Information distribution method and apparatus, business method, and storage medium
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsYasuhiko Isobe, Teruo Ootake
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Abstract
An information distribution method distributes contents and advertisements from a provider to a user terminal equipment via a network. A portion of the contents is replaced by arbitrary image information forming a portion of an advertisement, based on a format with which the advertisements are to be received and is requested from the user terminal equipment, and the contents in which the portion is replaced by the arbitrary image information is distributed to the user terminal equipment.
Claims17
An information distribution method for distributing contents and advertisements from a provider to a user terminal equipment via a network, comprising:
- a replacing step which replaces a portion of the contents by arbitrary image information forming a portion of an advertisement, based on a format with which the advertisements are to be received and is requested from the user terminal equipment;
- and
- a distributing step which distributes the contents in which said portion is replaced by the arbitrary image information to the user terminal equipment.
A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program for causing a computer to distribute contents and advertisements to a user terminal equipment via a network, said program comprising:
- a replacing procedure which causes the computer to replace a portion of the contents by arbitrary image information forming a portion of an advertisement, based on a format with which the advertisements are to be received and is requested from the user terminal equipment;
- and
- a distributing procedure which causes the computer to distribute the contents in which said portion is replaced by the arbitrary image information to the user terminal equipment.
An information distribution apparatus for distributing contents and advertisements to a user terminal equipment via a network, comprising:
- a replacing section which replaces a portion of the contents by arbitrary image information forming a portion of an advertisement, based on a format with which the advertisements are to be received and is requested from the user terminal equipment;
- and
- a distributing section which distributes the contents in which said portion is replaced by the arbitrary image information to the user terminal equipment.
A business method for distributing contents and advertisements from a computer of a provider to a terminal equipment of a user via a network, charging advertising charges to advertisers of the advertisements, and providing free-content services to the user, comprising:
- a managing step which manages a number of points depending on the advertisements and a format with which the advertisements are to be received and is requested from the user;
- and
- a control step which controls distribution of the contents by replacing a portion of the contents by arbitrary image information forming a portion of an advertisement, based on the format requested by the user, and controls distribution of the contents depending on the number of points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.