Method and system for selling content

• US 20020019724A1
• Filed: 05/17/2001
• Published: 02/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Limited (Marvell Technology Group Limited)
• Original Assignee: OKI Electric Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Sato, Masaki, Taniguchi, Masayuki, Yamamoto, Hideki, Kondo, Norio, Ikeno, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 7,206,749 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/188
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

This invention provides a method and a system for selling content capable of ensuring a fair profit of a copyrighter of a creation in content. More specifically, this invention provides a method and a system for selling content for judging whether an user terminal has purchase information of each creation in content including one or two creations or more or not and for calculating forwarding charge of the content based on whether the user terminal has purchase information of each creation in the content or not, in forwarding the content to the user terminal. The method and system for selling content enable to circulate the creation itself in the content as the object of dealing and to gain profit directly from the user of content. Therefore, the copyrighter can gain the fair profit without being influenced by the achievement of the content including the creation. This is also to encourage the creative urge of the creator and to improve the creative level of the creator. In addition, since the user of content can purchase the content including the creation having the purchase information with cheap price, consumption activity is to be vitalized effectively.

Claims

1. A method for selling content for judging whether an user terminal has purchase information of each creation in content or not and for calculating charge of the content based on whether the user terminal has purchase information of each creation in the content or not.

2. A system for selling content including at least one creations, the system comprising:

an user terminal having purchase information storing means for storing purchase information of the creations, purchase condition inquiry means for requesting a condition server to inquire relation in conditions between the content and the purchase information and execution means for the content;

a copyrighter terminal forwarding the purchase information to the user terminal;

a content creator terminal creating content including at least one creations and forwarding the content to a content sales administration server;

a content sales administration server having content storing means storing the content forwarded from the content creator terminal and sales administration means forwarding information including details and price of the content; and

a condition server having condition storing means storing the relation in conditions between the content and the purchase information and calculating the price of content based on the purchase information and searching means for searching the condition storing means.

3. A system for selling content according to claim 2 wherein a authentication server for authenticating the validity of the user terminal, the copyrighter terminal, the content creator terminal, the content sales administration server and the condition server is included in the above system.

4. A system for selling content including at least one creations, the system comprising:

an user terminal having purchase condition inquiry means for requesting a condition server to inquire relation in conditions between the content and the purchase information and execution means for the content;

a copyrighter terminal forwarding the purchase information to the user terminal;

a content creator terminal creating content including at least one creations and forwarding the content to a content sales administration server;

a content sales administration server having content storing means storing the content forwarded from the content creator terminal and sales administration means forwarding information including details and price of the content; and

a condition server having purchase information storing means for storing purchase information of the creations, condition storing means storing the relation in conditions between the content and the purchase information and calculating the price of content based on the purchase information and searching means for searching the condition storing means.

5. A system for selling content according to claim 4 wherein a authentication server for authenticating the validity of the user terminal, the copyrighter terminal, the content creator terminal, the content sales administration server and the condition server is included in the above system.

6. A system for selling content including at least one creations, the system comprising:

an user terminal having execution means for the content;

a copyrighter terminal forwarding the purchase information to the user terminal;

a content creator terminal creating content including at least one creations and forwarding the content to a content sales administration server;

a content sales administration server having content storing means storing the content forwarded from the content creator terminal, purchase condition inquiry means for requesting a condition server to inquire relation in conditions between the content and the purchase information, and sales administration means forwarding information including details and price of the content; and

a condition server having purchase information storing means for storing purchase information of the creations, condition storing means storing the relation in conditions between the content and the purchase information and calculating the price of content based on the purchase information and searching means for searching the condition storing means.

7. A system for selling content according to claim 6 wherein a authentication server for authenticating the validity of the user terminal, the copyrighter terminal, the content creator terminal, the content sales administration server and the condition server is included in the above system.