Bulletin board managing and charging system

• US 20020194082A1
• Filed: 02/22/2002
• Published: 12/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kuniyoshi Maruyama
• Original Assignee: Kuniyoshi Maruyama
• Inventors: Maruyama, Kuniyoshi
• Application Number:
  US10/080,822
• Publication Number:
  US 20020194082A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

On a bulletin board on the Internet, if a visitor applies for a mail transmission and a gift delivery to a posted person or to a posted message, then a confirmation is made by a storage unit that the receiver of the gift is the same receiver of the mail; a confirmation is made by a payment processing unit that a payment for the gift is completed; and a mail address of the posted person or of the posted message is notified by the storage unit to the visitor, who has completed the gift, so as to allow the visitor to send a mail to the posted person.

Claims

1. A bulletin board managing and charging system for a bulletin board on an internet, where a third person whose address is not open to public can post a message;

wherein;

upon receiving an application by a visitor for a mail transmission and a gift delivery to a posted person, said system performs a step to confirm the receiver of said gift and said mail by using a storage unit, a step to confirm a payment completion for said gift to said posted person by using payment processing means, and a step to notify a mail address of said posted person by using said storage unit, so as to allow said visitor, who has completed said gift to said posted person, to send a mail to said posted person.

2. The system set forth in claim 1, wherein said system performs, after the confirmation of said payment completion, a step to deliver said gift to said posted person by using physical distribution means.

3. A bulletin board managing and charging system for a bulletin board on an internet, where a manager posts a message;

wherein;

upon receiving an application by a visitor for a mail transmission and a gift delivery to a posted message, said system performs a step to confirm said message to which said gift and said mail are directed, by using a storage unit, a step to confirm a payment completion for said gift to said posted message by using payment processing means, and a step to notify a mail address of said posted message by using said storage unit, so as to allow said visitor, who has completed said gift to said posted message, to send a mail to said posted message.

4. The system set forth in claim 3, wherein said system performs, after the confirmation of said payment completion, a step to deliver said gift to a person who corresponds to said posted message by using physical distribution means.