Device for transaction of contents through a network

• US 20070282755A1
• Filed: 07/31/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Biglobe Ltd (KDDI Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC Biglobe Ltd (KDDI Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Seiji
• Application Number:
  US11/882,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282755A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/66
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3672 initialising or reloading thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A method, device, system, and program for transaction of contents through a network are provided. In this transaction system, user terminals are configured to allow users to conduct transactions. A user sends a notification that the user hopes to register contents and prescribed items thereof in a data base in a center through the Internet. A Web server in the center registers the contents and the prescribed items thereof sent from the user in the data base. When use or transfer of the contents sent from the user occurs, a token according to the occurrence is sent to a user who hopes to use or transfer the contents. In the case of accidents concerning contents and tokens, appropriation/compensation is implemented from funds for handling trouble to a user who suffers a loss of benefit. Thereby, it becomes possible to conduct transaction of contents easily and securely, spread around detail of contents extensively, and receive contents promptly which a user hopes to use.

Claims

1. A device for transaction of contents through a network, when consent of use/delivery or transfer/delivery of contents concerned in a first user is requests by a second user, comprising a first means of deriving a token for the consent of use/delivery or the transfer/delivery of the contents, and sending the token to the second user through a network or using an off-network medium.

19. The device for transaction of contents through a network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first means comprises a step of deriving a token for collection of cost from the second user to the first user concerned in the consent of use/delivery or the transfer/delivery of the contents, and sending the token to the first user through a network or using an off-network medium.

2. A device for transaction of contents through a network, when transfer of a token for consent of use/delivery or transfer/delivery of contents held by a first user is requested by a second user, comprising a second means of sending the token for the consent of use/delivery or the transfer/delivery of the contents sent from the first user to the second user through a network or using an off-network medium.

20. The device for transaction of contents through a network as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second means comprises a step of deriving a new token for collection of cost from the second user to the first user concerned in the transfer of the token, and sending the new-derived token to the first user through a network or using an off-network medium.

3. A device for transaction of contents through a network, when transfer of a token for collection of cost held by a first user is requested by a second user, comprising a third means of sending the token for the collection of the cost sent from the first user to the second user through a network or using an off-network medium.

21. The device for transaction of contents through a network as claimed in claim 3, wherein the third means comprises a step of deriving a new token for collection of cost from the second user to the first user concerning the transfer of the token, and sending the new-derived token to the first user through a network or using an off-network medium.

4. A device for transaction of contents through a network, when realization of detail displayed in a token for consent of use/delivery or transfer/delivery of contents held by a first user is requested by the first user, comprising a fourth means of implementing the consent of use or the transfer of the contents by sending the contents to the first user through a network or using an off-network medium.

5. A device for transaction of contents through a network, when realization of detail displayed in a token for collection of cost from a second user to a first user held by the first user is requested by the first user, comprising a fifth means of implementing the collection of the cost from the second user to the first user.

6. A device for transaction of contents through a network, comprising a sixth means of collecting original funds from a user and holding the original funds in order to form funds for handling trouble, which are used for appropriation or compensation in the case of an accident concerned in contents and a token.

22. The device for transaction of contents through a network as claimed in claim 6, when collection of the funds for handling trouble, appropriation and compensation were implemented, further comprising a sixteenth means of writing down the effect of the implementation in a data base in a center.

23. The device for transaction of contents through a network as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

a sixteenth means of writing down an effect of implementation of collection of the funds for handling trouble, appropriation and compensation in a data base in a center, when collection of the funds for handling trouble, appropriation and compensation were implemented; and

a seventeenth means of displaying situations about collection of the funds for handling trouble, appropriation and compensation on a user terminal of a user who is to receive collection of the funds for handling trouble, appropriation or compensation.

7. A device for transaction of contents through a network, comprising:

a sixth means of collecting original funds from a user and holding the original funds in order to form funds for handling trouble, which are used for appropriation or compensation in the case of an accident concerned in contents and a token, wherein;

the sixth means includes steps of setting up new original funds calculated by adding interest arrears to the original fun, setting up a new deadline for collecting the new original funds, and displaying a warning that the original funds are uncollected and a reminder that the user who should pay the original funds should pay the new original funds by the new deadline on a user terminal of the user, when the original funds are not collected from the user by a deadline for collecting the original funds.

26. The device for transaction of contents through a network as claimed in claim 7, in the case of displaying the warning and the reminder on the user terminal, further comprising a twentieth means of writing down a record of displaying the warning and the reminder on the user terminal in a data base in a center.

8. A device for transaction of contents through a network, comprising:

a sixth means of collecting original funds from a user and holding the original funds in order to form funds for handling trouble, which are used for appropriation or compensation in the case of an accident concerned in contents and a token; and

a seventh means of banning the user who should pay the original funds from conducting transaction of contents or a token, and writing off contents and an adaptation thereof whose rightful claimant is the user and which are registered in a data base in a center, when it becomes definite that the user does not pay the original funds.

24. The device for transaction of contents through a network as claimed in claim 8, further comprising an eighteenth means of displaying a notification that the user was banned from conducting transaction of contents and a token and the contents were written off on a user terminal of the user who was banned from conducting transaction of contents and a token.

25. The device for transaction of contents through a network as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

an eighteenth means of displaying a notification that the user was banned from conducting transaction of contents and a token and the contents were written off on a user terminal of the user who was banned from conducting transaction of contents and a token; and

a nineteenth means of writing down the effect that the user was banned from conducting transaction of contents and a token and the contents were written off in a data base in a center.

9. A device for transaction of contents through a network, comprising:

a sixth means of collecting original funds from a user and holding the original funds in order to form funds for handling trouble, which are used for appropriation or compensation in the case of an accident concerned in contents and a token; and

an eighth means of setting up new cost calculated by adding interest arrears to cost, setting up a new deadline for collection of the new cost, and displaying a warning that the cost is uncollected and a reminder that a user who should pay the cost should pay the new cost by the new deadline on a terminal of the user, when a token for collection of cost concerned in consent of use/delivery or transfer/delivery of contents, or a token for collection of cost concerned in transfer of a token is presented, and the cost is uncollected from the user by a deadline for collection of the cost.

10. A device for transaction of contents through a network, comprising:

a sixth means of collecting original funds from a user and holding the original funds in order to form funds for handling trouble, which are used for appropriation or compensation in the case of an accident concerned in contents and a token; and

an eighth means of setting up new cost calculated by adding interest arrears to cost, setting up a new deadline for collection of the new cost, and displaying a warning that the cost is uncollected and a reminder that a user who should pay the cost should pay the new cost by the new deadline on a terminal of the user, when a token for collection of cost concerned in consent of use/delivery or transfer/delivery of contents, or a token for collection of cost concerned in transfer of a token is presented, and the cost is uncollected from the user by a deadline for collection of the cost, wherein;

the eighth means further includes a step of implementing appropriation from the funds for handling trouble to a user who is to receive the new cost, when it becomes definite that the new cost is not collected from the user who should pay the new cost by the new deadline.

11. A device for transaction of contents through a network, comprising:

a sixth means of collecting original funds from a user and holding the original funds in order to form funds for handling trouble, which are used for appropriation or compensation in the case of an accident concerned in contents and a token;

an eighth means of setting up new cost calculated by adding interest arrears to cost, setting up a new deadline for collection of the new cost, and displaying a warning that the cost is uncollected and a reminder that a user who should pay the cost should pay the new cost by the new deadline on a terminal of the user, when a token for collection of cost concerned in consent of use/delivery or transfer/delivery of contents, or a token for collection of cost concerned in transfer of a token is presented, and the cost is uncollected from the user by a deadline for collection of the cost; and

a ninth means of banning the user who should pay the cost from conducting transaction of contents or a token, and writing off contents and an adaptation thereof whose rightful claimant is the user and which are registered in a data base in a center, when it becomes definite that the user does not pay the new cost.

12. A device for transaction of contents through a network, comprising:

a sixth means of collecting original funds from a user and holding the original funds in order to form funds for handling trouble, which are used for appropriation or compensation in the case of an accident concerned in contents and a token; and

a tenth means of displaying a warning that an accident occurred in using contents registered in a data base in a center by a user and a reminder that the user should avoid the accident concerned in the contents on a user terminal of the user who registered the contents, in the case of the accident in using the contents.

13. A device for transaction of contents through a network, comprising:

a sixth means of collecting original funds from a user and holding the original funds in order to form funds for handling trouble, which are used for appropriation or compensation in the case of an accident concerned in contents and a token; and

a tenth means of displaying a warning that an accident occurred in using contents registered in a data base in a center by a user and a reminder that the user should avoid the accident concerned in the contents on a user terminal of the user who registered the contents, in the case of the accident in using the contents, wherein;

the tenth means includes a step of compensating a user who presented a token for consent of use/delivery or transfer/delivery of the contents to which the accident occurred during a period of presentation for the token with the funds for handling trouble, when it becomes definite that the accident concerned in the contents is not avoided.

14. A device for transaction of contents through a network, comprising:

a sixth means of collecting original funds from a user and holding the original funds in order to form funds for handling trouble, which are used for appropriation or compensation in the case of an accident concerned in contents and a token;

a tenth means of displaying a warning that an accident occurred in using contents registered in a data base in a center by a user and a reminder that the user should avoid the accident concerned in the contents on a user terminal of the user who registered the contents, in the case of the accident in using the contents; and

an eleventh means of banning the user who should avoid the accident from conducting transaction of contents or a token, and writing off contents and an adaptation thereof, which are registered in a data base in a center and whose rightful claimant is the user, from the data base in the center, when it becomes definite that the accident concerned in the contents to which the accident occurred is not avoided.

15. A device for transaction of contents through a network, comprising:

a sixth means of collecting original funds from a user and holding the original funds in order to form funds for handling trouble, which are used for appropriation or compensation in the case of an accident concerned in contents and a token;

a seventh means of banning the user who should pay the original funds from conducting transaction of contents or a token, and writing off contents and an adaptation thereof whose rightful claimant is the user and which are registered in a data base in a center, when it becomes definite that the user does not pay the original funds; and

a twelfth means of compensating a user, who presented a token for consent of use/delivery or transfer/delivery of the written-off contents and an adaptation of the written-off contents during a period of presentation for the token, with the funds for handling trouble.

16. A device for transaction of contents through a network, when presentation for realization of detail displayed in a token is not implemented by a prescribed deadline during a period of presentation, comprising a thirteenth means of displaying a warning that the presentation is not implemented on a user terminal of a user who holds the token.

17. A device for transaction of contents through a network comprising fourteenth means of displaying situations about consent of use/delivery or transfer/delivery of contents and collection of cost on a user terminal of a user concerned in the contents.

18. A device for transaction of contents through a network comprising a fifteenth means of displaying/informing information about a warning, reminder, and period of presentation with at least one selected from characters, color, illustration, and voice on a user terminal.