Information distributing apparatus and information distributing method, information receiving apparatus and information receiving met
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1. Information distributing apparatus comprising:
- providing means for providing selectable rankings of content information to be distributed to a user, said rankings being distinguished by a trait of said content information and selectable by said user, said trait selected from the group consisting of quality and class of said content information to be distributed;
billing means for providing billing information based on said rankings of said content information and type of recording medium selectable by the user for recording said content information, said billing information including first cost information associated with a first type of recording medium and second cost information, different than the first cost information, associated with a second type of recording medium;
adding means for adding said rankings and said billing information to said content information so to generate a contents distributing data packet; and
distributing means for distributing to said user said contents distributing data packet.
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Abstract
An information distributing apparatus and method wherein value standards of content information to be distributed to a user exhibit different usage values distinguished by a trait of the content information and selectable by the user. Billing for receipt of the information is based on the value standards, and the content, standards and billing information are distributed to the user.
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1. Information distributing apparatus comprising:
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providing means for providing selectable rankings of content information to be distributed to a user, said rankings being distinguished by a trait of said content information and selectable by said user, said trait selected from the group consisting of quality and class of said content information to be distributed;
billing means for providing billing information based on said rankings of said content information and type of recording medium selectable by the user for recording said content information, said billing information including first cost information associated with a first type of recording medium and second cost information, different than the first cost information, associated with a second type of recording medium;
adding means for adding said rankings and said billing information to said content information so to generate a contents distributing data packet; and
distributing means for distributing to said user said contents distributing data packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Information distributing method comprising the steps of:
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providing selectable rankings of content information to be distributed to a user, said rankings being distinguished by a trait of said content information and selectable by said user, said trait selected from a group consisting of quality and class of said content information to be distributed;
providing billing information based on said rankings of said content information and type of recording medium selectable by the user for recording said content information, said billing information including first cost information associated with a first type of recording medium and second cost information, different than the first cost information, associated with a second type of recording medium, adding said rankings and said billing information to said content information so to generate a contents distributing data packet; and
distributing to said user said contents distributing data packet. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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