Recommending system, recommending server, content recommending method, and recommending program product

A recommending server capable to connect to a user terminal and content server via a network, comprising:

• a communications unit that transmits recommendation data to the user terminal upon receipt of recommendation request from the user terminal, the recommendation data containing an identifier of provided content and a subscription time, at which the user terminal is permitted to start downloading the provided content, in correspondence with the identifier of the provided content.

A content recommending method for use in a recommending system comprising the steps of:

• transmitting, by a recommending server, the recommendation data to a user terminal when a recommendation request is received from the user terminal, the recommendation data containing an identifier of provided content and a subscription time, at which the user terminal is permitted to start downloading the provided content, in correspondence with the identifier of the provided content;
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• transmitting, by the user terminal, the content request to a content server at the subscription time in correspondence with the identifier of the provided content in the recommendation data, when the identifier of the provided content contained in the recommendation data is selected to input an operation signal for downloading the content.

A content recommending method for use in a recommending server comprising the step of:

• transmitting recommendation data to a user terminal when recommendation request is received from the user terminal, the recommendation data containing an identifier of provided content and a subscription time, at which the user terminal is permitted to start downloading the provided content, in correspondence with the identifier of the provided content.

A recommender program product for use in a recommending server, which causes a computer to execute the step of transmitting recommendation data to a user terminal when recommendation request is received from the user terminal, the recommendation data containing an identifier of provided content and a subscription time, at which a content server starts providing the content to the user terminal, in correspondence with the identifier of the provided content.