Digital contents distribution method and distribution system

A digital contents distribution system for distributing the digital contents from a computer via a network, the digital contents distribution system comprising:

• the computer, a contents provider terminal of a contents provider, a user terminal of a user, recommender terminals of recommenders, and a purchaser terminal of a purchaser, connected to each other via the network;
• a contents storage that stores the digital contents provided from the contents provider;
• a support storage that stores support results of support from the recommenders on the digital contents;
• and
• a purchase storage that stores purchase results of a purchase of the digital contents by the purchaser;
• wherein
• upon a request from a user terminal of a user who is a potential recommender, the computer provides information on estimated earnings to be received by a recommender to the user terminal,
• when the computer receives support for the digital contents from the user terminal, the computer identifies the user terminal as a recommender terminal,
• the computer updates the support results of the recommender terminal stored in the support storage upon receiving the support from the recommender terminal,
• the computer updates the purchase results relating to the purchase of the digital contents stored in the purchase storage upon a receipt of the purchase of the digital contents by the purchaser,
• the computer computes earnings to be received by each of the recommenders by using the updated support results of the respective recommenders stored in the support storage and the updated purchase results stored in the purchase storage, the earnings to be received by the recommenders being variable from the estimated earnings based on the support results of the respective recommenders and the purchase results of the digital contents at the time of the computation, and
• the computer transmits information on the earnings to the at least one recommender terminal via the network.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a digital contents distribution program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform:

• connecting a contents provider terminal of a contents provider, a user terminal of a user, recommender terminals of recommenders, and a purchaser terminal of a purchaser and the computer via a network;
• providing information on estimated earnings to be received by a recommender upon a request from a user terminal of a user who is a potential recommender;
• receiving, by the computer, support for the digital contents from the user terminal;
• after receiving the support from the user terminal, identifying, by the computer, the user terminal as a recommender terminal;
• updating the support results of the recommender terminal stored in the computer upon a receipt of the support from the recommender terminal;
• updating purchase results relating to the purchase of the digital contents stored in the computer upon a receipt of the purchase of the digital contents by the purchaser;
• computing earnings to be received by each of the recommenders with the computer by using the updated support results of the respective recommenders and the updated purchase results stored in the computer, the earnings to be received by the recommenders being variable from the estimated earnings based on the support results of the respective recommenders and the purchase results of the digital contents at the time of the computation;
• and
• transmitting information on the earnings from the computer to the recommender terminals via the network.