Contribution processing device and method, contribution accepting device and method, program storage media, and contribution processing system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTakao Yoshimine, Mototsugu Tsutsui, Takahiko Sueyoshi, Toshinori Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Nobuyuki Uchiyama
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Abstract
The present invention realizes that a contribution is indirectly made to a content creator in the form of contribution data via a management server of an ASP in such a manner that contribution data equivalent to a given amount corresponding to a contribution button selected-on a content display screen is created and transmitted to the management server of the ASP via the Internet.
Claims12
A contribution accepting device comprising:
- contribution data receiving means for receiving from a user's terminal, after a simultaneous display at the user's terminal of a contribution icon and a content display indicative of content data for which a contribution is to be donated, contribution data equivalent to an amount decided by a user as evaluation of the provided content data;
- storage means for storing said contribution data in correspondence with said content data;
- determination means for determining whether said user is registered for payment;
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- charge processing means for charging said user for said amount equivalent to said contribution data by receiving a credit card number from said user when said user is not registered.
A contribution accepting method comprising:
- receiving from a user's terminal, after a simultaneous display at the user's terminal of a contribution icon and a content display indicative of content data for which a contribution is to be donated, contribution data of an amount decided by a user as evaluation of the provided content data;
- storing said contribution data in correspondence with said content data;
- determining whether said user is registered for payment and
- charging said user for said amount equivalent to said contribution data by receiving a credit card number from said user when said user is not registered.
A program storage medium to make an information processing device execute a program, wherein said program comprises the following functions:
- receiving from a user's terminal, after a simultaneous display at the user's terminal of a contribution icon and a content display indicative of content data for which a contribution is to be donated, contribution data of an amount decided by a user as evaluation of the provided content data;
- storing said contribution data in correspondence with said content data;
- determining whether said user is registered for payment and
- charging said user for said amount equivalent to said contribution data by receiving a credit card number from said user when said user is not registered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.