Content delivery system
First Claim
1. A content delivery system for delivering content over a network, comprising:
- a subscriber serving apparatus serving a user;
a delivery server for delivering content; and
a billing server for billing for the delivery of the content, wherein the subscriber serving apparatus includes monitoring means for monitoring a data stream being delivered from the delivery server to the user, and the billing server includes judging means for judging whether to bill or not bill the user based on delivery quality of the monitored data stream, and bills the user based on the result of the judgment made by the judging means.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an information delivery system and, more particularly, to the provision of a content delivery system that properly bills a user when delivering content such as music and moving images to the user by means of streaming over the Internet. The system for delivering the content over the network comprises: a subscriber serving apparatus serving the user; a delivery server for delivering the content; and a billing server for billing for the delivery of the content, wherein the subscriber serving apparatus includes monitoring means for monitoring the data stream being delivered from the delivery server to the user, and the billing server includes judging means for judging whether to bill or not bill the user based on the delivery quality of the monitored data stream, and bills the user based on the result of the judgment made by the judging means.
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5 Claims
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1. A content delivery system for delivering content over a network, comprising:
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a subscriber serving apparatus serving a user;
a delivery server for delivering content; and
a billing server for billing for the delivery of the content, wherein the subscriber serving apparatus includes monitoring means for monitoring a data stream being delivered from the delivery server to the user, and the billing server includes judging means for judging whether to bill or not bill the user based on delivery quality of the monitored data stream, and bills the user based on the result of the judgment made by the judging means. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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2. A content delivery system for delivering content over a network, comprising;
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a subscriber serving apparatus serving a user;
a delivery server for delivering content; and
a billing server for billing for the delivery of the content, where the subscriber serving apparatus includes monitoring means for monitoring a data stream being delivered from the delivery server to the user, and judging means for judging whether to bill or not bill the user based on delivery quality of the monitored data stream, and the billing server bills the user based on the result of the judgment made by the judging means.
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