Title:
INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002008115
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To make easy the purchase of contents.
This information distribution system is so set that prepaid information is recorded in a record medium for recording the contents to be distributed and, in distributing them, charging information registered in a server side is renewed according to the prepaid information read out from the record medium so as to settle accounts therewith.
Inventors:
YOSHIDA TADAO
KITSUKAWA CHISATO
ICHII YOSHIHIKO
KITSUKAWA CHISATO
ICHII YOSHIHIKO
Application Number:
JP2000194918A
Publication Date:
January 11, 2002
Filing Date:
June 23, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP
International Classes:
G07F7/08; G06F13/00; G06F17/00; G06F21/10; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/28; G06Q30/04; G06Q30/06; G06Q50/00; G07F17/00; G10K15/02; G11B20/12; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; H04N21/4185; H04N21/462; H04N21/658; (IPC1-7): G07F7/08; G06F13/00; G06F17/60; G07F17/00; G10K15/02; H04N7/16; H04N7/173
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akio Waki
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