Rental machine and storage medium

Abstract

Customer authentication, charging processing and so on may be accurately performed, in renting software which is available through communication networks such as the Internet. In a rental machine 3, a controlling part 31 performs storage processing of the software into a PC 1, i.e. a reproducing unit for the rental software, and deleting processing of the software stored in the PC 1 at expiration of a rental contract. The controlling part 31 detects an ID code relating to the subscriber line by controlling a transmitting/receiving part 33, and so on, and executes storage processing of the software through the subscriber line corresponding to the detected ID code.

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