Electronic mall system
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsNarihiro Omoto, Toshikazu Takigawa
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Abstract
An electronic mall system is constituted of an ASP electronic mall and an ASP registration DB. Applications available for selection are represented as icons and a common execution screen is generated. The icons are linked with the ASP registration DB. The accounts are settled with each user and each ASP by measuring the application utilization time of the user and collating it with the ASP registration DB. A high-performance infrastructure environment is provided to support ASPs.
Claims8
An electronic mall system comprising:
- storage means for registering execution applications of a plurality of application service providers;
- means for settling the utilization charge for each user corresponding to the amount of utilization of each application and the application service charge acquired by each application service provider;
- means for generating, in said application service provider registration storage means, application service provider registration information in response to an application registration request which may be received from any application service provider;
- and
- means for executing a plurality of applications of a plurality of different application service providers.
A method for executing applications of an electronic mall, comprising the steps of:
- settling an utilization charge for each user corresponding to the amount of utilization of each application and the application service charge acquired by each application service provider;
- storing the application service provider registration information in storage means in response to a request, if any, for application registration from an application service provider;
- and
- executing applications of a plurality of different application service providers.
A computer-readable storage medium for executing applications of an electronic mall, comprising the functions of:
- settling an utilization charge for each user corresponding to the amount of utilization of each application and the application service charge acquired by each application service provider;
- storing the application service provider registration information in storage means in response to a request, if any, for application registration from an application service provider;
- and
- executing applications of a plurality of different application service providers.
An electronic mall system linked with a plurality of application service providers, comprising:
- an electronic mall including storage means for registering the execution applications of a plurality of application service providers, means for settling the utilization charge of each user corresponding to the amount of utilization of each application and the application service charge acquired by each application service provider, means for generating the application service provider registration information in said storage means in response to an application registration request, if any, from said application service provider, and means for executing the applications of a plurality of different application service providers;
- at least a user terminal processing unit for requesting said electronic mall to process an application;
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- a plurality of application service provider units connected to said electronic mall through a network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.