right to let a third person use the digital content;
a distributor for obtaining the digital content from the holder and distributing the digital content to a user;
an advertiser for possessing an advertising information piece to be provided for the user; and
an administrator for obtaining the advertising information piece from the advertiser, receiving an execution declaration of the digital content from the user, downloading the advertising information piece and a permission for the execution declaration to the user through the network, collecting an advertisement rate, which corresponds to the number of execution times of the digital content used by the user, from the advertiser and paying an execution fee, which corresponds to the number of execution times of the digital content, to the holder.
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2. A digital content billing system using a network, comprising:
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a holder for having digital content, which is set to become usable by an execution key, and holding a right to let a third person use the digital content;
a distributor for obtaining the digital content from the holder and distributing the digital content to a user;
an advertiser for possessing an advertising information piece to be provided for the user; and
an administrator for obtaining the execution key from the holder, obtaining the advertising information piece from the advertiser, receiving an execution declaration of the digital content from the user, downloading the advertising information piece and the execution key to the user through the network, collecting an advertisement rate, which corresponds to the number of execution times of the digital content used by the user, from the advertiser and paying an execution fee, which corresponds to the number of execution times of the digital content, to the holder. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A digital content billing system using a network, comprising:
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an advertiser for possessing an advertising information piece to be provided for a user;
a holder for receiving the advertising information piece from the advertiser, having digital content, which is set to become usable by an execution key, and holding a right to let a third person use the digital content;
a distributor for obtaining the digital content, in which the advertising information piece is included, from the holder and distributing the digital content with the advertising information piece to the user; and
an administrator for obtaining the execution key from the holder, receiving an execution declaration of the digital content from the user, downloading the execution key to the user through the network, and notifying the advertiser of the number of execution times of the digital content used by the user, wherein the holder collects an advertisement rate, which corresponds to the number of execution times of the digital content used by the user, from the advertiser, and the holder pays a download charge, which corresponds to the number of download times of the execution key downloaded from the administrator to the user, to the administrator. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A digital content billing system using a network, comprising:
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a holder for having digital content, which is set to become usable by an execution key, and holding a right to let a third person use the digital content;
an advertiser for possessing an advertising information piece to be provided for a user; and
an administrator and distributor for obtaining the digital content and the execution key from the holder, receiving the advertising information piece from the advertiser, receiving an execution declaration of the digital content from the user, downloading the digital content, the execution key and the advertising information piece to the user through the network in response to the execution declaration, collecting an advertisement rate, which corresponds to the number of execution times of the digital content used by the user, from the advertiser, and paying an execution fee, which corresponds to the number of execution times of the digital content used by the user, to the holder.
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