Charging system and method
OwnerKeiichi Iwamurainventor
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Abstract
In order to allow a user to alter provided information in accordance with his or her purpose, there is provided a charging system and method, in which multimedia information, and charge for information and alteration information inherent to the multimedia information are received, whether or not the received multimedia information can be used is checked on the basis of the received charge information and money information in a medium that records the money information, and whether or not the received multimedia information can be altered is checked on the basis of the received alteration information and the money information.
Claims14
A charging system for charging for information provided via a multimedia network, comprising:
- reception means for receiving multimedia information and alteration information inherent to the multimedia information via the multimedia network;
- manipulation means for manipulating money information in a medium that records the money information;
- and
- checking means for checking based on the alteration information and the money information if the multimedia information received by said reception means can be altered.
A charging method for charging for information provided via a multimedia network, comprising the steps of:
- receiving multimedia information and alteration information inherent to the multimedia information via the multimedia network;
- manipulating money information in a medium that records the money information;
- and
- checking based on the alteration information and the money information if the multimedia information received in the reception step can be altered.
A computer program product comprising a computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code means embodied in said medium for a charging method for charging for information provided via a multimedia network, said product comprising:
- first computer-readable program code means for receiving multimedia information and alteration information inherent to the multimedia information via the multimedia network;
- second computer-readable program code means for manipulating money information in a medium that records the money information;
- and
- third computer-readable program code means for checking based on the alteration information and the money information if the multimedia information received in the reception step can be altered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.