Method of Providing Content Assigned Identifier and ID Management Device
First Claim
1. A processor-implemented method of providing identifier-assigned content, comprising:
- acknowledging, using a first affiliator identifier obtained from content assigned the first affiliator identifier, an application from a user other than an owner of the content for the same type of content as the accessed content, an affiliator identifier being used to identify an affiliator for the purpose of providing affiliate service;
embedding, in the content provided to the other user, a second affiliator identifier identifying the other user;
providing the content assigned the second affiliator identifier to the other user; and
identifying an affiliator owning the content assigned the first affiliator identifier, based on the first affiliator identifier.
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Abstract
A processor-implemented method includes: acknowledging, using a first affiliator identifier obtained from content assigned the first affiliator identifier, an application from a user other than an owner of the content for the same type of content as the accessed content, an affiliator identifier being used to identify an affiliator for the purpose of providing affiliate service, embedding, in the content provided to the other user, a second affiliator identifier identifying the other user; providing the content assigned the second affiliator identifier to the other user; and identifying an affiliator owning the content assigned the first affiliator identifier, based on the first affiliator identifier.
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8 Claims
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1. A processor-implemented method of providing identifier-assigned content, comprising:
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acknowledging, using a first affiliator identifier obtained from content assigned the first affiliator identifier, an application from a user other than an owner of the content for the same type of content as the accessed content, an affiliator identifier being used to identify an affiliator for the purpose of providing affiliate service; embedding, in the content provided to the other user, a second affiliator identifier identifying the other user; providing the content assigned the second affiliator identifier to the other user; and identifying an affiliator owning the content assigned the first affiliator identifier, based on the first affiliator identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An ID management device comprising:
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a database configured to map an affiliator identifier, which is used to identify an affiliator for the purpose of providing affiliate service, to an affiliator; an ID assignment unit configured to embed an affiliator identifier in a content; and an affiliator management unit configured to acquire a first affiliator identifier identifying a user applying for a purchase of content, and a second affiliator identifier submitted along with the application for a purchase of the content and embedded in the content that prompted the user to purchase the content, wherein the affiliator management unit refers to the database using the second affiliator identifier as a key and identifies an owner of the content that prompted the user to purchase the content, in order to pay an affiliate fee to the owner, and the ID assignment unit embeds the first affiliate identifier acquired by the affiliator management unit in the content sold to the user applying for the purchase of the content.
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7. A program embedded in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium and run on a mobile information terminal, comprising:
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a module configured to play back content assigned an affiliator identifier used to identify an affiliator for the purpose of providing affiliate service; a module configured to establish ad hoc connection with another mobile information terminal within a certain range where ad hoc connection can be established, while said content is being played back; a module configured to deliver streaming content to the other mobile information terminal with which ad hoc connection is established; and a module configured to transmit, when a user of the other mobile information terminal uses the affiliator identifier to apply for a purchase of content of the same type as said content, the affiliator identifier assigned to said content to the other mobile information terminal in order to use the transmitted affiliator identifier to identify the affiliator when paying an affiliate fee to the affiliator.
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8. A method of providing identifier-assigned content, comprising:
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acknowledging, using a first affiliator identifier obtained from content assigned the first affiliator identifier, an application from a user other than an owner of the content for a key to unlock the same type of content as the accessed content, an affiliator identifier being used to identify an affiliator for the purpose of providing affiliate service, embedding, in the key provided to the other user, a second affiliator identifier identifying the other user; providing the key assigned the second affiliator identifier to the other user; and identifying an affiliator owning the content assigned the first affiliator identifier, based on the first affiliator identifier.
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