Information trading method, information trading system and computer readable recording medium recorded with information trading program

• US 20020046126A1
• Filed: 02/26/2001
• Published: 04/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Oshima, Masaaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,236,945 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

An information trading method and an information trading system as well as a computer readable recording medium recorded with an information trading program, capable of providing a novel information trading type including exclusive reference to information, to thereby satisfy the demands in the market.

Claims

1. An information trading method, utilizing a computer network, for registering information provided by an information provider, and for allowing an information referrer to refer to the registered information at his/her request to thereby conduct transference of an information fee between the information provider and the information referrer, comprising the steps of:

accepting, from the information provider, offered information as an offered subject, and setting of an information fee for nonexclusive information reference to said offered information, of an information fee for exclusive information reference to said offered information or of an information fee of purchase of said offered information; and

accepting, from the information referrer, designation as to whether the information referrer is to nonexclusively refer to said offered information, to exclusively refer to said offered information, or to purchase said offered information provided by the information provider.

2. An information trading method of claim 1,

wherein, when accepting, from the information provider, said setting of the information fee for the nonexclusive information reference to the offered information, there is accepted a selection by the information provider out of a fixed system where an information fee is fixed and a flexible system where an information fee is varied corresponding to the number of referred times of information.

3. An information trading method of claim 2,

wherein said flexible system is constituted such that the information fee is sequentially reduced when the number of referred times of information for a predetermined period of time is less than a predetermined number, while the information fee is sequentially increased when the number of referred times of information for the predetermined period of time is equal to the predetermined number or more.

4. An information trading method of claim 1,

wherein the information fee for the exclusive information reference is increased or decreased corresponding to the number of referred times and an averaged referring fee per reference for a predetermined period of time.

5. An information trading method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

accepting claim information concerning the information referred to by the information referrer, and

paying an information fee as a reward to the information referrer who has provided the claim information.

6. An information trading method, utilizing a computer network, for registering information provided by an information provider, and for allowing an information referrer to refer to the registered information at his/her request to thereby conduct transference of an information fee between the information provider and the information referrer, comprising the steps of:

designating as to whether the information provided by the information provider is to be nonexclusively referred to, to be exclusively referred to, or to be purchased;

transmitting the designated content; and

receiving transmitted information, corresponding to the transmitted content.

7. An information trading method, utilizing a computer network, for registering information provided by an information provider, and for allowing an information referrer to refer to the registered information at his/her request to thereby conduct transference of an information fee between the information provider and the information referrer, comprising the steps of:

setting offered information as an offered subject, and an information fee for nonexclusive information reference to said offered information, an information fee for exclusive information reference to said offered information or an information fee of purchase of said offered information; and

transmitting the information and the set content.

8. An information trading system, utilizing a computer network, comprising:

information fee setting means for setting, when registering information provided by an information provider, an information fee for nonexclusive information reference, an information fee for exclusive information reference or an information fee of purchase;

referring type designating means for designating, when allowing an information referrer to refer to the registered information his/her request, as to whether the registered information is to be nonexclusively referred to, exclusively referred to, or purchased; and

information fee transferring means for conducting, when allowing reference to the registered information, transference of an information fee between the information provider and the information referrer.

9. A computer-readable recording medium recorded with an information trading program for rendering a computer to realize, using a computer network:

a information fee setting function for setting, when registering information provided by an information provider, an information fee for nonexclusive information reference, an information fee for exclusive information reference or an information fee of purchase;

a referring type designating function for designating, when allowing an information referrer to refer to the registered information his/her request, as to whether the registered information is to be nonexclusively referred to, exclusively referred to, or purchased; and

an information fee transferring function for conducting, when allowing reference to the registered information, transference of an information fee between the information provider and the information referrer.