Rental machine and storage medium
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1. A rental machine comprising:
- storage means for storing software in an electronic device which reproduces said software; and
deleting means for deleting said software stored in said electronic devices, at expiration of a rental contract.
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Abstract
Customer authentication, charging processing and so on may be accurately performed, in renting software which is available through communication networks such as the Internet.
In a rental machine 3, a controlling part 31 performs storage processing of the software into a PC 1, i.e. a reproducing unit for the rental software, and deleting processing of the software stored in the PC 1 at expiration of a rental contract. The controlling part 31 detects an ID code relating to the subscriber line by controlling a transmitting/receiving part 33, and so on, and executes storage processing of the software through the subscriber line corresponding to the detected ID code.
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5 Claims
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1. A rental machine comprising:
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storage means for storing software in an electronic device which reproduces said software; and
deleting means for deleting said software stored in said electronic devices, at expiration of a rental contract. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5)
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4. A rental machine comprising:
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storage means for storing software in an electronic device which reproduces said software; and
preventing means for preventing starting of said software stored in said electronic device at expiration of a rental contract.
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