Contents mediating system and contents mediating method
AssigneeOki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshio Okita, Minoru Demura
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Abstract
A contents mediating system for allowing the user who requests contents to easily obtain cheap contents. A contents storing unit 4 stores contents provided from a provider terminal 1. A contents analysis search unit 6 searches the contents in the contents storing unit 4 on the basis of use request information from a contents user terminal 9 and extracts the contents. A contents distributing unit 303 distributes the contents to a Web contents memory unit 8 which is used by the user. A contents settlement unit 5 makes a charging settlement of a use consideration to the user and a supply settlement of a provision consideration to the provider.
Claims22
A contents mediating system connected via a communicating line to a provider terminal which is operated by a provider who provides contents, and a user side system having a user terminal which is operated by a user who requests and uses the contents, respectively, comprising:
- a storing unit which previously stores each of the contents provided from said provider terminal;
- an analysis search unit which, when a use request information of said user outputted from said user terminal is received, searches and extracts said corresponding contents from said storing unit based on said use request information;
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- a distributing unit which executes contents distribution for distributing said contents to said user side system.
A contents mediating method of allowing the user to obtain contents by mediating between a provider terminal which is operated by a provider who provides the contents and a user side system having a user terminal which is operated by said user who requests and uses the contents so that they can communicate with each other, comprising the steps of:
- receiving each of said contents from said provider terminal and previously storing them by using a storing unit;
- searching and extracting said contents corresponding to a use request from said storing unit when use request information of said user outputted from said user terminal is received;
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- executing contents distribution for distributing said contents to said user side system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.