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Video information charging system

  • US 20040255320A1
  • Filed: 06/21/2004
  • Published: 12/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A video information charging system in which a fee-requiring program is broadcast from a transmitting apparatus to a receiving apparatus and a communication concerning an electronic commerce transaction for a commodity that appears in the program is performed between the receiving apparatus and a commerce management apparatus, comprising:

  • a related program acquiring section for acquiring a related program for making a display concerning a commodity that appears in the program and conducting an electronic commerce transaction for the commodity;

    a program transmitting section for transmitting a related program acquired by the related program acquiring section, the related program being included in data of the program to be broadcast, to the receiving apparatus;

    a program receiving section for receiving the data of the program that is transmitted from the program transmitting section;

    a reproducing section for reproducing the data of the program received by the program receiving section;

    an input determination section for determining whether an instruction to execute the related program contained in the data of the program received by the program receiving section has been inputted by a viewer;

    a related image display section for, if it is determined by the input determination section that the instruction has been inputted, executing the related program contained in the data of the program received by the program receiving section and thereby making a display concerning the commodity that appears in the program;

    a purchase request section for, in accordance with an instruction from the viewer, executing the related program contained in the data of the program received by the program receiving section and thereby transmitting a purchase request for the commodity displayed by the related image display section to the commerce management apparatus; and

    a charge management section for discounting a charge amount to be charged for the program when calculating the charge amount for the program, based on the display concerning the commodity displayed by the related image display section and the purchase request transmitted by the purchase request section.

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