Communication method, computer, and program
OwnerMasakazu Ukitainventor
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Abstract
A communication method, computer, and program enabling suitable payment of a charge to a content data provider even in a case where content data is provided by a peer-to-peer system on a network, wherein a third computer registers personal management data of a content provider and a content user and content management data concerning the content data transmitted by a first computer and the third computer performs processing for payment of the charge from the content user to the content provider based on the personal management data and the content management data in response to a request for payment of charge received from a second computer.
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A communication method of a third computer for communicating with a first computer of a content provider and a second computer of a content user when said first computer transmits content data to said second computer, comprising the steps of:
- communicating by said third computer with said first computer and said second computer to register personal management data concerning said content provider and said content user, and content management data concerning said content data,
- receiving by said third computer from said second computer, a request for payment of a charge to said content provider for reception of said content data, and
- performing by said third computer a task for payment of the charge to said content provider, based on the registered personal management data and said content management data in response to said request for payment.
A computer for communicating with a first computer used by a content provider and a second computer, used by a content user, to receive content data from said first computer, comprising:
- a storage means for storing personal management data for managing said content provider and said content user, and content management data for managing said content data;
- an interface for receiving from said second computer a request for payment of a charge to said content provider for reception of said content data;
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- a controlling means for performing a task for payment of the charge to said content provider, based on said personal management data and said content management data in response to said request for payment.
A program to be executed in a computer for communicating with a first computer used by a content provider and a second computer, used by a content user, to receive content data from said first computer, comprising:
- a routine for registering personal management data for managing said content provider and said content user, and content management data for managing said content data;
- a routine for receiving from said second computer a request for payment of a charge to said content provider for the reception of said content data;
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- a routine for performing a task for payment of a charge to said content provider, based on said personal management data and said content management data in response to said request for payment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.