Communication system which determines a communication fee or a monetary amount of reward

A communication system comprising a processor that functions as:

• an information transmission section that performs information transmission to an information collection apparatus via a communication network;
• a communication relaying section that performs communication relaying for connecting a mobile communication terminal to the communication network by relaying a communication to or from the mobile communication terminal;
• and
• a fee determination section that determines a communication fee for communication via the communication network, or a monetary amount of reward for the information transmission,
• wherein
• the fee determination section determines the communication fee or the monetary amount of reward, based on a first communication volume related to the information transmission, or based on a ratio of the first communication volume to a second communication volume related to the communication relaying, and
• the larger the first communication volume related to the information transmission is, or the larger the ratio of the first communication volume to the second communication volume related to the communication relaying is, the smaller communication fee or the larger monetary amount of reward the fee determination section determines.

A communication system comprising a processor that functions as:

• an information transmission section that performs information transmission to an information collection apparatus via a communication network;
• a communication relaying section that performs communication relaying for connecting a mobile communication terminal to the communication network by relaying a communication to or from the mobile communication terminal;
• and
• a fee determination section that determines a communication fee for communication via the communication network, or a monetary amount of reward for the information transmission,
• wherein
• the fee determination section determines the communication fee or the monetary amount of reward, based on a first communication volume related to the information transmission, or based on a ratio of the first communication volume to a second communication volume related to the communication relaying,
• the processor functions as a first communication section that, for the information transmission and the communication relaying, performs the communication via the communication network, through communication using a first communication scheme involving a charge, or through communication using a second communication scheme involving no charge, and
• the fee determination section determines the communication fee with respect to the communication using the first communication scheme, and determines the monetary amount of reward with respect to the first communication volume related to the information transmission using the second communication scheme.

A communication system comprising a processor that functions as:

• an information transmission section that performs information transmission to an information collection apparatus via a communication network;
• a communication relaying section that performs communication relaying for connecting a mobile communication terminal to the communication network by relaying a communication to or from the mobile communication terminal;
• and
• a fee determination section that determines a communication fee for communication via the communication network, or a monetary amount of reward for the information transmission,
• wherein
• the fee determination section determines the communication fee or the monetary amount of reward, based on a first communication volume related to the information transmission, or based on a ratio of the first communication volume to a second communication volume related to the communication relaying,
• the communication system includes a camera including an image pick-up device, or a driving recorder including an image pick-up device,
• the communication system is provided to a mobile object, and
• as the communication relaying, the communication relaying section connects the mobile communication terminal existing in the mobile object to the communication network by relaying a communication to or from the mobile communication terminal existing in the mobile object.