Contents circulation charging distributing system, method, device, and program, and program recorded medium

• US 20030172012A1
• Filed: 05/06/2003
• Published: 09/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Harada, Tadanori, Otsuka, Masaya
• Application Number:
  US10/258,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20030172012A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis

Abstract

By receiving delivery information of the contents, the earning by the delivery charge are recognized (S311). The license holder of the distributing earning right and the distribution rate for the contents receiving earning are recognized (S313), distribution earning for the license holder relative to the earning is calculated (S315), a trading is executed with a bank terminal having a bank account for the license holder, and distribution earning are deposited (S317, S319).

Claims

1. ) a contents circulation charge distribution apparatus comprising:

a contents server for delivering contents; and

a contents client for receiving delivery of said contents from said contents server, wherein said contents circulation charge distribution apparatus is characterized by;

recognizing delivery of contents from said contents server to said contents client;

recognizing earning by said recognized said delivery;

recognizing license holder and distribution rate for earning license assignment set to the contents which is recognized the earning; and

calculating distributing earning to be distributed to each license holder among said recognized earning based on said recognized license holder and distribution rate.

2. ) A contents circulation charge distribution method characterized by comprising:

recognizing earning based on contents delivered to a contents client from a contents server to be connected to a network; and

calculating distributing earning of each license holder among said recognized earning based on license holder who has right to receive earning based on said contents and data related to a distribution rate.

3. ) A contents circulation charge distribution apparatus characterized by comprising:

earning recognizing means for recognizing earning based on contents to be delivered;

distributing license holder recognizing means for recognizing license holder and distribution rate of the distributing earning license set to said contents on which the earning are recognized by said earning recognizing means; and

distributing earning calculation means for calculating distributing earning to be distributed to said license holder recognized by said distributing license holder recognizing means regarding recognized earning by said earning recognizing means based on said distribution rate recognized by said distributing license holder recognizing means.

4. ) The contents circulation charge distribution apparatus as cited in claim 3, characterized by further comprising:

delivery recognizing means for recognizing delivery of said contents form a contents server to a contents client, wherein

said earning recognizing means recognizes delivery earning obtained by delivery recognized by said delivery recognizing means as said earning.

5. ) The contents circulation charge distribution apparatus as cited in claim 4, characterized in which

said delivery earning include at least one among delivery charge for the contents, advertisement rate requested at each delivery of advertisement delivered together with said contents.

6. ) The contents circulation charge distribution apparatus as cited in claim 3, characterized in which

said earning recognition means recognizes temporal earning obtained regardless of delivery of said contents as said earning.

7. ) The contents circulation charge distribution apparatus as cited in claim 5, characterized in which

said temporal earning are advertisement rate paid upon establishment of contracts for the advertisement delivered together with said contents or at every predetermined intervals.

9. ) A recording medium wherein the contents circulation charge distribution program as cited in claim 7 is recorded.

8. ) A contents circulation charge distribution program readable by computer for equipping functions comprising:

earning recognizing function for recognizing earning based on contents to be delivered;

distributing license holder recognizing function for recognizing license holder and distribution rate of the distributing earning license set to said contents on which the earning are recognized by said earning recognizing function; and

distributing earning calculation function for calculating distributing earning to be delivered to said license holder recognized by said distributing license holder recognizing function regarding recognized earning by said earning recognizing function based on said distribution rate recognized by said distributing license holder recognizing function.