Server computer system for selling digital contents by using network, player terminal for replaying digital contents by using network, system for selling digital contents by usingnetwork, method for selling digital contents by using network, and machine-readable storage medium
First Claim
1. A server computer system for selling digital contents, wherein the server computer system is connected via a network to user terminals, player terminals for replaying digital contents, and a sales center server storing the digital contents therein, and the server computer system comprises:
- creating means for creating a rack in a database as a depository for digital contents for each customer in response to a creation request from the user terminal;
storing means for storing digital contents received from the sales center server in the rack;
list sending means for receiving a request for a list of the digital contents from the player terminal via the network and creating the list from the customer'"'"'s rack to send it to the player terminal; and
contents sending means for sending digital contents selected via the network by the customer using the player terminal to the player terminal in response to a download request for the selected digital contents.
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Abstract
A user terminal 10 sends a rack creation request to a server 30; a sales center server 40 delivers contents purchased by the user terminal 10 to the server 30; the server 30 creates a rack in a database as a depository for contents for each customer in response to a rack creation request from the user terminal 10, then stores the contents delivered from the sales center server 30 in the rack, creates a list from the rack of the customer in response to a request for the list from the player terminal 20 sends it to the player terminal 20, and then sends to the player terminal 20 contents selected by the player terminal 20 in response to a download request for the selected contents.
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14 Claims
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1. A server computer system for selling digital contents, wherein the server computer system is connected via a network to user terminals, player terminals for replaying digital contents, and a sales center server storing the digital contents therein, and
the server computer system comprises: -
creating means for creating a rack in a database as a depository for digital contents for each customer in response to a creation request from the user terminal;
storing means for storing digital contents received from the sales center server in the rack;
list sending means for receiving a request for a list of the digital contents from the player terminal via the network and creating the list from the customer'"'"'s rack to send it to the player terminal; and
contents sending means for sending digital contents selected via the network by the customer using the player terminal to the player terminal in response to a download request for the selected digital contents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A player terminal for replaying digital contents using a network, wherein the player terminal is connected via the network to user terminals, a server computer, and a sales center server storing the digital contents therein, and
the player terminal comprises: -
displaying means for displaying a list of the digital contents stored in the server computer on a screen;
means for requesting download of digital contents selected by a customer from the list displayed by the displaying means; and
storing and replaying means for storing contents information including the downloaded digital contents and replaying the digital contents. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A system for selling digital contents using a network, wherein user terminals, player terminals for replaying digital contents, a sales center server storing the digital contents therein, and a server computer system are interconnected via the network, and
the system for selling digital contents are constituted by: - the server computer system comprising creating means for creating a rack in a database as a depository for digital contents for each customer in response to a creation request from the user terminal, storing means for storing digital contents received from the sales center server in the rack, list sending means for receiving a request for a list of the digital contents from the player terminal via the network and creating the list from the customer'"'"'s rack to send it to the player terminal, and contents sending means for sending digital contents selected via the network by the customer using the player terminal to the player terminal in response to a download request for the selected digital contents;
the player terminal comprising displaying means for displaying a list of digital contents stored in the server computer on a screen, means for requesting download of the digital contents selected by a customer from the list displayed by the displaying means, and storing and replaying means for storing contents information including the downloaded digital contents and replaying the digital contents;
the sales center server comprising delivering means for accepting the customer'"'"'s purchase request from the user terminal and delivering the digital contents purchased by the customer to the server computer via the network; and
the user terminal comprising requesting means for requesting, via the network, creation of the rack for each customer from the server. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
- the server computer system comprising creating means for creating a rack in a database as a depository for digital contents for each customer in response to a creation request from the user terminal, storing means for storing digital contents received from the sales center server in the rack, list sending means for receiving a request for a list of the digital contents from the player terminal via the network and creating the list from the customer'"'"'s rack to send it to the player terminal, and contents sending means for sending digital contents selected via the network by the customer using the player terminal to the player terminal in response to a download request for the selected digital contents;
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11. A method for selling digital contents using a network, wherein a server computer system for selling digital contents, a sales center server storing digital contents therein, user terminals for purchasing digital contents from the sales center server, and player terminals for replaying the digital contents are connected to the network, via which the digital contents are sold, and the method comprises the steps of:
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connecting the server computer system and the player terminal to the network;
presenting, on the network, a service by which the server computer system provides a digital contents rack for each customer;
storing, in the digital contents rack in the server computer system, digital contents purchased by a customer from the sales center server via the network with the user terminal; and
downloading the digital contents to the player terminal from the rack in response to a download request from the player terminal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14)
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13. A machine-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a digital contents sales program for selling digital contents via a network by connecting, to the network, a server computer system for selling digital contents, a sales center server storing digital contents therein, user terminals for purchasing digital contents from the sales center server, and player terminals for replaying the digital contents, wherein the machine-readable storage medium comprises the processes of:
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connecting the server computer system and the player terminal to the network;
presenting, on the network, a service by which the server computer system provides a digital contents rack for each customer;
storing, in the digital contents rack in the server computer system, digital contents purchased by a customer from the sales center server via the network with the user terminal; and
downloading the digital contents to the player terminal in response to a download request from the player terminal.
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