US 2004/0177043 A1 · Contents sales method and cyber mall system using such method and storage medium storing therein its contents sales program

Abstract

A cyber mall system has a contents sales apparatus for selling digital contents, a contents purchasing apparatus, and a network for connecting those components. When the digital contents are registered into the contents sales apparatus, in the case where the digital contents are sold by the contents sales apparatus for defining digital contents using conditions constructed by a server side access control to the digital contents which is executed on the contents sales apparatus side and a physical act restriction to control an access to the digital contents which is executed on the contents purchasing apparatus side that purchased the digital contents, digital contents personal using conditions are generated on the basis of the digital contents using conditions and are given to a customer. When the digital contents are again purchased if the delivery of the digital contents fails, so long as the digital contents personal using conditions given at the time of purchase are valid, the digital contents are again delivered without again collecting a digital contents value.

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Dependent claims

A digital contents sales cyber mall system of a using condition sales type, wherein a contents sales apparatus which sells digital contents is connected to a contents purchasing apparatus, and

in a contents sales method, when said digital contents are registered into said contents sales apparatus, digital contents using conditions comprising a server side access control to said digital contents which is executed on said contents sales apparatus side and a physical act restriction to control an access to said digital contents which is executed on said contents purchasing apparatus side that purchased said digital contents are defined.

A contents sales method in a cyber shop apparatus which sells digital contents and is connected to a contents sales apparatus, wherein

when said digital contents to be sold are registered into said contents sales apparatus, a goods price of the digital contents, customer information of the digital contents, a digital contents value comprising a contract regarding the use of the digital contents, and goods attributes of the digital contents are further defined, and one digital contents is registered as a plurality of goods by a combination of digital contents using conditions, said digital contents value, and said goods attributes of the digital contents.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Contents sales method and cyber mall system using such method and storage medium storing therein its contents sales program

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Contents sales method and cyber mall system using such method and storage medium storing therein its contents sales program

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