Point pass-on system

A point-pass on system running in computer software for restoring points issued by virtual organizations and/or real organizations to the organizations, the system comprising:

• conversion rate storing means for storing conversion rates of converting points issued by the organizations to reference points, the conversion rates being stored correspondingly to the organizations;
• point calculating means for converting points issued by each of the organizations and held by a member or affiliate to the reference points with reference to the associated conversion rate in the conversion rate storing means;
• member information storing means for storing member information including points issued by organizations and held by a members, and held reference points converted from the points;
• content providing means for collecting a participation fee from a member by reference points, and providing the member with a content, wherein the reference points of the participation fees are subtracted from the held reference points of the member stored in the member information storing means;
• and
• point confirmation/consumption notification means for confirming between each of the organizations and the point pass-on system whether or not points declared by a member are held by the member, and for notifying each of the organizations of points consumed in the point pass-on system,
• wherein the point calculating means is further adapted to calculate an accumulated amount of participation fees collected from members as consumed points for each of the organizations.