CN1698058A

CN1698058A - Content providing system, information processing device and method, and program

Info

Publication number: CN1698058A
Application number: CN 200480000522
Authority: CN
Inventors: 塚崎秀雄; 浅加浩太郎; 栗原章
Original assignee: Sony Corp
Current assignee: Sony Corp
Priority date: 2003-05-20
Filing date: 2004-05-20
Publication date: 2005-11-16
Also published as: JP2004348203A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a content-providing system, information-processing apparatus, information-processing methods and programs which are capable of keeping up with changes in content value. A license server 221 transmits a utilization condition and a price table to a terminal 211. The terminal 211 has set contents stored in advance in a database 212. In an offline environment, the terminal 211 is capable of utilizing desired contents by using an electronic point count. The terminal 211 transmits information on contents used by the terminal 211 to the license server 221. The license server 221 collects a history of utilizations of contents in the terminal 211, extracts apparatus favorite contents for the terminal 211 from a database and properly transmits the favorite contents as well as price data reflecting changes in price to the terminal 211. The present invention is thus suitable for a system for providing contents.

Description

Content provides system, messaging device, information processing method and program

Technical field

The present invention relates to content system, messaging device, information processing method and program are provided.More specifically, the present invention relates to effectively to provide the content of content system to be provided, to provide messaging device and information processing method that uses in the system and the program of implementing described information processing method in described content.

Background technology

Fig. 1 provides the view of the Typical Disposition of system for the content of being announced among the Japanese patent laid-open 2002-359616 is shown.

The encrypted content that terminal 1 sends by network 2 received content servers 3.The head of received content comprises the licence sign that is used to identify the required licence of use content.Terminal 1 sends license request by network 2 to license server 4 based on the licence sign.When receiving this request, license server 4 was carried out charge and is handled before sending licence to terminal 1.As long as terminal 1 has the licence that uses content, terminal 1 just can and be reproduced decryption content to contents decryption.

The service condition that license server 4 sends to the licence of terminal 1 comprises restriction service time of the restricted license term of validity.

Yet in said method, the value of content is assumed to be fixed value, thereby the problem of said method is: as time goes by, can not revise licence according to the actual change of contents value.

In addition, though license server 4 can be known the licence of granting terminal 1, license server 4 can not be grasped the actual user mode of content in the terminal 1.

Summary of the invention

Thereby what address the above problem the purpose of this invention is to provide the server that variation in a kind of can the variation with contents value be consistent and grasp the actual user mode of content in the terminal.

It is that a kind of like this content provides system that first content provided by the invention provides system, and it comprises the terminal of using content and is connected to terminal and is used for the server of organize content by network.First content provides system to be characterised in that:

Terminal comprises:

The memory storage that is used for prior stored contents;

Request unit, the content ID and be used to of described request device by being sent in a plurality of contents that are stored in the memory storage sign predetermined content to server buys the electronic points of predetermined content and asks to use predetermined content, wherein, predetermined content belongs to the scope that will buy;

Receiving trap, when request unit is asked, form and service condition that content ID is associated with electronic points that described receiving trap reception server sends;

Service condition memory storage, described service condition memory storage are used to store service condition and the form that receiving trap receives; And

Use actuating unit, described use actuating unit is carried out the use of the predetermined content that belongs to described scope based on being stored in service condition in the service condition memory storage and form; Simultaneously

Server comprises:

The service condition dispensing device, described service condition dispensing device sends form and the service condition that content ID is associated with electronic points to terminal, wherein, service condition is used to use the predetermined content that belongs to context, uses predetermined content by the request unit request of adopting in terminal;

The sales history information memory storage, described sales history information memory storage is used to store the sales history information of the predetermined content that belongs to described scope, as the information that comprises the content ID that identifies predetermined content, use predetermined content by the request unit request of in terminal, adopting;

Gathering-device, the sales figure of the described gathering-device content that collection terminal uses based on being stored in sales history information in the sales history information memory storage; And

Carry out the processing execution device of processing based on sales figure; And

In the processing of the electronic points of upgrading form, the service condition dispensing device that adopts in the server also sends content ID, with the electronic points that is updated and the renewal of electronic points, simultaneously, the service condition memory storage that adopts in the terminal upgrades form based on the renewal of content ID that receives from server and electronic points.

According to above-mentioned first invention, in terminal, the content ID and being used to by sign predetermined content in a plurality of contents that are sent in prior storage to server buys the electronic points of predetermined content and asks to use the predetermined content that belongs to certain scope.Then, the form and the service condition that content ID is associated with electronic points of reception server transmission.Subsequently, based on service condition and described form and carry out the use of the predetermined content that belongs to described scope.

On the other hand, in server, send described form and service condition to terminal.Then, store the sales history information of the predetermined content that belongs to described scope.Subsequently, based on sales history information and the sales figure of the employed content of collection terminal.At last, execution is based on the processing of sales figure.

In addition, in the processing of the electronic points of upgrading described form, in server, to terminal send content ID, with the electronic points that is updated and the renewal of electronic points.On the other hand, in terminal, upgrade described form based on the renewal of content ID that receives from server and electronic points.

First information treatment facility provided by the invention is a kind of terminal information treatment facility that uses content that is connected to by network.First information treatment facility is characterised in that first information treatment facility comprises:

Dispensing device, described dispensing device sends the service condition of the predetermined content that form that the content ID make content is associated with electronic points and use belong to context to terminal, wherein, terminal request use predetermined content;

Sales history information memory storage, described sales history information memory storage are used to store the sales history information from the predetermined content that belongs to described scope of terminal reception, as the information that comprises the content ID that identifies predetermined content;

Carry out the processing execution device of processing based on sales figure; Wherein, in the processing of the electronic points of upgrading form, dispensing device also to terminal send content ID, with the electronic points that is updated and the renewal of electronic points.

In first information treatment facility, the sales history information that is stored in the sales history information memory storage further comprises the device id that is used for marking terminal.

First information treatment facility can further have:

Be used to obtain to carry out the acquisition device of historical information, wherein, carry out the execution history that historical information represents to be stored in the use of the content in the terminal; And

Use the historical information memory storage, described use historical information memory storage is used for storing the use historical information, and described use historical information comprises from obtaining the content ID that device receives.In first information treatment facility, the service recorder of gathering-device further employed content of collection terminal based on using historical information.

First information treatment facility further comprises the hobby extraction element, described hobby extraction element based on be stored in using the use historical information in the historical information memory storage and being stored in terminal with like relevant information, and extract the information of following content, wherein, described each content is all as the user's who uses terminal hobby.In the case, dispensing device sends the information of being extracted by the hobby extraction element to terminal, and wherein, described information is each all information of the content of conduct use terminal user's hobby.

First information disposal route provided by the invention is characterised in that first information disposal route comprises:

First forwarding step in this step, sends the service condition of the predetermined content that form that the content ID make content is associated with electronic points and use belong to context to terminal, wherein, and terminal request use predetermined content;

Sales history information storage controlled step, operation below the control in this step: store from the sales history information of the predetermined content that belongs to described scope of terminal reception, described information is as the information that comprises the content ID that identifies predetermined content;

Collect step, in this step, the sales history information that stores in the operation of controlling based on the processing of carrying out in sales history information storage controlled step and the sales figure of the content that collection terminal uses;

Carry out the processing execution step of processing based on sales figure; And

Second forwarding step, in the processing of the electronic points of upgrading form, second forwarding step to terminal send content ID, with the electronic points that is updated and the renewal of electronic points.

First program provided by the invention is characterised in that first program is the program of being carried out by computing machine that is used to implement following processing, and described processing comprises:

According to above-mentioned second invention, send the form that the content ID make content is associated with electronic points and be used to use the service condition that belongs to the predetermined content in the context to terminal, wherein, terminal request use predetermined content.Then, based on the sales history information that receives from terminal and the sales figure of the used content of collection terminal, wherein, described sales history information is to comprise that sign belongs to the information of content ID of the predetermined content of described scope.Subsequently, execution is based on the processing of sales figure.In addition, in the processing of the electronic points of upgrading described form, to terminal send content ID, with the electronic points that is updated and the renewal of electronic points.

Second messaging device provided by the invention is a kind of messaging device that is connected to the server that is used to provide content by network.Second messaging device is characterised in that second messaging device comprises:

The memory storage that is used for prior stored contents;

Use actuating unit, described use actuating unit is carried out the use of the predetermined content that belongs to described scope based on being stored in service condition in the service condition memory storage and form, wherein,

When from server received content ID, with the renewal of the electronic points that is updated and electronic points, the service condition memory storage upgrades form based on the renewal of the electronic points of content ID that receives and reception

Second messaging device further comprises the ID memory storage that is used for storage facilities ID, and wherein, device id is used to identify second messaging device.Request unit with the content ID of the predetermined content that belongs to the scope that will buy and the electronic points that is used to buy predetermined content send device id from the ID memory storage, use the predetermined content that belongs to described scope with request.

Second messaging device can further comprise:

Carry out the historical information memory storage, described execution historical information memory storage is used to store the execution historical information of execution history of use that expression belongs to the predetermined content of described scope; And

Carry out the historical information dispensing device, described execution historical information dispensing device is used for sending the execution historical information that is stored in execution historical information memory storage to server.

In second messaging device, receiving trap is further from the hobby content relevant information of server reception with the user who uses second messaging device, as the information based on the execution historical information; And, use actuating unit to carry out the use of the predetermined content that belongs to described scope based on the information relevant with the hobby content.

Second information processing method provided by the invention is characterised in that second information processing method comprises:

Request step, in this step, content ID and being used to by sign predetermined content in a plurality of contents that are sent in from prior storage to server buys the electronic points of predetermined content and asks to use predetermined content, and wherein, predetermined content belongs to the scope that will buy;

Receiving step, when in the processing that request step is carried out, asking, reception server sends in receiving step form and service condition that content ID is associated with electronic points;

Service condition storage controlled step, operation below the control in this step: in the service condition storage unit, be stored in the service condition and the form that receive in the processing of receiving step execution;

Use execution in step, in this step, service condition that stores in the operation of controlling based on the processing of carrying out at the service condition storing step and form and carry out the use of the predetermined content that belongs to described scope, and

Step of updating when from server received content ID with when upgrading, the content-based ID of step of updating, is upgraded the form that is stored in the service condition storage unit with the renewal of the electronic points that is updated and electronic points.

Second program provided by the invention is characterised in that second program is to be carried out to implement the program of following processing by computing machine, and described processing comprises:

Use execution in step, in this step, service condition that stores in the operation of controlling based on the processing of carrying out at the service condition storing step and form and carry out the use of content, and

According to above-mentioned the 3rd invention, the content ID and being used to by sign predetermined content in a plurality of contents that are sent in prior storage to server buys the electronic points of predetermined content and asks to use the predetermined content that belongs to the scope that will buy.Then, the form and the service condition that content ID is associated with electronic points of reception server transmission.Subsequently, based on service condition and described form and carry out the use of predetermined content.In addition, when from server received content ID with when upgrading, content-based ID, described form is upgraded in the renewal of the electronic points that is updated and electronic points.

It is that the content that comprises terminal and server provides system that second content provided by the invention provides system.Second content provides system to be characterised in that:

Terminal comprises:

The memory storage that is used for prior stored contents;

ID memory storage, described ID memory storage are used to the program ID that stores the device id of terminal or be used to use the application program of content;

Request unit, described request device content ID and device id or the program ID by sending the sign predetermined content to server asks to use predetermined content, wherein, determines predetermined content in the content in being stored in memory storage;

Receiving trap, when request unit is asked, the service condition that described receiving trap reception server sends;

Use actuating unit, described use actuating unit is carried out the use of predetermined content by the execution of application program based on service condition, and

Server comprises:

The service condition dispensing device, described service condition dispensing device sends the service condition of using predetermined content to terminal, wherein, uses predetermined content by the request unit request of adopting in the terminal;

Use the historical information memory storage, described use historical information memory storage is used to store the information that comprises content ID and device id or program ID that used request unit receives in the terminal, as the use historical information of predetermined content;

Gathering-device, described gathering-device is the service recorder of the collection terminal employed content of execution that use or application program based on being stored in the use historical information used in the historical information memory storage; And

Carry out the processing execution device of processing based on service recorder.

According to above-mentioned the 4th invention, prior stored contents in terminal.Then, the program ID of the application program of the device id of storage terminal or use content.Subsequently, by content ID and device id or the program ID to server transmission sign predetermined content, and predetermined content is used in request.Then, when described request, the service condition that reception server sends.At last, based on the service condition of executive utility, and the use of execution predetermined content.

On the other hand, in server, send the service condition of using predetermined content to terminal, wherein, described predetermined content is that terminal request is used.Then, store the information that comprises content ID and device id or program ID that receives from terminal, as the use historical information of predetermined content.Subsequently, based on the use historical information that stores and collection terminal is employed or the service recorder of the employed content of execution of application program.At last, execution is based on the processing of service recorder.

Provide in the system at second content, the memory storage of terminal can be installed on the terminal and can pull down from terminal.

Might provide second content that system is provided with following configuration, wherein:

Terminal further comprises carries out the historical information memory storage, and described execution historical information memory storage is used to store the execution historical information of the execution history of the application program of representing the use predetermined content;

Server further comprises the acquisition device, and described acquisition device is used for obtaining the execution historical information that stores at the used execution historical information memory storage of terminal;

Used use historical information memory storage is used to store the use historical information that comprises content ID and device id or program ID that used request unit receives in the terminal and obtains the execution historical information that device obtains in the server; And

The service recorder of used gathering-device collection terminal employed content of execution that use or application program and the executive logging of application program in the server based on using historical information.

Might provide second content that system is provided with another configuration, wherein:

Server further comprises the acquisition device, and described acquisition device is from the information of terminal acquisition except that content ID, and wherein, content ID is the information relevant with predetermined content, and predetermined content is used in the request unit request of adopting in the terminal;

Used use historical information memory storage is used to store content ID and device id or the program ID that used request unit receives in the terminal and obtains the information except that content ID that device obtains in the server; And

The service recorder of used gathering-device collection terminal employed content of execution that use or application program in the server based on using historical information.

Provide in other configuration of system at second content, the information except that content ID can be the sales date of the sale price or the content of content.

Terminal further comprises mobile/copy device, and described moving/copy device is used for the service condition that the interior perhaps receiving trap that is stored in memory storage receives is moved or copy to other terminal;

Server further comprises the acquisition device that is used for obtaining from described terminal the device id of other terminal, and wherein, the mobile/copy device that adopts in described terminal moves or copy to other terminal to interior perhaps service condition;

Used use historical information memory storage is used for storing and uses historical information in the server, uses content ID that historical information comprises that used request unit receives in the terminal and used request unit receives in the terminal device id or obtain the device id that device obtains; And

The interior used gathering-device of server is the service recorder of the employed content of collection terminal based on using historical information.

Might revise second content the another configuration of system is provided, thereby:

Acquisition device used in the server further obtains temporal information from terminal, and temporal information is that used moving/copy device moves or time of copied content or service condition to other terminal in the terminal;

Used use historical information memory storage is used for storing and uses historical information in the server, the device id that use content ID that historical information comprises that used request unit receives in the terminal, used request unit receives in the terminal or obtain the device id that device obtains and obtain the temporal information that device obtains; And

Used acquisition device further obtains interior perhaps service condition have been moved to the device id of other terminal of described terminal in the server from other terminal;

Might further revise the above-mentioned modification that second content provides the another configuration of system, thereby:

Acquisition device used in the server further obtains temporal information from other terminal, and temporal information is the time that other terminal moves interior perhaps service condition or copy to described terminal;

Server further comprises pick-up unit, and described pick-up unit is used for the illegal use of sense terminals content; And

The restriction of service condition dispensing device sends service condition to being detected the terminal of carrying out illegal use.

The 3rd messaging device provided by the invention is characterised in that the 3rd messaging device comprises:

The service condition dispensing device, described service condition dispensing device sends the service condition that is used to use predetermined content to terminal, and wherein, terminal request is used predetermined content;

Use the historical information memory storage, described use historical information memory storage is used to store the use historical information that receives from terminal, uses historical information to comprise the device id of the content ID of predetermined content and terminal or uses the program ID of the application program of predetermined content;

Gathering-device, described gathering-device is based on the use historical information that is stored in the use historical information memory storage, and the service recorder of the collection terminal employed content of execution that use or application program; And

The 3rd information processing method provided by the invention is characterised in that the 3rd information processing method comprises:

The service condition forwarding step in this step, sends the service condition that is used to use predetermined content to terminal, and wherein, terminal request is used predetermined content;

Use the historical information storing step, in this step, store the use historical information that receives from terminal, use historical information to comprise the device id of the content ID of predetermined content and terminal or use the program ID of the application program of predetermined content;

Collect step, in this step, based on the use historical information that in the processing of using the historical information storing step to carry out, stores, and the service recorder of the collection terminal employed content of execution that use or application program; And

Carry out the processing execution step of processing based on service recorder.

The 3rd program provided by the invention be characterised in that the 3rd program be by computing machine carry out to implement the program of following processing, described processing comprises:

Service condition sends controlled step, and this step is used to control following operation: send the service condition that is used to use predetermined content to terminal, wherein, terminal request is used predetermined content;

Use historical information storage controlled step, this step is used to control following operation: store the use historical information that receives from terminal, use historical information to comprise the device id of the content ID of predetermined content and terminal or use the program ID of the application program of predetermined content;

Collect controlled step, this step is used for controlling following operation: based on the use historical information that stores in the processing of using historical information storage controlled step to carry out, and the service recorder of the collection terminal employed content of execution that use or application program; And

Control the processing execution controlled step of carrying out the processing operation based on service recorder.

According to above-mentioned the 5th invention, send the service condition that is used to use predetermined content to terminal, wherein, terminal request is used predetermined content.Then, store the use historical information that receives from terminal, using historical information is the information of program ID that comprises the device id of the content ID of predetermined content and terminal or use the application program of predetermined content.Subsequently, based on the use historical information that stores, and the service recorder of the collection terminal employed content of execution that use or application program.At last, execution is based on the processing of service recorder.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 provides the view of the Typical Disposition of system for conventional content is shown;

Fig. 2 provides the view of the Typical Disposition of system for content provided by the invention is shown;

Fig. 3 is the view that typical sales histories table is shown;

Fig. 4 is the view that typical equipment control table is shown;

Fig. 5 is the view that typical setting content admin table is shown;

Fig. 6 is the key diagram of reference when the feedback of describing based on sales figure, and wherein, described feedback is the feedback to terminal manufacturer and content production merchant.

Fig. 7 provides the block diagram of the Typical Disposition of the terminal that adopts in the system for being illustrated in content shown in Figure 2;

Fig. 8 provides the block diagram of the exemplary functions configuration of the terminal that adopts in the system for being illustrated in content shown in Figure 2;

Fig. 9 provides the block diagram of the Typical Disposition of the server that adopts in the system for being illustrated in content shown in Figure 2;

Figure 10 provides the block diagram of the exemplary functions configuration of the server that adopts in the system for being illustrated in content shown in Figure 2;

Figure 11 illustrates the explanatory process flow diagram that expression produces the processing of setting content database, equipment control table and setting content admin table;

Figure 12 illustrates expression to sell the processing of setting content and collect the explanatory process flow diagram of the processing of sales figure;

Figure 13 provides the block diagram of another exemplary functions configuration of the terminal that adopts in the system for being illustrated in content shown in Figure 2;

Figure 14 illustrates the view that another typical case sells history lists;

Figure 15 is the view that the program management table is shown;

Figure 16 illustrates the view that application program is carried out the history management table;

Figure 17 provides the view of another Typical Disposition of system for content provided by the invention is shown;

Figure 18 provides the block diagram of the exemplary functions configuration of the license server that adopts in the system for being illustrated in Figure 17 content;

Figure 19 is the view that typical service condition is shown;

Figure 20 is the view that typical sales histories table is shown;

Figure 21 is the view that typical equipment control table is shown;

Figure 22 is the view that typical setting content admin table is shown;

Figure 23 is the view that typical price list is shown;

Figure 24 is the view that typical use historical collection table is shown;

Figure 25 is the view that typical content use table is shown;

Figure 26 is the view that typical equipment hobby table is shown;

Figure 27 provides the block diagram of the exemplary functions configuration of the content server that adopts in the system for being illustrated in content shown in Figure 17;

Figure 28 is the view that the typical case's table that is stored in the content data base is shown;

Figure 29 provides the block diagram of the Typical Disposition of the terminal that adopts in the system for being illustrated in content shown in Figure 17;

Figure 30 illustrates the view that is stored in the typical case's table that uses in the historical data base;

Figure 31 is the view that the typical case's table that is stored in the hobby content data base is shown;

Figure 32 is the view that the typical case's table that is stored in the purchase database is shown;

Figure 33 illustrates the explanatory process flow diagram that expression produces the processing of setting content database, equipment control table, setting content admin table, price list and service condition database;

Figure 34 illustrates the explanatory process flow diagram that the processing of setting content licence is sold in expression;

Figure 35 illustrates and is illustrated in the explanatory process flow diagram of buying the processing of setting content in the terminal;

Figure 36 illustrates the continuous figure of the explanatory process flow diagram that is illustrated in the processing of buying setting content in the terminal;

Figure 37 illustrates and is illustrated in the explanatory process flow diagram that reproduces the processing of setting content in the terminal;

Figure 38 illustrates the continuous figure of the explanatory process flow diagram that is illustrated in the processing of reproducing setting content in the terminal;

Figure 39 illustrates expression and transmits the explanatory process flow diagram that uses historical processing;

Figure 40 illustrates the explanatory process flow diagram that expression sends the processing of hobby content-data;

Figure 41 illustrates the explanatory process flow diagram that is illustrated in the processing of reproducing the hobby content in the terminal;

Figure 42 illustrates the continuous figure of the explanatory process flow diagram that is illustrated in the processing of reproducing the hobby content in the terminal;

Figure 43 illustrates the explanatory process flow diagram that the processing of price is upgraded in expression;

Figure 44 illustrates and is illustrated in the explanatory process flow diagram that upgrades the processing of price list in the license server;

Figure 45 illustrates the explanatory process flow diagram that the processing of price data is upgraded in expression;

Figure 46 is the key diagram of reference when describing the content price renewal; And

Figure 47 is another key diagram of reference when describing the content price renewal.

Embodiment

Explain embodiments of the invention below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.

At first, explain the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 provides the view of the Typical Disposition of system for content provided by the invention is shown.

Sell N the terminal 11-1 to 11-N that has setting content database 12-1 to 12-N respectively on market, wherein, each is used to store predetermined content setting content database 12-1 to 12-N, and each predetermined content is at the following setting content that is called.If distinguishing terminal 11-1 to 11-N mutually, they just are referred to as terminal 11 below each.Except terminal 11-1 to 11-N, this kind uses unified reference number to represent the mode of same components also to can be applicable to all identical assemblies.The user who buys terminal 11 can use setting content in the setting content database that is stored in terminal 11 by operating terminal 11.Setting content is the content that stores or set in terminal that the user buys 11 in advance.Should point out that each terminal can directly or by network 2 be communicated by letter with other terminal 11.

As later detailed description ground, in order to use setting content, terminal 11 sends the content ID that the unique device id of terminal 11 and user is wished the setting content that uses by network 2 to server 21, and announcement server 21 users wish to buy setting content.

Buy the condition that notice sends to terminal 11 according to server 21 for the response setting content, terminal 11 is carried out and is used the use that is stored in the setting content in the setting content database 12 to handle, and wherein, described condition is to use the requirement of setting content.Be called service condition below the requirement of use setting content.Using the example of the use processing of setting content is the processing of reproducing setting content.

As mentioned above, during from the terminal 11 receptions setting content purchase notice that purchase is asked as setting content, server 21 is to the essential service condition of terminal 11 transmission use setting contents.

At this moment, server 21 is cataloged to the information relevant with setting content in sales histories table 21A shown in Figure 3.The information relevant with setting content comprises the sale price of distributing to the device id of buying terminal 11, the content ID that distributes to setting content, setting content and the sales date of setting content, wherein, the described terminal 11 of having bought comprises by the setting content of setting the ID sign.In addition, according to predetermined timing, server 21 is collected the sale or the service recorder of setting content of each contents producer of each manufacturer that is used for terminal 11 or setting content.

Server 21 also have as shown in Figure 4 equipment control table 21B and setting content admin table 21C as shown in Figure 5.Equipment control table 21B is the model of each manufacturer of making terminal 11, terminal 11 and the inter-related form of device id of distributing to terminal 11.Setting content admin table 21C is the form that each contents producer of making content is associated with the content ID that distributes to content.Thereby, by using sales histories table 21A shown in Figure 3, equipment control table 21B shown in Figure 4 and setting content admin table 21C shown in Figure 5, the sales figure that can collect setting content from each contents producer of each manufacturer of terminal 11 or setting content.

According to sales histories table 21A shown in Figure 3,3 setting content Ca, Cb and Cc in terminal 11-1, have been bought, as described setting content; In terminal 11-2, bought setting content Ca, as described setting content; And, in terminal 11-3, bought setting content Ca and Cd, as described setting content.

That is to say that in the case, the sales figure of collection for example is the record of the following situation of expression: in terminal 11-1 that terminal manufacturer M1 makes and 11-2, sell 4 setting contents, as described setting content; In terminal 11-3 that terminal manufacturer M2 makes and 11-4, sell 1 setting content, as described setting content.In addition, the setting content Ca of the contents producer made that is called Label L1 and 4 copies altogether of Cb have been sold; Sold 1 copy altogether of the setting content Cc of the contents producer made that is called Label L2; And, sold the setting content Cd of the contents producer made that is called Label L3 and 1 copy altogether of Ce.

In fact,, provide setting content to the user of terminal 11 according to the present invention, as the setting content that is stored in the setting content database 12, thereby, needn't download setting contents from server 21.Therefore, comparable download setting content is taken time and is used setting content quickly, and the system management merchant can reduce expense, as the cost of maintaining network 2.

In addition, because server 21 is collected the sales figure of setting content of each contents producer of each manufacturer that is used for terminal or setting content as mentioned above, therefore, based on sales figure, can operate this content system is provided, general each manufacturer of requesting terminal and each contents producer of setting content are paid according to the quantity of the setting content of selling, as shown in Figure 6.For the wallet of setting content payment is drawn together and setting content copyright corresponding cost.In addition, can operate this content system is provided, provide participation in the system in content with the contents producer that promotes terminal manufacturer and setting content.

Should point out that sales figure can comprise sale price and sales date.

Fig. 7 is the view that the Typical Disposition of terminal 11 is shown.As shown in FIG., CPU (CPU (central processing unit)) 51 is connected to input/output interface 56 by bus 55.When CPU 51 passes through input/output interface 56 from input block 58 reception orders, 51 of CPU order corresponding program to be encased in the RAM (random access memory) 53 from recording medium with this, and carry out this program, wherein, input block 58 comprises keyboard and mouse.Recording medium can be ROM (ROM (read-only memory)) 52, hard disk 54 or be installed in recording medium on the driver 60.Described recording medium can be disk 61, CD 62, magneto-optic disk 63 or semiconductor memory 64.If desired, CPU 51 further passes through the result that input/output interface 56 is carried out as LCD (liquid crystal display) unit written-out program to output unit 57.

ROM 52 also is used to store the device id of terminal 11, and hard disk 54 also is used to store the setting content database 12 that comprises setting content, but in Fig. 7 not shown setting content database 12 itself.Should point out that setting content is stored in the setting content database 12 with encrypted state.

Communication unit 59 is connected to the Internet 2, and is to be used for the assembly of communicating by letter with server 21.

Fig. 8 is the exemplary functions configuration of terminal 11.

GUI processing module 112 is from the assembly of CPU 51 to RAM 53 and the module of output unit 57 and input block 58 enforcements by scope.GUI processing module 112 shows predetermined GUI, and notifies GUI users the operation of execution to control module 111.

Encryption processing module 113 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 51 to RAM 53 by scope.113 pairs of encryption processing module are used to set up the verification msg of communicating by letter with server 21 and encrypt.Verification msg comprises device id and signature.By using the decruption key that receives from control module 111, encryption processing module 113 is also to being decrypted from the setting content that setting content database 12 receives by control module 111.

Communication module 114 is modules of being implemented from assembly and the communication unit 59 of CPU 51 to RAM 53 by scope.Communication module 114 is carried out and server 21 processing of checking mutually by using verification msg, so that the communication path of foundation and server 21, described communication path is as the communication path that transmits information with the high safety protectiveness.Communication module 114 is communicated by letter with server 21 by the communication path of setting up.

Control module 111 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 51 to RAM 53 by scope.Control module 111 other modules of control.

Fig. 9 is the view that the Typical Disposition of server 21 is shown.Because the configuration of server 21 and the configuration of terminal 11 are basic identical, therefore, do not repeat detailed explanation.Yet, under the situation of server 21, hard disk 74 also is used to store sales histories table 21A shown in Figure 3, equipment control table 21B shown in Figure 4 and setting content admin table 21C shown in Figure 5, but in Fig. 9 not shown sales histories table 21A, equipment control table 21B and setting content admin table 21C.In addition, hard disk 74 also is used to store the essential service condition of using each setting content.

Figure 10 is the view that the exemplary functions configuration of server 21 is shown.

Service condition database 132 is stored in the hard disk 74.Service condition database 132 is used to store the essential service condition of using each setting content, and wherein, each setting content is stored in the setting content database 12 that is adopted in the terminal 11.Service condition comprises sale price, reproduces number of times, copies permission and decruption key.Management data storage unit 133 also is stored in the hard disk 74.Management data storage unit 133 also is used to store sales histories table 21A shown in Figure 3, equipment control table 21B shown in Figure 4 and setting content admin table 21C shown in Figure 5.

Encryption processing module 134 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope.134 pairs of encryption processing module will send to the information such as the service condition of terminal 11 and encrypt.

Communication module 135 is modules of being implemented from assembly and the communication unit 79 of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope.Communication module 135 execution and terminal 11 processing of checking mutually, so that the communication path of foundation and terminal 11, described communication path is as the communication path that transmits information with the high safety protectiveness.Communication module 135 is communicated by letter with terminal 11 by the communication path of setting up.

Control module 131 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope.Control module 131 other modules of control.

By in conjunction with process flow diagram shown in Figure 11, the processing of explaining that terminal manufacturer shown in Figure 6, contents producer and system management merchant carry out is below described, so that in terminal 11, create sales histories table 21A, and in server 21, create equipment control table 21B and setting content admin table 21C.

At first, in step S1, contents producer is made setting content, and provides setting content to terminal manufacturer.Then, in next step S2, the terminal manufacturer granting is used for the device id of terminal 11, and in ROM 52 write device ID.Terminal manufacturer also construct setting content database 12 and in hard disk 54 storing and setting content data base 12, wherein, setting content database 12 is used for the setting content that the stored contents wright provides.

Subsequently, in next step S3, the system management merchant produces equipment control table 21B shown in Figure 4, and as the form that is expressed as follows information, described information for example is the name of the Termination ID of terminal manufacturer granting, the device id of distributing to terminal 11, terminal manufacturer and the model of terminal 11.The system management merchant also produces setting content admin table 21C shown in Figure 5, as the form that is expressed as follows information, described information for example is the name of the content ID contents producer granting and that distribute to setting content and terminal manufacturer, and wherein, described setting content offers terminal manufacturer.Then, system management merchant storage facilities admin table 21B and setting content admin table 21C in the hard disk 74 that server 21 is adopted.

As mentioned above, the setting content database 12 of structure terminal 11, generation equipment control table 21B and setting content admin table 21C also is stored in the server 21.

Below, explain processing of selling setting content and the processing of collecting the setting content sales figure in conjunction with process flow diagram shown in Figure 12.

At first, in step S11, when the user operates in the GUI that shows on the terminal 11 used output units 58, GUI processing module 112 provides the content ID of specified setting content to control module 111, wherein, output unit 58 is to be used to specify the setting content that will buy (use) to determine the screen of required setting content.

Then, in next step S12, control module 111 control encryption processing module 113 are by producing verification msg to encrypting such as the information of device id and signature.Subsequently, control module 111 is controlled communication modules 114, sets up the communication path with server 21 based on verification msg.

Because the communication path of foundation and server 21, therefore in next step S13, control module 111 control encryption processing module 113 are encrypted the content ID of the setting content of appointment in step S11 and the device id of terminal 11.Control module 111 is also controlled communication module 114, sends the device id of encryption and the content ID of encryption to server 21.

Simultaneously; in step S21, the communication module of server 21 135 is carried out the processing of setting up communication path with terminal 11, the correspondence of the processing of carrying out in step S12 as terminal 11; wherein, described communication path is as the communication path that transmits information with the high safety protectiveness.In this way, set up the communication path of the information that transmits with the high safety protectiveness.In step S22, the content ID of the setting content that communication module 135 receiving terminals 11 of server 21 send in step S13 and the device id of terminal 11.

Then, in next step S23, the control module of server 21 131 control encryption processing module 134 are decrypted the content ID and the device id of the encryption that receives in step S22, and, from service condition database 132, read service condition by the setting content of content ID sign.

Subsequently, in next step S24, the control module 131 control encryption processing module 134 of server 21 service condition of reading from service condition database 132 in step S23 is encrypted, and control communication module 135 send the service condition of encrypting to terminal 11.

In step S14, the control module 111 of terminal 11 receives the service condition of encrypting by communication module 114 from server 21, and the service condition of 113 pairs of encryptions of control encryption processing module is decrypted, and service condition is stored in the hard disk 54.As a result, can use the setting content of in step S11, specifying (purchase).

After terminal 11 sends service condition, in step S25, the control module 131 of server 21 is upgraded the sales histories table 21A that is stored in the management data storage unit 133 by in sales histories table 21A fresh information being cataloged, as form shown in Figure 3.Fresh information comprises the content ID of the device id of terminal 11, the setting content of buying, the sale price of setting content and the sales date of setting content.

Then, in the next step S26 corresponding with the schedule time, the control module 131 of server 21 is stored in sales histories table 21A, equipment control table 21B shown in Fig. 3,4 and 5 and setting content admin table 21C respectively in the management data storage unit 133 by use, and collects the setting content sales figure for each contents producer of each terminal manufacturer of terminal 11 or setting content.The control module 131 of server 21 is stored in the sales figure of collecting in the storer usually.Explain ground as the front in conjunction with Fig. 6, the system management merchant provides feedback based on the sales figure of collecting to each terminal manufacturer and each contents producer.

As mentioned above, the sales figure of selling setting content and collecting setting content.

Should point out, more than describe based on setting content database 12 and be stored in hypothesis in the hard disk 54 of terminal 11.Yet setting content database 12 also can be stored in the movable recording media, any in disk 61 as shown in Figure 7, CD 62, magneto-optic disk 63 and the semiconductor memory 64.

In addition, in the above description,, collect the sales figure of setting content for each manufacturer of terminal 11 or each contents producer of setting content.Yet, for example, the also sales figure that can collect setting content to each the program development merchant who develops the application program of using setting content.The example of application program is the program of encryption processing module 113.In the case, encryption processing module 113 unique program ID are stored in the terminal shown in Figure 13 11.In addition, in server 21, provide sales histories table 21D shown in Figure 14 and program management table 21E shown in Figure 15 respectively, to replace sales histories table 21A shown in Figure 3 and equipment control table 21B shown in Figure 4.Processing for by process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 12 replaces device id with program ID.

Putting before this, terminal 11 stores the execution history of the application program of using content.Historical example is for reproducing number of times.Application program is carried out history can suitably report to server 21.Server 21 is managed application program execution history by using application program shown in Figure 16 to carry out history management table 21F.

And then, terminal 11 also can directly or by network 2 be connected to other terminal 11, thereby, setting content and/or its service condition can send other terminal 11 to from the setting content database 12 of terminal 11 oneself, move or copy to other terminal to allow setting content and/or its service condition from terminal 11.In the case, send the content ID that is moved or copies setting content and, moved or copied to other terminal 11 to server 21 as the terminal 11 in moving source or copy source with announcement server 21 setting contents and/or its service condition as the device id of other terminal 11 of mobile destination or copy destination.As a result, the use of setting content can be included in the sales figure in other terminal 11.Should point out, according to predetermined timing, other terminal 11 that moves or copy the destination as mobile or copy setting content also can be moved or copy the content ID of setting content and the device id that conduct was moved or copied the terminal 11 in moving of setting content or copy source to server 21 transmissions, moves or copies from terminal 11 with announcement server 21 setting contents and/or its service condition.

And terminal 11 also can store the date and time that transmits setting content and/or its service condition, and date and time is sent to server 21.As a result, server 21 can use the information of representing date and time when collecting sales figure.

In addition, server 21 can also make the use of setting content in the terminal 11 of carrying out illegal operation invalid.The terminal 11 of execution illegal operation comprises the terminal 11 that moves or copy the destination as setting content and/or its service condition.Specifically, server 21 stores the device id of the terminal 11 of carrying out illegal operation, and,, just do not send the service condition of setting content to the terminal 11 of the request of sending if receive by specifying the device id that is complementary with stored device id to buy the request of setting content.

Below, explain the second embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 17 is for illustrating the view that the Typical Disposition of system is provided by content provided by the invention.

Sell N the terminal 211-1 to 211-N that has setting content database 212-1 to 212-N respectively on market, wherein, each is used to store predetermined content setting content database 212-1 to 212-N, and each predetermined content is at the following setting content that is called.If distinguishing terminal 211-1 to 211-N mutually, they just are referred to as terminal 211 below each.Except terminal 211-1 to 211-N, this kind uses unified reference number to represent the mode of same components also to be applied to all identical assemblies.The user who buys terminal 211 can use setting content in the setting content database 212 that is stored in terminal 211 by operating terminal 211.Setting content is the content that stores or set in terminal that the user buys 211 in advance.Should point out that each terminal 211 can directly or by network 2 be communicated by letter with other terminal 211.

Terminal 211 is connected to network 2 by being installed on the carriage, wherein, carriage is not shown in the drawings.Thereby when when carriage is pulled down terminal 211, the user can be with offline mode operating terminal 211.

As later detailed description ground, in order to use setting content, terminal 211 sends content ID and electronic points to the setting content of the unique device id of terminal 211, the desired use of user by network 2 to license server 221, as the request of buying setting content or purchase setting content licence, wherein, electronic points is to be used to buy counting of setting content licence.

Receive service conditions and necessary counting from license server 221 after, terminal 211 is carried out to use according to service condition and necessary counting and is handled, as to being stored in the reproduction processes of the setting content in the setting content database 212 in advance.The service condition that license server 221 sends for response licence purchase request is to use the condition of setting content.

As mentioned above, be the request that response receives from terminal 211, license server 221 sends service condition and necessary counting to terminal 211, and wherein, described request is to buy the request of setting content or setting content licence.In this embodiment, use and to count or electronic points is substituted in such as licence and buys expense in the processing of handling.

Content server 222 is the servers by the contents producer operation, provides to terminal 211 to be stored in the setting content in the contained setting content database 212 in the terminal 211.According to the user mode of setting content in the terminal 211, content server 222 provides the setting content that the user liked that has or use terminal 211 by network 2 to terminal 211.Content server 222 can also increase setting content to the setting content database 212 of terminal 211.In the case, content server 222 provides setting content by network 2 to terminal 211.

License server 221 is operated by system management merchant as shown in Figure 6.Equally, content server 222 is by as shown in Figure 6 system management merchant operation.That is to say, because license server 221 is collected the sales figure of setting content from each manufacturer of terminal or each contents producer of setting content (or each content server 222), therefore, based on sales figure, can operate this content system is provided, general each manufacturer of requesting terminal or each contents producer of setting content are paid according to the quantity of selling setting content, as shown in Figure 6.For the wallet of setting content payment is drawn together and setting content copyright corresponding cost.In addition, can operate this content system is provided, provide participation in the system in content with the contents producer that promotes terminal manufacturer and setting content.

The license server 221 that explained later is shown in Figure 17.

Because the Typical Disposition of license server 221 is similar to configuration shown in Fig. 9 block diagram, therefore do not repeat its description.Yet, explain the exemplary functions configuration in conjunction with Figure 18.

The control module 251 of license server 221 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope.Control module 251 is connected to service condition database 252, encryption processing module 253, communication module 254, sales histories collection module 255 and uses historical collection module 256.Control module 251 control service condition databases 252, encryption processing module 253, communication module 254, sales histories collection module 255 and use historical collection module 256.Service condition database 252 is constructed in hard disk 74 shown in Figure 9, and is used for the service condition of storing and setting content, and described setting content is stored in the setting content database 212 of terminal 211.The service condition of the setting content that can use in terminal 211 generally includes the counting and the decruption key of content of content ID, acquisition of setting content.Usually, service condition is stored in the service condition database 252 with form as shown in figure 19.

In the form shown in the figure, available setting content ID is the scope that can use the content ID of content, and obtaining to count is electronic points, and it is operable counting during the indicated setting content of content ID in using by above-mentioned scope that described acquisition is counted.For example, on first row of form shown in Figure 19, the scope of available content ID is to distribute to the scope from CID01 to CID29 of available setting content, and the acquisition that is used for this scope is counted and is set at 1000.On the other hand, on second row of form shown in Figure 19, the scope of available content ID is to distribute to the scope from CID80 to CID99 of available setting content, and the acquisition that is used for this scope is counted and is set at 50.Character string CID among the content ID is the abbreviation of phrase " content ID ".Should point out, can on form shown in Figure 19, increase decruption key, as the key that is associated with each content ID.

Get back to Figure 18, encryption processing module 253 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope shown in Figure 9.According to the control that control module 251 is carried out, 253 pairs of various data of encryption processing module are carried out encryption and decryption.For example, 253 pairs of data that will be stored in

database

257 and 258 of encryption processing module are encrypted.The data that will be stored in

database

257 and 258 comprise sales histories table 221A, equipment control table 221B, setting content admin table 221C, price list 221D, use historical collection table 221E, setting content use table 221F and equipment hobby table 221G.In addition, encryption processing module 253 is also carried out encryption and decryption to the data of reading from database 257 and 258.The data of reading from

database

257 and 258 comprise sales histories table 221A, equipment control table 221B, setting content admin table 221C, price list 221D, use historical collection table 221E, setting content use table 221F and equipment hobby table 221G.

Communication module 254 is modules of being implemented from assembly and the communication unit 79 of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope shown in Figure 9.Communication module 254 is carried out and terminal 211 processing of checking mutually by using verification msg, so that the communication path of foundation and terminal 211, described communication path is as the communication path that transmits information with the high safety protectiveness.Communication module 254 is communicated by letter with license server 221 by the communication path of setting up.In addition, communication module 254 is also communicated by letter with content server 222.

Sales histories collection module 255 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope shown in Figure 9.Sales histories collection module 255 is collected the information relevant with the history of the licence of being sold to terminal 211, and an information storage of collecting is in the database 257 of structure in hard disk 74 shown in Figure 9.Database 257 is the databases that are used to store sales histories table 221A, equipment control table 221B, setting content admin table 221C and price list 221D.Explain the instantiation of sales histories table 221A, equipment control table 221B, setting content admin table 221C and price list 221D below in conjunction with Figure 20-23.

Figure 20 is the key diagram that typical sales histories table 221A is shown.Every line display setting content ID scope of sales histories table 221A, device id, sale are counted, sale price and sales date.Setting content ID scope is to be sold to the ID of the setting content that the licence of terminal 211 contains by server 221.Setting content ID scope is represented to be sold to terminal 211 by described device id sign in the described sales date with described sale price by sale the counting of indication of counting.Should point out that setting content ID scope is and allows the actual scope of using the licence associated content ID of specific settings content.Thereby setting content ID scope is not represented the setting content of setting in terminal 211 in advance.

Particularly, under first situation of going of sales histories table 221A shown in Figure 20, for CID01-CID29, device id is set at the ID of terminal 211-1, sale is counted and is set at 1000, and sale price is set at 5000 yen, and the sales date is set on May 20th, 5/20/2004 or 2004.That is to say, according to sales histories table 221A, license server 221 has been sold following licence: in May 20 2004 sales date, with 1000 count 5000 yen sale price or 5 yen every sale prices, sale is by the licence that is included in the indicated setting content of content ID in the setting content ID scope 01-29,1000 points altogether of counting of the licence of selling.

In other words, license server 221 is set the information relevant with selling setting content in sales histories table 221A shown in Figure 20.The information relevant with selling setting content comprises that the sale of content ID, the setting content of device id, terminal 211 setting content of buying of the terminal 211 of buying setting content is counted, the sale price of setting content and the sales date of setting content.In addition, according to predetermined timing, license server 221 is collected the sale or the service recorder of setting content from each contents producer of each manufacturer of terminal 211 or setting content.

Figure 21 is the key diagram that typical equipment control table 221B is shown.Each row of equipment control table 221B illustrates the model of terminal 211, the manufacturer of terminal 211 and the device id of terminal 211.Particularly, under first situation of going of equipment control table 221B shown in Figure 21, the model of terminal 211-1 is M1-1, and the name of the manufacturer of terminal 211-1 is M1, and device id is the ID of terminal 211-1.That is to say,, determine the name of manufacturer of terminal 211-1 and the model of terminal 211-1 according to equipment control table 221B.

In other words, on each row of equipment control table 221B, license server 221 is by making every information shown in Figure 21 interrelated and every information is cataloged, and described every information for example is the name of manufacturer of model, terminal 211 of terminal 211 and the device id of terminal 211.

Figure 22 is the key diagram that typical setting content admin table 221C is shown.Each row of setting content admin table 221C illustrates the name of contents producer and the scope of content ID.Particularly, under first situation of going of setting content admin table 221C shown in Figure 22, the name of contents producer is Label L1, and the scope of content ID is made up of the content ID CID01-CID29 of sign Label L1 made setting content.That is to say that setting content admin table 221C represents that each all identifies the content ID of each Label made setting content.

In other words, on each row of setting content admin table 221C, license server 221 is by making every content shown in Figure 22 interrelated and every information is cataloged, described every information for example is the scope of content ID and the name of contents producer, wherein, described contents producer is made the setting content by described content ID sign.

Figure 23 is the key diagram that typical price list 221D is shown.The content ID of each line display setting content of price list 221D, time cycle and essential counting.That is to say,, in the described time cycle, can use the setting content of described content ID sign by with counting indicated counting.Particularly, on first row of price list 221D shown in Figure 23,, use the indicated setting content of content IDCID01 to need 10 points in the time cycle on August 6th, 6 days 1 July in 2004.That is to say that price list 221D is illustrated in the predetermined period of time, for how many somes the setting content that uses described content ID sign needs.

In other words, on each row of price list 221D, the content ID of license server 221 by making setting content shown in Figure 23, time cycle and essential count interrelated and content ID, time cycle and essential the counting of setting content are cataloged.

By using respectively at the sales histories table 221A shown in Figure 20-23, equipment control table 221B, setting content admin table 221C and price list 221D, license server 221 is collected the setting content sales figure for each contents producer of each manufacturer of terminal 211 or setting content.

According to sales histories table 221A shown in Figure 20, setting content and 1500 content ID scopes that the setting content that it is CID01-CID29 that terminal 211-1 has bought 1000 content ID scopes, 500 content ID scopes are CID50-CID79 are the setting content of CID80-CID99.It is the setting content of CID01-CID29 that terminal 211-2 has bought 1000 content ID scopes.The setting content that it is CID40-CID49 that terminal 211-3 has bought 500 content ID scopes and 1000 content ID scopes are the setting content of CID80-CID99.

That is to say, in the case, among Figure 21 equipment control table 221B the M1 that compiles the terminal 211-1 and the 211-2 that make, the (=1000+500+1500+1000) point of having sold altogether 4000; To among Figure 21 equipment control table 221B the M2 that compiles the terminal 211-3 and the 211-4 that make, the (=500+1000) point of having sold altogether 1500.Setting content admin table 221C shown in Figure 22 represents to sell the altogether 2500 (=setting content 1000+500+1000) made by Label L1, wherein, described setting content is by the setting content of content ID CID01-CID29 sign and the setting content that is identified by content ID CID50-CID79.For the setting content that Label L2 makes, sold 0 point altogether, wherein, described setting content is the setting content by content IDCID30-CID39 sign.For the setting content that Label L3 makes, (=1500+500+1000) point, wherein, described setting content is by the setting content of content ID CID40-CID49 sign with by the setting content of content ID CID80-CID99 sign to have sold altogether 3000.In price list 221D shown in Figure 23, the price of each content ID is cataloged.

Get back to Figure 18, using historical collection module 256 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope shown in Figure 9.Use historical collection module 256 to collect the relevant information of history with each terminal 211 used setting content, and the information storage that handle is collected is in database 258, wherein, as previously described, database 258 is constructed in hard disk shown in Figure 9 74.Database 258 is used for storing use historical collection table 221E, setting content use table 221F and equipment hobby table 221G.Explain that below in conjunction with Figure 24,25 and 26 using historical collection table 221E, setting content to use shows 221F and equipment hobby table 221G.

Figure 24 is the view that typical use historical collection table 221E is shown.Use every row of historical collection table 221E to illustrate: content ID, the use date and time of setting content, the use part of setting content, the use location of setting content and the rank of setting content of the device id of marking terminal 211, the setting content that in terminal 211, uses.That is to say, use historical collection table 221E to represent in terminal 211, to use which setting content and use setting content when and where.Use historical collection table 221E to represent that also the user gives the rank of setting content.In addition, use historical collection table 221E also to represent to show the use part of the setting content that identifies by content ID and the use location of setting content.Using the example of part is 1 phrase of setting content.Longitude that is positioned at when the use location is represented to use setting content and latitude, they are sought by GPS (GPS) usually.Rank is the evaluation indicator that the user sets, and it is the numeral that is used to estimate setting content.

Particularly, under first situation of going of use historical collection table 221E shown in Figure 24, terminal 211-1 is at 43:141 (north latitude 43, longitude 141) on the position, 19:01 7/8/2004 uses the part that is comprised in the setting content that is identified by content ID CID01, described part is the part from 0:00 (0 minute and 0 second) to 1:30 (1 minute and 30 seconds), and the user gives 4 grades to setting content.Should point out that FRINGE01 shown in second row is the ID that distributes to by the less important part in the file of the setting content of content ID CID01 sign.The example of less important part is the lyrics and big envelope.In the following description, the same with the situation of FRINGE01, be attached to the ID that word on the content ID can be interpreted as distributing to less important part.

In other words, license server 221 is cataloged to the information relevant with setting content on each row of use historical collection table 221E shown in Figure 24.The information relevant with setting content comprises: use device id, the setting content of the terminal 211 of setting content the use date and time, be included in actual part, the use location of setting content and the rank of setting content partly of using of conduct in the setting content.

Figure 25 is the view that typical setting content uses table 221F.Every row of setting content use table 221F illustrate content ID, use the date type, use the part type, use area type and school.Be described in detail in below that each lists the information that illustrates among the setting content use table 221F.Time type when using the date type to represent to use the setting content that identifies by content ID.Use the part type to represent to be included in the type of the part of the actual use part of conduct in the setting content.Use area type to be to use the type in the zone of setting content.School is the school of setting content.In the metadata in being included in setting content school is described.The details of the data structure of setting content is described in the back in conjunction with Figure 28.

Particularly, use at setting content shown in Figure 25 under first situation of going of table 221F, on residential street, reproduce whole setting contents in the morning by content ID CID01 sign.The school of setting content is a jazz.

In other words, license server 221 is cataloged to the information relevant with setting content on each row of setting content use table 221F shown in Figure 25.The information relevant with setting content comprises content ID, uses the date type, uses the part type, uses area type and school.

Figure 26 is the view that typical equipment hobby table 221G is shown.Every tabulation of equipment hobby table 221G is shown device id, hobby use date type, uses the part type, is used area type and school.Be described in detail in the information that equipment hobby table 221G whenever lists expression later on.Hobby uses the date type list to be shown in by the hobby time of using setting content in the terminal of device id sign.Use the part type to represent to be included in the type of the part of the actual use part of conduct in each setting content.Use area type to be to use the type in the zone of setting content.School is the hobby school of described terminal.

Particularly, under first situation of going of equipment hobby table 221G shown in Figure 26, for by distribute to terminal 211-1 the terminal 211-1 of the device id of compiling sign, it is the introductory section of setting content that hobby is used the part type, it is morning that hobby is used the date type, it is residential street that hobby is used area type, and hobby school type is J-POP.

In other words, license server 221 is cataloged to the information relevant with the hobby of the terminal that is identified by device id in equipment hobby table 221G shown in Figure 26.The information relevant with hobby comprises device id, hobby use date type, uses the part type, uses area type and school.

Show 221G by using respectively at the use historical collection table 221E shown in Figure 24-26, setting content use table 221F and equipment hobby, license server 221 is collected the use history of setting content and the use history (or hobby) of each terminal 211.

At length say, based on use historical collection table 221E shown in Figure 24, collect the use date and time relevant, use the part type and use area type with each content ID shown in Figure 25.In addition, based on the data of setting content and collect school.And then, based on use historical collection table 221E shown in Figure 24, collect the hobby relevant and use the date type, use the part type and use area type with each terminal.In addition, based on the data of setting content and collect school.

Because license server 221 is collected the sales figure of setting content and their use history from each manufacturer of terminal 211 or each contents producer of setting content, therefore, can operate this content system is provided, general each manufacturer of requesting terminal or each contents producer of setting content are paid according to the quantity of the setting content of selling.As shown in Figure 6.For the wallet of setting content payment is drawn together and setting content copyright corresponding cost.In addition, can operate this content system is provided, provide participation in the system in content with the contents producer of the manufacturer that promotes terminal and setting content.

Below, explain content server 222 shown in Figure 17.

Because the Typical Disposition of content server 222 combines the configuration of license server 221 of Fig. 9 explanation with the front similar, therefore, do not repeat the description to its configuration.Below to the description of content server 222 configuration with reference to Fig. 9.

Figure 27 is the block diagram that the exemplary functions configuration of content server 222 is shown.In typical content server 222 shown in Figure 27, the control module 281 of content server 222 is connected to content-data generation module 282, encryption processing module 283, communication module 284 and content data base 285.Control module 281 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope shown in Figure 9.Control module 281 control content data generating module 282, encryption processing module 283, communication module 284 and content data base 285.

Content-data generation module 282 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope shown in Figure 9.Content-data generation module 282 produces content-data.Because content server 222 is by the contents producer operation as mentioned above, therefore, content-data generation module 282 produces the content-data that will offer terminal 211 based on the content-data that receives from contents producer.The example of the content-data that receives from contents producer is the data of music CD (compact disk) special edition.In this embodiment, when the user bought terminal 211, setting content had been stored in the setting content database 212 of terminal 211.Thereby 282 generations of content-data generation module will be increased to the additional content data on the setting content that has been stored in the setting content database 212.The example of additional content data is new lyrics data.When content-data generation module 282 produced additional content data, content-data generation module 282 was to content data allocations content ID, as the ID that is used to identify content-data.

Encryption processing module 283 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 71 to RAM 73 by scope shown in Figure 9.283 pairs of various data of encryption processing module are encrypted.For example, the content-data of 283 pairs of content data generating module of encryption processing module, 282 generations is encrypted.Control module 281 stores content data encrypted in content data base 285.Explain the typical data that is stored in the content data base 285 below in conjunction with Figure 28.

Be associated with the content ID that distributes to each content-data by each that makes each content-data, in content data base 285, store each content-data.Each content-data comprises AV (audio frequency and video) data and metadata.

Particularly, for example, under first situation of going of content data base 285, content IDCID01 is associated with the content-data that comprises AV data and metadata.Content-data is in fact encrypted content-data.Metadata comprises as the front in conjunction with Figure 25 and the 26 content schools of describing.Yet this content-data can not be reproduced by terminal 211, unless license server 221 is to terminal 211 licensures.That is to say that even comprise setting content database 212 in terminal 211, but terminal 211 can not be reproduced the content of setting content database 212, unless license server 221 is to terminal 211 licensures.Thereby, can avoid illegal use to content.

Below explain the terminal 211 shown in Figure 17.

Because the Typical Disposition of terminal 211 combines the configuration of terminal 11 of Fig. 7 explanation with the front similar, therefore, do not repeat the description to its configuration.Explain the exemplary functions configuration of terminal 211 below in conjunction with Figure 29.

The control module 311 of terminal 211 is connected to GUI processing module 312, encryption processing module 313, communication module 314, clock module 315, positional information acquisition module 316, buys processing module 317, service condition database 331, uses historical data base 332, hobby content-data 333 and setting content database 212.Buy processing module 317 and be connected to purchase database 341 and Pricedata 342.

Control module 311 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 51 to RAM 53 by scope shown in Figure 7.GUI processing module 312, encryption processing module 313, communication module 314, clock module 315, positional information that control module 311 is operatively connected to control module 311 obtain module 316 and buy processing module 317, so as at service condition database 331, use in historical data base 332, hobby content-data 333 and the setting content database 212 storage data and read data from these databases.

The module that GUI processing module 312 is implemented from the assembly of CPU 51 to RAM 53 and output unit 57 and input block 58 by scope shown in Figure 7.GUI processing module 312 shows GUI on output unit 57 shown in Figure 7, and reports the operation that users carry out to control module 311 on GUI.

Encryption processing module 313 is modules of being implemented from the assembly of CPU 51 to RAM 53 by scope.313 pairs of encryption processing module are used to set up the verification msg of communicating by letter with license server 221 and encrypt.Verification msg comprises device id and/or signature.Encryption processing module 313 is also used the decruption key that receives from control module 311, by control module 312 setting content that receives from setting content database 212 is decrypted.

Communication module 314 is modules of being implemented from assembly and the communication unit 59 of CPU 51 to RAM 53 by scope.Communication module 314 is carried out and license server 221 processing of checking mutually by using verification msg, so that the communication path of foundation and license server 221, described communication path is as the communication path that transmits information with the high safety protectiveness.Communication module 314 is communicated by letter with license server 221 by the communication path of setting up.In addition, communication module 314 is also similarly communicated by letter with content server 222.Should point out that in fact, communication module 314 needn't be included in the terminal 211.That is to say that if terminal 211 is installed on carriage etc., just might provide the configuration by network 2 executive communications, wherein, carriage is not shown in the drawings.Even without communication module 314, terminal 211 also can be bought and the reproduction setting content with offline mode.

Structure setting content database 212 in hard disk 54 shown in Figure 7, setting content database 212 is used for to store above-mentioned setting content to similar form shown in Figure 28.That is to say that each content-data is associated with content ID, and content-data is encrypted.If receive licence from license server 221, with regard to reproducible content.

The service condition database 331 of structure is used to store essential service condition in hard disk 54 shown in Figure 7, and described condition is used for using the setting content that is stored in setting content database 212.Service condition comprises the counting and decruption key of ID, acquisition of available setting content.When terminal 211 when license server 221 receives licences, terminal 211 obtains service conditions from license server 221, and service condition is stored in the service condition database 331.That is to say that the service condition that is stored in the service condition database 331 is created by reference form shown in Figure 19.

The Pricedata 342 of structure is used to store the form similar to price list 221D in hard disk 54 shown in Figure 7, and wherein, price list 221D makes an explanation in conjunction with Figure 23 in front.That is to say, when terminal 211 when license server 221 receives licences, terminal 211 obtains price lists from license server 221, and this table is stored in the Pricedata 342.In other words, the price list that is stored in the Pricedata 342 is created with form shown in Figure 23.

Control module 311 control operations, so as at setting content database 212, service condition database 331, use storage data in historical data base 332 and the hobby content-data 333, and read data from these databases.Explain in conjunction with Figure 30 and 31 respectively and be stored in the instantiation that uses the form in historical data base 332 and the hobby content-data 333.

Figure 30 illustrates to be stored in the key diagram that uses the typical form in the historical data base 332.Each row that is stored in the form that uses in the historical data base 332 illustrates the historical ID of inter-related use, uses the ID of content, uses date, uses part, use location and rank.Use historical ID to be used to distinguish the ID that uses history when in terminal 211, using content.Should point out,, therefore, not repeat description of them owing to use date, use part, use location and rank identical in conjunction with the homologue that Figure 24 explains with the front.

Particularly, under first situation of going of form shown in Figure 30, for the historical ID of the use of UID01, at 43:141 (north latitude 43, longitude 141) on the position, the 19:01 7/8/2004 uses the part that is comprised in the content that is identified by content ID CID01, and described part is the part from 0:00 (0 minute and 0 second) to 1:30 (1 minute and 30 seconds), and the user gives 4 grades to content.That is to say, can collection terminal 211 in the use history of content.Use the historical use part that comprises content, use the position of content and give the rank of content.

Figure 31 illustrates the key diagram that is stored in the typical form in the hobby content data base 333.The form that is stored in the hobby content data base 333 comprises following: preference type, hobby title and content ID.Preference type can be school, situation or time period.Set school based on metadata.Set situation according to the front in conjunction with the use date that Figure 30 describes.

Under the situation of school preference type, be jazz by the hobby title of the content of ID CID01 sign, shown in first row of form among Figure 31.For the situation preference type, be to wake music up by the hobby title of the content of IDCID01 sign.Based on use history as shown in figure 30, in hobby content data base 333, store form, and can collect the user's who has terminal 211 hobby.

Figure 32 illustrates the key diagram that is stored in the typical form in the purchase database 341 shown in Figure 29.The ID, purchase date and the consumption that are stored in each line display setting content of the form in the purchase database 341 are counted.Setting consumption based on the content ID that catalogs in Pricedata 342 shown in Figure 23 and time cycle counts.Particularly, under the situation of first row of form shown in Figure 32,, use content by content ID CID01 sign at 18:05:04 7/6/2004, and thereby, must count 10 and to set that consumption counts be 10 based on shown in Figure 23.As mentioned above, based on the form that is stored in the purchase database 341, can collect content-data by using terminal 211 to buy.

By reference process flow diagram shown in Figure 33, below describe and explain the processing of being carried out by terminal manufacturer shown in Figure 6, contents producer (in fact for example being content server 222) and system management merchant, this handles equipment control table 221B, setting content admin table 221C, price list 221D (or Pricedata 342) and the service condition database 252 (or service condition database 331) of the setting content database 212, permit server 221 or the terminal 211 that produce terminal 211.

At first, in step S51, contents producer is created setting content, and gives setting content to terminal manufacturer.Should point out that contents producer also can be passed through the content-data generation module 282 of the content server 222 of use contents producer oneself operation and create setting content.

Then, in next step S52, each setting content distribution ID that terminal manufacturer is created and provided to contents producer.For example, as shown in figure 28, to each content-data CID allocation, as the ID that can be used for identifying content-data.

Subsequently, in next step S53, terminal manufacturer is configured to the database 212 of storing and setting content, and database storage in the hard disk 54 of terminal 211.

Then, in next step S54, the terminal manufacturer granting is used for the device id of terminal 211.

Then, in next step S55, the system management merchant creates equipment control table 221B as shown in figure 21, as the form of expression terminal 211 device ids and terminal manufacturer name.

Then, in next step S56, the system management merchant creates setting content admin table 221C as shown in figure 22, as the form of the name of the ID of expression setting content and contents producer.The ID of setting content distributes to each setting content in step S52.

Subsequently, in next step S57, the system management merchant creates the price list 221D with setting content ID as shown in figure 23.

Then, in next step S58, the system management merchant creates the service condition data of service condition database 252 as shown in figure 19.

Subsequently, in next step S59, the system management merchant stores each data of creating on license server 221.For example, system management merchant storage facilities admin table 221B, setting content admin table 221C, price list 221D and service condition database 252 in the used hard disk 74 in license server 221.Should point out that at this moment, service condition database and price list can be stored in the license server 221 with individual data.By they are combined as individual data, needn't obtain price list in the back in the processing of Miao Shuing separately and use historical data base.After step S59 complete, end process.

In this way, structure and storing and setting content data base 212 in terminal 211 produce in license server 221 and storage facilities admin table 221B, setting content admin table 221C, price list 221D and service condition database 252.

Below, explain idiographic flow by the processing of above-mentioned terminal 211, license server 221 and content server 222 execution.

At first, explain that terminal 211 and license server 221 are respectively purchase and sale setting content licence and the processing carried out in conjunction with Figure 34 process flow diagram.Should point out, carry out these processing by the situation of network 2 interconnection for terminal 211 and license server 221.

At first, in step S71, the user operates in the GUI that shows on the terminal 211 used output units 58, with the setting content of the definite licence that will buy.If the user determines the scope of setting content, GUI processing module 312 just to control module 311 provide the content ID of definite setting content scope.

Secondly, in next step S72, the user operates in the GUI that shows on the terminal 211 used output units 58, with counting of determining to buy.When the user determined predetermined counting, GUI processing module 312 offered control module 311 to counting of determining, as counting of will buying.

Then, in next step S73, control module 311 control encryption processing module 313 are by producing verification msg to the information encryption such as device id and signature.In addition, control module 311 is also controlled communication module 314, sets up the communication path with license server 221 based on verification msg.

After the communication path of foundation and license server 221, in next step S74, control module 311 control encryption processing module 313, the device id of the content ID in the setting content scope of determining in step S71, terminal 211 and counting of determining in step S72 are encrypted, wherein, described counting is counting of will buying.Subsequently, control module 311 control communication modules 314 send content ID, the device id of encryption and the counting of encryption of encrypting to license server 221.

Simultaneously; in step S91; as with in the processing that step S73 carries out by the alignment processing of the performed processing of terminal 211; the communication module 254 of license server 221 is carried out the processing of setting up communication path with terminal 211, and described communication path is as the communication path that transmits information with the high safety protectiveness.In this way, set up communication path.When terminal 211 by communication path to license server 221 send the device id of content ID, terminal 211 and in the processing that step S74 carries out, will buy count the time, the communication module 254 of license server 221 is received content ID, the device id of terminal 211 and counting of will buying in step S92.

Then, in next step S93, the control module of license server 221 251 control encryption processing module 253 are decrypted the content ID that receives in step S92 and the device id of terminal 211.Subsequently, control module 251 is read the service condition of the setting content scope that is identified by content ID from service condition database 252 shown in Figure 19.At this moment, counting of acquisition also is not set in service condition database 252.

Then, in next step S94, the control module 251 of license server 221 writes down available counting in service condition.For example, counting of receiving in the processing that step S92 carries out is set to as counting of will buying to count with available setting content ID shown in Figure 19 corresponding can be used as, to produce the service condition data.

Subsequently, in next step S95, the control module 251 of license server 221 is read the corresponding price list 221D with content ID from database 257.For example hypothesis is determined content ID CID01-CID29.In the case,, read express time cycle and the price list that must count, wherein said time cycle and must count interrelated with each content ID CID01-CID29 from database 257 for price list 221D.

Then, in next step S96, the control module 251 control encryption processing module 253 of license server 221 are encrypted service condition that produces in step S94 and the price list 221D that reads in step S95.Subsequently, the control module 251 control communication modules 254 of license server 221 send the service condition of encryption and the price list 221D of encryption to terminal 211.

In step S75, the control module 311 of terminal 211 receives service condition and the price list 221D that license server 221 sends by communication module 314.

Subsequently, in next step S76, in the service condition database 331 of control module 311 in being stored in hard disk 54 service condition is cataloged.

At last, in next step S77, in the Pricedata 342 of control module 311 in being stored in hard disk 54 the price list 221D after the deciphering is cataloged.After step S77 complete, finish the processing in the terminal 211.In this way, can buy the licence of the setting content of among step S71, determining or buying from license server 221, thereby terminal 211 can be used these contents.

After terminal 211 sends service condition and price list 221D, in step S97, the control module 251 control sales histories collection modules 255 of license server 221, by in sales histories table 221A, the information such as device id, purchase points, sale price and the sales date of content ID scope, terminal 211 being cataloged, thereby upgrade the sales histories table 221A that is stored in the database 257 with form shown in Figure 20, wherein, the setting content that each described content ID sign is bought, described purchase points is to sell to count.Should point out, in the case,, also might provide following configuration, wherein, only purchase points be cataloged at this moment, and when carrying out price adjustment afterwards, just sale price is cataloged though simultaneously sale price and purchase points are cataloged.

At last, in next step S98, according to suitable timing, the control module 251 of license server 221 is stored in the sales histories table 221A shown in Figure 20,21,22 and 23, equipment control table 221B, setting content admin table 221C and price list 221D respectively in the database 257 by use, and collects the setting content sales figure of each contents producer that is used for each terminal manufacturer or setting content.Then, control module 251 sales figure that store collected arrives in storer usually.Explain ground as the front in conjunction with Fig. 6, based on the sales figure of collecting, the system management merchant provides feedback to each terminal manufacturer and each contents producer.

In this way, sell the licence of setting content or setting content, and, the sales figure of collecting the setting content of selling.

Should point out,, also can send ID scope and the electronic points that will buy separately though in the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 34, send service condition and electronic points simultaneously, wherein, described ID sign setting content.In addition, as another replacement scheme, comprise electronic points in the head of the content-data in being stored in the setting content database 212 of terminal 211 in advance usually.

According to the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 34, terminal 211 can be bought the licence of setting content from license server 221.For actual reproduction setting content after the reason herein in terminal 211, need count and buy setting content based on the licence of in the processing of process flow diagram shown in Figure 34 representative, buying.That is to say, in the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 34, buy the electronic points that is used to reproduce setting content, and when reproducing setting content, count from described electronic points consumption.By in conjunction with the process flow diagram shown in Figure 35 and 36, below to describe and explain the processing of carrying out by terminal 211 shown in Figure 29, this processing is used for buying setting content after the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 34.Should point out, when receiving the order of reproducing setting content from the user who has terminal 211, the following processing of terminal 211 beginnings.

At first, in step S111, control module 311 shown in Figure 29 obtains the setting content of appointment in reproducing order.For example suppose: in the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 34, setting content 1000 points that terminal 211 is bought by content ID scope CID01-CID29 sign.In the case, can order setting content in the scope of buying reproducing the order middle finger, as the content that will within purchase points, reproduce.User that please terminal 211 imports the reproduction order of given content ID CID01, and wherein, described content ID CID01 specifies a setting content.In the case, the control module 311 of terminal 211 obtains the content ID CID01 of given settings content.

Then, in next step S112, buy 313 pairs of Pricedatas 342 of processing module 317 control encryption processing module and be decrypted.This is because license server 221 sends the price list of encrypting to terminal 211 in the step S96 of process flow diagram shown in Figure 34, and terminal 211 is stored in price list in the Pricedata 342 in the step S75 of same process flow diagram.

Subsequently, in next step S113, buy processing module 317 and obtain to be used for must counting of described content ID from Pricedata 342.For example suppose that the user of terminal 211 has imported the reproduction order of given content ID CID01 in step S111, wherein, described content ID given settings content.In the case, buy processing module 317 and obtain to count 10, this can obviously find out from the price list 22ID that is stored in the Pricedata 342 with form shown in Figure 23.

Then, in next step S114, buy processing module 317 control 313 pairs of purchase databases 341 of encryption processing module and service condition database 331 and be decrypted.This is that data also are the enciphered datas that receives from license server 221 in purchase database 341 and the service condition database 331 because be stored in.

Subsequently, in next step S115, buy processing module 317 based on being stored in the form in the purchase database 341 with Figure 32 form and being stored in the service condition in the service condition database 331 and calculating and reproduce the back and use and count, described counting is that the use that obtains after the setting content that the reproduction order that is received by step S111 is asked reproduces is counted.Under the situation of example shown in Figure 19, it is 1000 corresponding that service condition and ID scope CID01-CID29 and the acquisition that is used for setting content are counted, wherein, and the available setting content of each ID sign.For example, buy processing module 317 and at first on the overall consumption of the purchase content shown in Figure 32 purchase data is counted, increase counting that the execution processing is obtained among the step S113.Carry out handling counting of being obtained in step S113 is 10, and the overall consumption of the purchase content shown in Figure 32 purchase data to count be 40.Therefore, buy processing module 317 and at first on 40, add 10.Then, buy processing module 317 and deduct this addition result, count to obtain using after the above-mentioned reproduction from the counting of the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 34, buying of licence.Thereby, as mentioned above,, therefore, in the case, buy the value that processing module 317 obtains expression formula (1000-(40+10)) in the processing of process flow diagram shown in Figure 34 representative because the counting of buying of licence is 1000, promptly 950, use and count as reproducing the back.

Then, in next step S116,313 pairs of uses of purchase processing module 317 control encryption processing module are counted and are encrypted.

Subsequently, in next step S117, buy processing module 317 use that storage is encrypted in using points database 341 and count.Under the situation of this example, expression is cataloged by the enciphered data of the setting content of content ID CID01 sign shown in figure 32 with 10 purchases (or consumption).At this moment, also catalog to buying date.Thereby, by each processing among execution in step S116 and the S117, the data that will be stored in the purchase database 341 are encrypted in order to protect purpose.

Then, in next step S118, buy processing module 317 notice control modules 311 and allow to use content.

At last, in next step S119, control module 311 is brought into use content.More specifically, control module 311 is brought into use setting content, is reproduced in the performed processing of step S111 by the setting content that reproduces command request.The details that begins to reproduce the processing of setting content makes an explanation in conjunction with process flow diagram shown in Figure 37 and 38.

By carrying out the processing of the representative of process flow diagram shown in Figure 35 and 36, the licence based on buying in the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 34 reproduces setting content with offline mode.That is to say that terminal 211 can be bought based on counting and reproduces setting content with offline mode.

By in conjunction with process flow diagram shown in Figure 37 and 38, below describe among the step S119 that explains process flow diagram shown in Figure 36 in detail to beginning to reproduce the processing that setting content is carried out, that is, and in terminal 211 for reproducing the processing that setting content is carried out.

At first, in step S141, GUI processing module 312 receives the order that begins to reproduce setting content from the user.

Then, in next step S142, GUI processing module 312 request control modules 311 begin to reproduce setting content.

Subsequently, in next step S143, control module 311 obtains the information relevant with the current time from clock module 315.The example that obtains the information relevant with the current time is 7/8/2004 19:01.

Then, in next step S144, control module 311 obtains module 316 from current location and obtains the information relevant with current location.The example that obtains the information relevant with current location is 43:141.

Subsequently, in next step S145, control module 311 begins to reproduce setting content.The setting content that begins to reproduce is the content of buying by in the processing of the representative of process flow diagram shown in Figure 35 and 36 that content ID identified.

Then, in next step S146, based on the order that receives from GUI processing module 312, control module 311 determines whether the user asks to finish content playback.Represent that the user does not ask to finish (terminations) content playback if determine the result, just send the reproduction of continuation setting content under the state of this request the wait user.

On the other hand, if the definite result who obtains in step S146 represents that the user has asked to finish content playback, treatment scheme just advances to step S147, in this step, and control module 311 end setup reproduction of content.

Subsequently, in next step S148, GUI processing module 312 receives rank from the user.If the user for example gives 4 grades to setting content, GUI processing module 312 just receives integer input 4 as rank.

Then, in next step S149, GUI processing module 312 is notified described rank to control module 311.In the case, GUI processing module 312 provides rank 4 to control module 311.

Subsequently, in next step S150, control module 311 is stored contents ID, use date, use part, use location and rank in using historical data base 332, as using historical record.For example, shown in the service recorder that stores on first row of Figure 30 form, content ID is CID01, and described content ID is the ID of setting content, and wherein, described setting content is the purchase content in the processing of the representative of process flow diagram shown in Figure 35 and 36; Using date is 7/8/2004 19:01 that obtains in step S143; Using part is in the processing of step S145 execution and the time cycle between the setting content reproduction end process in step S146 execution; The use location is the current location that obtains in the processing that step S144 carries out; And rank is the rank that receives in the processing that step S148 carries out.As shown in figure 30, sequentially store this service recorder for available historical ID (UID).After this step complete, end process.

By carrying out the processing of the representative of process flow diagram shown in Figure 37 and 38, can reproduce setting content, and the service recorder of setting content (or reproducing record) can be cataloged in using history.

In this way, in terminal 211, at first buy the licence of setting content, and, in fact buy content and reproduce with offline mode based on counting of storing.Subsequently, when terminal 211 typically is installed on the carriage with the state that can communicate by letter with license server 221, the use history that is in the setting content in the terminal 211 of offline mode sends to license server 221, wherein, and all not shown carriage in institute's drawings attached.Explain that in conjunction with the process flow diagram of Figure 39 sending setting content from terminal 211 to license server 221 uses historical processing.Should point out,, begin to send the processing that setting contents use history to license server 221 from terminal 211 when being in after each processing that terminal 211 is explained in conjunction with Figure 24-38 in front complete can be with state that license server 221 communicate by letter the time.Scheme as an alternative, send setting content from terminal 211 to license server 221 and use historical processing also can finish after the past fixed time period from the processing of upgrading price, the processing of described renewal price is described in conjunction with the process flow diagram of Figure 45 in the back.

At first, in step S161, the use history that control module 311 beginnings of terminal 211 send in the use historical data base 332 that is stored in terminal 211 with form shown in Figure 30 to license server 221.

Then, in next step S162, control module 311 control encryption processing module 313 are by producing verification msg to encrypting such as the information of device id and signature.Control module 311 is also controlled communication module 314, sets up the communication path with license server 221 based on verification msg.

After the communication path of foundation and license server 221, in next step S163, control module 311 control encryption processing module 313 are to license server 221 transmitting apparatus ID and use history lists shown in Figure 30.

Simultaneously; in step S181; as the correspondence of terminal 211 in the processing of step S162 execution, the communication module 254 of license server 221 is carried out the processing of setting up communication path with terminal 211, and described communication path is as the communication path that transmits information with the high safety protectiveness.Utilize the communication path of setting up in this way, in step S182, device id that communication module 254 receiving terminals 211 of license server 221 send in step S163 and use history lists.

Then, in next step S183, historical collection module 256 is used in control module 311 controls of license server 221, by in using historical collection table 221E to the device id that in step S182, receives with use history lists to catalog again, be stored in program management table 221E in the database 258 and upgrade with form shown in Figure 24.The structure of use history lists shown in Figure 30.

Subsequently, in next step S184, historical collection module 256 is used in control module 251 controls, upgrades the setting content use table 221F that is stored in the database 258.Based on the use history that in the performed processing of step S182, receives, use table 221F and upgrade setting content.

Then, in next step S185, historical collection module 256 is used in control module 251 controls, upgrades equipment hobby table 221G shown in Figure 26 with using historical based on device id.

Subsequently, in next step S186, control module 331 control communication modules 254 send the notice that the Data Update processing finishes by communication module 254 to terminal 211.

In step S186, the communication module 314 of terminal 211 receives the end notification that is sent by license server 221 in the performed processing of step S186.

In the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 39, use history to send to license server 221 from terminal 211.Thereby even when using setting content with offline mode in terminal 211, license server 221 also can be grasped the use of setting content.

As mentioned above, in the equipment hobby table 221G of license server 221, for each device id is cataloged to the terminal hobby.Thereby based on equipment hobby table 221G, license server 221 can be according to the user's who has terminal 211 hobby and to each terminal 211 allocation contents by the device id sign.Explain the exemplary process of such distribution hobby content in conjunction with process flow diagram shown in Figure 40.

The process flow diagram of reference when Figure 40 is illustrated in assignment interpretation hobby contents processing.Should point out, with the processing of process flow diagram shown in Figure 39 representative very elephant, when terminal 211 is in can be with on line state that license server 221 is communicated by letter the time, perhaps finish after cycle regular time in past, to begin to distribute the processing of liking content handling from price to upgrade.

At first, in step S201, the control module 311 of terminal 211 begins to upgrade with form shown in Figure 28 and is stored in data in the setting content database 212.

Then, in next step S202, control module 311 control encryption processing module 313 are by producing verification msg to encrypting such as the information of device id and signature.Control module 311 is also controlled communication module 314, sets up the communication path with license server 221 based on verification msg.

After the communication path of foundation and license server 221, in next step S203, control module 311 control encryption processing module 313 send the device id of encrypting to license server 221.

Simultaneously; in step S221; as the correspondence of terminal 211 in the processing of step S202 execution, the communication module 254 of license server 221 is carried out the processing of setting up communication path with terminal 211, and described communication path is as the communication path that transmits information with the high safety protectiveness.Utilize the communication path of setting up in this way, in step S222, the device id that communication module 254 receiving terminals 211 of license server 221 send in step S203.

Subsequently, in next step S223, historical collection module 256 is used in control module 251 controls of license server 221, read the terminal hobby data that are associated with device id from the equipment hobby table 221G that is stored in form shown in Figure 26 the database 258, wherein, described device id is to receive in the performed processing of step S222.For example suppose that device id is the ID of terminal 211-1.In the case, show the first row sense data of 221G from exemplary apparatus hobby shown in Figure 26.Obviously find out data representation from figure: it is morning that hobby is used the date type, and hobby uses the part type for introducing, and it is residential street that hobby is used area type, and the hobby school is J-POP.

Then, in next step S224, historical collection modules 256 are used in control module 251 control, the use data of reading setting content from the setting content use table 221F that is stored in form shown in Figure 25 the database 258.

Subsequently, in next step S225, historical collection module 256 is used in control module 251 controls, execution is extracted the hobby content based on following terminal hobby data with using data processing, wherein, described terminal hobby data are that slave unit hobby table 221G reads in the performed processing of step S223, and using data is to read from setting content use table 221F in the performed processing of step S224.For example, use historical collection module 256 to use table 221F to extract content, use the frequent content of using of date as the hobby that writes down in equipment hobby table 221G from setting content.Use historical collection module 256 also to use table 221F to extract content from setting content, as the content with the use part that writes down in equipment hobby table 221G, wherein, described part is frequently used.In addition, use historical collection module 256 also to use table 221F to extract content from setting content, as with equipment hobby table 221G in institute write down hobby and uses in the identical zone, zone the frequently content of use.And, use historical collection module 256 also to use table 221F to extract content from setting content, as its school be recorded in equipment hobby table 221G in the identical content of hobby school.That is to say, use historical collection module 256 to like the device id of showing 221G and receiving, and use table 221F extraction terminal 211 peculiar hobby contents from setting content shown in Figure 25 based on equipment shown in Figure 26 from terminal 211.Then, use historical collection module 256 produces hobby content-data as shown in figure 31 based on the hobby content of extracting.Under the situation of this example, for terminal 211-1 produces the hobby content-data.

Subsequently, in next step S226, the hobby content-data that control module 251 sends as shown in figure 31 to terminal 211 by communication module 254.At this moment, only be included in the hobby content-data but be not stored in content in the terminal 211 in advance, promptly, has only the content the content in the setting content database 212 that is stored in terminal 211 in advance, licensed card server 221 is suitably selected, as the content that will send to terminal 211.In this embodiment, content-data is not stored in the license server 221, but is stored in the content server 222.Thereby, license server 221 is given an order to content server 222, so that send predetermined content to terminal 211, promptly by be included in hobby in the content-data but be not by the content that is stored in the content ID sign in the terminal 211 in advance, the perhaps content the content in being stored in terminal 211 in advance.According to this order, content server 222 is read predetermined content from content data base 285, and sends content by network 2 to terminal 211.

In this way, in the processing that step S226 carries out, license server 221 and content server 222 send hobby content-data and content-data to terminal 211 respectively.

In step S204, the communication module 314 reception license server 221 of terminal 211 and as shown in figure 31 hobby content-data and the content-data that content server 222 sends respectively in the performed processing of step S226.

Then, in next step S205, the control module 311 of terminal 211 is by upgrading setting content database 212 to cataloging from the content-data of license server 221 receptions in setting content database 212.

At last, in next step S206, control module 311 by before the end process the hobby content data base 333 in to the hobby content-data catalog upgrade the hobby content data base 333.

By carrying out the processing of process flow diagram shown in Figure 40 representative, license server 221 can be used and likes data and extract terminal 211 peculiar hobby content-datas based on terminal 211 peculiar contents.Thereby license server 221 can provide content to terminal 211, as the renewal of setting content.Should point out that if the content that is included in the hobby content-data that step S226 will send is the content that has been stored in the terminal 211 used setting content databases 212, these contents just do not send in the performed processing of step S226.That is to say in the case, have only the hobby content-data to send to terminal 211.

After the processing of carrying out process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 40, terminal 211 can be reproduced the hobby content.Below by explaining that in conjunction with process flow diagram shown in Figure 41 and 42 terminal 211 is for reproducing the processing that the hobby content is carried out.Should point out that this handles after the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 40 and carries out, promptly, have only the hobby content-data to be stored in the hobby content data base 333 of terminal 211 and just carry out this processing, and, when the user sends the order of reproducing the hobby content, the processing that begins to reproduce the hobby content.

At first, in step S251, GUI processing module 312 receives the order of search content from the user.

Then, in next step S252, GUI processing module 312 request control modules 311 search contents.

Subsequently, in next step S253, control module 311 obtains contents list from hobby content data base 333.For example, control module 311 obtains the form that content ID as shown in figure 31 is associated with preference type and hobby title.

Then, in next step S254, control module 311 obtains contents list from use historical data base 332.For example, control module 311 obtains as shown in figure 30 the historical ID of use and content ID and the form that uses date, uses part, use location and rank to be associated.

Subsequently, in next step S255, control module 311 is provided at the contents list that obtains in step S253 and 254 performed each processing to GUI processing module 312, as the tabulation of hobby content.

Then, in next step S256, GUI processing module 312 shows the tabulation of hobby content.For example, GUI processing module 312 shows the tabulation of liking content on output unit 57.Then, the content of user from selecting at the hobby contents list of output unit 57 demonstrations to reproduce.

Subsequently, in next step S257, GUI processing module 312 is selected from user's received content, as the input of expression with reproduced content.

Then, in next step S258, GUI processing module 312 is to the ID of the selected content of control module 311 notice signs.

In next step S259, control module 311 is read the chosen content that ID identified that is provided by GUI processing module 312 from setting content database 212, and begins to reproduce content.

In the processing of process flow diagram shown in Figure 41 and 42 representative, the user who has a terminal 211 is based on user's hobby and chosen content.Thereby the user can reproduce the content of hobby immediately.

Should point out, after the processing of carrying out the representative of process flow diagram shown in Figure 41 and 42, can carry out the processing of step S146 and subsequent step in the process flow diagram shown in Figure 37.

Below, explain the processing of update content price.Usually, As time goes on the price of content changes.By in conjunction with process flow diagram shown in Figure 43, the processing of explaining that contents producer shown in Figure 6 and system management merchant carry out along with the variation of content price is described below.Should point out, when the price change of predetermined content (or predetermined setting content), carry out this processing.

At first, in step S271, contents producer is determined the variation of content price, and accuses described variation to system management Business.

Then, in next step S272, the system management merchant changes the price that is included in the price list, as the price of its price with reformed content.In next step S273, the system management merchant notifies license server 221 because of the price updating variable prices at last.

By in conjunction with process flow diagram shown in Figure 44, below describe and explain the processing of license server 221 for carrying out according to the update notifications price list that in step S273, receives from the system management merchant.

At first, in step S291, the control module 251 of license server 221 receives price updating by communication module 254 from the system management merchant.The example of price updating for by the content of content ID CID02 sign required count 3.

Then, in next step S292, control module 251 provides price updating to sales histories collection module 255.

At last, in next step S293, sales histories collection module 255 upgrades price list based on price updating.For example, if price updating be by the content of content ID CID02 sign required count 3, sales histories collection module 255 is just by changing into 3 the third lines that upgrade price list shown in Figure 23 to must counting of content ID CID02 from 5.

By carrying out the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 44, license server 221 can be upgraded price list.

Then, explain that below in conjunction with process flow diagram shown in Figure 45 license server 221 and terminal 211 are for upgrading the processing that price list is carried out.Should point out, terminal 211 be in can with state that license server 221 is communicated by letter after, begin the execution of this processing.

At first, in step S311, the control module 311 beginning price updatings of terminal 211.

Then, in next step S312, control module 311 control encryption processing module 313 are by producing verification msg to encrypting such as the information of device id and signature.Control module 311 is also controlled communication module 314, sets up the communication path with license server 221 based on verification msg.

After the communication path of foundation and license server 221, in next step S313, control module 311 control encryption processing module 313 send the device id of encrypting to license server 221.

Simultaneously; in step S331; the correspondence of the processing of in step S312, carrying out as terminal 211, the communication module 254 of license server 221 is carried out the processing of setting up communication path with terminal 211, and described communication path is as the communication path that transmits information with the high safety protectiveness.Utilize the communication path of setting up in this way, in step S332, the device id that communication module 254 receiving terminals 211 of license server 221 send in step S313.

Then, in next step S333, historical collection module 256 is used in control module 251 controls of license server 221, reads price updating from the price list 221D that is stored in the database 258 with form shown in Figure 23.That is to say, use historical collection module 256 to read by the required price updating of the terminal 211 of described device id sign from price list 221D.In other words, read the data that are used for upgrading the price list that is stored in terminal 211 or be used for the data of the price list that the processing of process flow diagram shown in Figure 44 in front representative upgrades, as price updating.For example, read from the third line of price list 221D shown in Figure 23 and to count 3, as the required price updating of content of content ID CID02 sign.

Subsequently, in next step S334, control module 251 is upgraded to terminal 211 shipment prices by communication module 254.

In step S314, the communication module 314 of terminal 211 receives the price updating that license server 221 sends in the processing that step S334 carries out.

Subsequently, in next step S315, processing modules 317 are bought in 311 controls of the control module of terminal 211, in Pricedata 342 price updating are cataloged, and are stored in price list in the Pricedata 342 with renewal.

At last, in next step S316, processing modules 317 are bought in 311 controls of the control module of terminal 211, upgrade with form shown in Figure 32 to be stored in form in the purchase database 341.For example, buying price that processing module 317 revises when being used in the time buying comes in the substitution tables price to upgrade form shown in Figure 32.This is because because the term of validity of price list has time restriction, therefore revised price before the deadline.For example hypothesis is owing to upgrade the processing of price list, and from 8/1/2004, required the counting of content of content ID CID04 sign changes into 10.In the case, being stored in consumption on the fourth line of the form in the purchase database 341 shown in Figure 32 counts and also is updated to 10.

Thereby by carrying out the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 45, license server 221 can be upgraded the price list that is stored in the terminal 211.

In the processing of the representative of process flow diagram shown in Figure 43-45, upgrade price or price list.Thereby, might be consistent with the variation of content price.

Then, explain the typical operation of setting content price below in conjunction with Figure 46 and 47.

Figure 46 illustrates terminal 211 and have 15 the typical situation of for example buying in the processing of process flow diagram representative shown in Figure 34.

The user who supposes to have terminal 211 expresses: " I wish the exercise Karaoke, so I want to listen 3 first my can sing and songs that the lyrics are arranged.Has only free image for me." in the case, the user for example can buy music and the lyrics, music, the lyrics and the image of the second first song and the music and the lyrics of the 3rd first song of the first first song.Because the music and the lyrics of the first first song are worth and 4 points respectively at 5, music, the lyrics and the image of the second first song are worth 1 point, and 0 point respectively at 0, and the 3rd first music and the lyrics of singing are worth and 3 points respectively at 2, and therefore, the user need buy 15 points altogether.For another example, suppose that the user who has terminal 211 expresses: " I wish to listen a song as much as possible, so I want all are counted only colored on song.I do not need the lyrics or big envelope." user for example can buy the music of first to the 5th every first song, they are worth 15 points (point+6, point+1, point+2 ,=5 point+1 point) altogether.

From the contents producer viewpoint, be that the first first song is provided with high price, because this song is very popular.Because the second first song price reduction, therefore, song is provided with low sale price lattice for this reason, to obtain buyer as much as possible.The 4th first song is popular in Karaoke, and therefore a lyrics to the 4th first song is provided with high price.For the 5th first song,, therefore, also high price is set for image because outward appearance is to sell key.

As mentioned above, in the off line environment of terminal 211, can carry out and use the vacation shopping of counting.In addition, in license server 221, the price based on actual value can be set.

As shown in figure 47, contents producer can be according to pricing policy, as comprise discount is set, the price time changes and the policy of specific activity, and price is set.

Below provide the example that discount is set.If buy separately, the user just must buy content with the price of 10 of each contents.Yet,, just only require that the user pays 6 points for each content if buy together with special edition.For another example, if buy separately, the user just must buy content with the price of 10 of each contents.Yet,, just only require that the user pays 8 points for each content if buy same artistical at least 10 contents.For another example,, just return 5 right to the user if at least 30 contents that same wright makes are bought in accumulation.

For the variation of price time, for example, in 3 months time, this content is regarded as fresh content after content distributed, has 5 value.Yet, in the past after 3 months, only valuable 2 points of this content.For another example, sell in 2 weeks in season at new song, new song value 1 point, but when being adjusted into CD and selling, price rises to 5 points.

In specific activity, for example, the song of not selling in the dull season such as Christmas song, can count with half of normally counting in the marketing activity in the dull season and listen to.For another example, when film is adjusted to the season of playing in the TV, necessary the counting of film theme song rising.For another example, owing to bundle with hardware manufacturer, therefore, when when using specific hardware to listen content, the price of content reduces necessary counting.

Should point out, even typically being stored in the terminal 211, above description hypothesis setting content database 212 comprises in the hard disk 54, but setting content database 212 also can be stored on the movable recording media, any in disk 61 as shown in Figure 7, CD 62, magneto-optic disk 63 and the semiconductor memory 64.

In addition, though in the above description, be generally the sales histories that each terminal manufacturer or contents producer are collected setting content, but for example, also can be developing application, as the program of encryption processing module 313, each program development merchant sales histories of collecting setting content.Because therefore similar to shown in Figure 13-15 of the example of this situation, do not repeat description of them.

Further, by arbitrary particular terminal 211 directly or through network 2 is connected to other terminal 211, is stored in setting content in the setting content database 212 of particular terminal 211 and/or the content service condition that receives from license server 221 and can moves or copy on other terminal 211.In the case, terminal 211 as mobile or copy source sends the content ID of the setting content that is moved or copies and the device id that the terminal 211 of destination was moved or copied in conduct to license server 221, so that notice license server 221: setting content and/or its service condition move or copy on the purpose terminal 211.As a result, the use of setting content in other terminal 211 can be included in the sales figure.Should point out, according to suitable timing, as moving or the terminal 211 of copy destination also can send the content ID that be moved or copy setting content and as moving or the device id of the terminal 211 of copy destination, so that notice license server 221: setting content and/or its service condition have moved or copied to destination terminal 211 to license server 221.

And then when moving or copy setting content and/or service condition, terminal 211 also can store in storer and move or the relevant information of copy date, and gives license server 221 described report information.As a result, license server 221 can be used when collecting sales figure and move or the relevant information of copy date.

And license server 221 can also make the use of setting content in the terminal 211 of carrying out illegal operation invalid.The terminal 211 of carrying out illegal operation can be the terminal 211 that moves or copy the destination as setting content and/or its service condition.Specifically, license server 221 stores the device id of the terminal 211 of carrying out illegal operation, and,, just do not send the service condition of setting content to the terminal 211 of the request of sending if receive by specifying the device id that is complementary with stored device id to buy the request of setting content.

Very clear from the above description, according to the present invention, can use content immediately, and can reduce the expense that comprises system construction cost and maintenance cost.In addition, price that can update content.

In addition, terminal 211 is connected to license server 221 and content server 222 by network 2, thereby, can on terminal 211, suitably carry out to upgrade and handle.Thereby the user can install the new song of buying in the setting content database 212 of purchase terminal 211, is increased to be stored on several thousand first songs of terminal 211 in advance.

Further, can buy the content ID and the electronic points that is used to buy described content of the content that belongs to certain scope with online mode, and subsequently, can be by using electronic points to buy the content that belongs to this scope with offline mode.Thereby the terminal that always is free of attachment to network 2 also can be reproduced content.

And then according to the terminal 211 that second embodiment of the invention provides, terminal 211 can not only be used the setting content that is stored in advance in the terminal 211 always, and can also upgrade and increase the song (or content) that the user likes.Thereby, by using this service, can construct the setting content database 212 that satisfies user's needs.

For application, according to the order that receives from license server 221, terminal 211 can for example be deleted the content that the user that has terminal 211 dislikes.That is to say that based on the use history of terminal 211, license server 221 can be sent from the order of setting content database 212 some setting contents of deletion of terminal 211 to terminal 211.

Should point out that above-mentioned each terminal and each server can be applicable to the messaging device that can communicate by letter with miscellaneous equipment by network.

Above-mentioned processing sequence can be implemented by the execution of hardware and/or software.If above-mentioned processing sequence is implemented by the execution of software, the program that comprises software just can be installed to the computing machine that specialized hardware comprises from network or aforementioned recording medium, maybe can be installed in general purpose personal computer etc.By various programs are installed in general purpose personal computer, personal computer can be carried out various functions.

Shown in Fig. 7 and 9, the recording medium that is used for logging program is the encapsulation medium that distributes separately from computing machine, and wherein, described computing machine is the device that is used for providing to the user program.The example of encapsulation medium is disk 61 and 91, the CD 62 and 92 that comprises CD-ROM (compact disk-ROM (read-only memory)) and DVD (digital multi-purpose disk) that comprises floppy disk, the magneto-optic disk 63 that comprises MD (mini disk) and 93 and semiconductor memory 64 and 94.Recording medium can also offer the user with the medium that is included in advance in the computing machine.Comprise recording medium example be the ROM 52 and 72 and hard disk 54 and 74 that is used for logging program, wherein, each hard disk 54 and 74 is as the recording medium that is used for stored routine.

Should point out that in this instructions, the step of describing the program in the recording medium that is recorded in comprises the processing of carrying out by the order of the step of describing along time shaft certainly.Yet described step also can be needn't be along the processing of time shaft order execution.That is to say that described step also can comprise can while or the processing of execution separately.

In addition, in this instructions, system representation comprises the equipment set of a plurality of equipment.

Commercial Application

According to first to the 3rd invention, for example, can use content immediately, and can reduce cost, the structure and the maintenance cost of system is provided as content.Particularly, in the situation of first to the 3rd invention, the price of renewable contents.

In addition,, for example, can use content immediately, and can reduce cost, the structure and the maintenance cost of system is provided as content according to the 4th to the 5th invention.

Claims

1. a content provides system, and described system comprises the terminal of using content and be connected to described terminal and be used to manage the server of described content by network, wherein:

Described terminal comprises:

Be used for storing in advance the memory storage of described content;

Request unit, the content ID and be used to of described request device by being sent in a plurality of described content that is stored in the described memory storage sign predetermined content to described server buys the electronic points of described predetermined content and asks to use described predetermined content, wherein, described predetermined content belongs to the scope that will buy;

Receiving trap, when the described request device carried out described request, described receiving trap received form and the service condition that described content ID is associated with described electronic points that described server sends;

Service condition memory storage, described service condition memory storage are used to store described service condition and the described form that described receiving trap receives; And

Use actuating unit, described use actuating unit is carried out the use of described predetermined content based on being stored in described service condition in the described service condition memory storage and described form; Simultaneously

Described server comprises:

The service condition dispensing device, described service condition dispensing device sends described form and the described service condition that described content ID is associated with described electronic points to described terminal, wherein, described service condition is used to use the described predetermined content that belongs to described context, uses described predetermined content by the described request device request of adopting in described terminal;

The sales history information memory storage, described sales history information memory storage is used to store the sales history information of the described predetermined content that belongs to described scope, as the information that comprises the described content ID that identifies described predetermined content, use described predetermined content by the described request device request of in described terminal, adopting;

Gathering-device, described gathering-device are collected the sales figure of the content of described terminal use based on being stored in the described sales history information in the described sales history information memory storage; And

Carry out the processing execution device of processing based on described sales figure; And

In the processing of the described electronic points of upgrading described form, the described service condition dispensing device that adopts in the described server also sends content ID, the described electronic points that will be updated and the renewal of described electronic points, simultaneously, the described service condition memory storage that adopts in the described terminal upgrades described form based on the described renewal of described content ID that receives from described server and described electronic points.

2. one kind is connected to the terminal information treatment facility that uses content by network, and described messaging device comprises:

Dispensing device, described dispensing device sends the service condition of the predetermined content that form that the content ID that makes described content is associated with electronic points and use belong to context to described terminal, and wherein, described terminal request is used described predetermined content;

Sales history information memory storage, described sales history information memory storage are used to store the sales history information from the described predetermined content that belongs to described scope of described terminal reception, as the information that comprises the described content ID that identifies described predetermined content;

Wherein, in the processing of the described electronic points of upgrading described form, described dispensing device further sends content ID, the described electronic points that will be updated and the renewal of described electronic points to described terminal.

3. messaging device as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the described sales history information that is stored in the described sales history information memory storage further comprises the device id that is used to identify described terminal.

4. messaging device as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described messaging device further comprises:

Be used to obtain to carry out the acquisition device of historical information, wherein, described execution historical information represents to be stored in the execution history of the use of the described content in the described terminal; And

Use the historical information memory storage, described use historical information memory storage is used to store use historical information that comprises the content ID that receives from described server and the described execution historical information that described acquisition device obtains,

Wherein, described gathering-device is further collected the service recorder of the employed content of described terminal based on described use historical information.

5. messaging device as claimed in claim 4, described messaging device further comprises the hobby extraction element, described hobby extraction element based on be stored in the described use historical information memory storage described use historical information be stored in described terminal in the relevant information of hobby, and extract the information of following content, wherein, described each content is the user's of the described terminal of conduct use hobby all, described dispensing device sends the information of being extracted by described hobby extraction element to described terminal, wherein, described information is each all information of the content of the described user's of the described terminal of conduct use hobby.

6. information processing method that messaging device adopted, wherein, described messaging device is connected to the terminal of using content by network, and described information processing method comprises:

First forwarding step in this step, sends the service condition of the predetermined content that form that the content ID that makes content is associated with electronic points and use belong to context to described terminal, and wherein, described terminal request is used described predetermined content;

Sales history information storage controlled step, operation below the control in this step: store from the sales history information of the described predetermined content that belongs to described scope of described terminal reception, described information is as the information that comprises the described content ID that identifies described predetermined content;

Collect step, in this step, collect the sales figure of the content of described terminal use based on the described sales history information that stores in the described operation of controlling in the processing of described sales history information storage controlled step execution;

Carry out the processing execution step of processing based on described sales figure; And

Second forwarding step, in the processing of the described electronic points of upgrading described form, described second forwarding step sends content ID, the described electronic points that will be updated and the renewal of described electronic points to described terminal.

7. the control information treatment facility of being carried out by computing machine that is used for is implemented the following program of handling, and wherein, described messaging device is connected to the terminal of using content by network, and described processing comprises:

8. one kind is connected to the messaging device of the server that is used to provide content by network, and described messaging device comprises:

Be used for storing in advance the memory storage of described content;

Use actuating unit, described use actuating unit is carried out the use of described predetermined content based on being stored in described service condition in the described service condition memory storage and described form,

Wherein, when from the renewal of described server received content ID, the described electronic points that will be updated and described electronic points, described service condition memory storage is based on the renewal of the described electronic points of the content ID of described reception and described reception and upgrade described form.

9. messaging device as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described messaging device further comprises the ID memory storage that is used for storage facilities ID, described device id is used to identify described messaging device, wherein, the described request device with the described content ID of the described predetermined content that belongs to the described scope that will buy and the described electronic points that is used to buy described predetermined content send described device id from described ID memory storage, use the described predetermined content that belongs to described scope with request.

10. messaging device as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described messaging device further comprises:

Carry out the historical information memory storage, described execution historical information memory storage is used to store the execution historical information of execution history of the use of the described predetermined content of expression; And

Carry out the historical information dispensing device, described execution historical information dispensing device is used for sending the described execution historical information that is stored in described execution historical information memory storage to described server.

11. messaging device as claimed in claim 8, wherein,

Described receiving trap is further from the hobby content relevant information of described server reception with the user who uses described messaging device, as the information based on described execution historical information; And

Described use actuating unit is carried out the use of described predetermined content based on the described information relevant with the hobby content.

12. the information processing method that messaging device adopted, wherein, described messaging device is connected to the server that content is provided by network, and described information processing method comprises:

Request step, in this step, content ID and being used to by sign predetermined content in a plurality of described content that is sent in from prior storage to described server buys the electronic points of described predetermined content and asks to use described predetermined content, wherein, described predetermined content belongs to the scope that will buy;

Receiving step when carrying out described request in the processing that the described request step is carried out, receives form and the service condition that described content ID is associated with described electronic points that described server sends in described receiving step;

Service condition storage controlled step, operation below the control in this step: in the service condition storage unit, be stored in the described service condition and the described form that receive in the processing of described receiving step execution;

Use execution in step, in this step, described service condition that stores in the described operation of controlling based on the processing of carrying out in described service condition storage controlled step and described form and carry out the use of described predetermined content, and

Step of updating, when when described server receives described content ID and described renewal, the renewal of the content-based ID of described step of updating, the described electronic points that will be updated and described electronic points and upgrade the described form that is stored in the described service condition storage unit.

13. the control information treatment facility of being carried out by computing machine that is used for is implemented the following program of handling, wherein, described messaging device is connected to the server that content is provided by network, and described processing comprises:

14. a content provides system, described system comprises the terminal of using content and is connected to described terminal and is used to manage the server of described content by network, wherein:

Described terminal comprises:

Be used for storing in advance the memory storage of described content;

ID memory storage, described ID memory storage are used to the program ID that stores the device id of described terminal or be used to use the application program of content;

Request unit, content ID and described device id or the described program ID of described request device by sending the sign predetermined content to described server asks to use described predetermined content, wherein, determine described predetermined content in the described content in being stored in described memory storage;

Receiving trap, when the described request device carried out described request, described receiving trap received the service condition that described server sends;

Use actuating unit, described use actuating unit is carried out the use of described predetermined content by the execution of described application program based on described service condition, and

Described server comprises:

The service condition dispensing device, described service condition dispensing device sends the service condition of using described predetermined content to described terminal, wherein, uses described predetermined content by the described request device request of adopting in the described terminal;

Use the historical information memory storage, described use historical information memory storage is used to store the information that comprises described content ID and described device id or described program ID that used described request device receives in the described terminal, as the use historical information of described predetermined content;

Gathering-device, described gathering-device are collected the service recorder of the described terminal employed content of execution that use or described application program based on being stored in the described use historical information in the described use historical information memory storage; And

Carry out the processing execution device of processing based on described service recorder.

15. content as claimed in claim 14 provides system, wherein, the described memory storage of described terminal can be installed on the described terminal and can pull down from described terminal.

16. content as claimed in claim 14 provides system, wherein:

Described terminal further comprises carries out the historical information memory storage, and described execution historical information memory storage is used to store the execution historical information of the execution history of the described application program of representing the described predetermined content of use;

Described server further comprises the acquisition device, the described execution historical information that the described execution historical information memory storage that described acquisition device is used for obtaining to use in described terminal stores;

Used described use historical information memory storage is used to store the described execution historical information that used described request device receives in the described terminal the described use historical information that comprises described content ID and described device id or described program ID and described acquisition device obtain in the described server; And

Used described gathering-device is collected the service recorder of the described terminal employed content of execution that use or described application program and the executive logging of described application program in the described server based on described use historical information.

17. content as claimed in claim 14 provides system, wherein:

Described server further comprises the acquisition device, described acquisition device is from the information of described terminal acquisition except that described content ID, wherein, described content ID is the information relevant with described predetermined content, and described predetermined content is used in the described request device request of using in described terminal;

Used described use historical information memory storage is used to store the described information except that described content ID that described content ID that the described request device that uses in the described terminal receives and described device id or described program ID and described acquisition device obtain in the described server; And

The described gathering-device that uses in the described server is collected the service recorder of the described terminal employed content of execution that use or described application program based on described use historical information.

18. content as claimed in claim 17 provides system, wherein, the described information except that described content ID is the sales date of the sale price or the described content of described content.

19. content as claimed in claim 14 provides system, wherein:

Described terminal further comprises mobile/copy device, and described move/copy device is used for moving or copy to other terminal being stored in the described service condition that perhaps described receiving trap receives in described memory storage described;

Described server further comprises the acquisition device that is used for obtaining from described terminal the device id of described other terminal, and wherein, the described moving/copy device that uses in the described terminal moves or copy to described other terminal to perhaps described service condition in described;

The described use historical information memory storage that uses in the described server is used to store described use historical information, the described device id that described device id that described use historical information comprises described content ID that the described request device that uses in the described terminal receives and the described request device that uses in the described terminal receives or described acquisition device obtain; And

Used described gathering-device is collected the service recorder of the employed content of described terminal based on described use historical information in the described server.

20. content as claimed in claim 19 provides system, wherein:

Described acquisition device used in the described server further obtains temporal information from described terminal, described temporal information be described moving/copy device used in the described terminal to described other terminal move or copy described in time of perhaps described service condition;

Used described use historical information memory storage is used to store described use historical information in the described server, the described temporal information that described device id that described device id that described use historical information comprises used described request device receives in the described terminal described content ID, used described request device receives in the described terminal or described acquisition device obtain and described acquisition device obtain; And

21. content as claimed in claim 19 provides system, wherein:

Used described acquisition device further obtains interior perhaps service condition have been moved to the device id of described other terminal of described terminal in the described server from other terminal;

Used described use historical information memory storage is used to store described use historical information in the described server, the described device id that described device id that described use historical information comprises used described request device receives in the described terminal described content ID and used described request device receives in the described terminal or described acquisition device obtain; And

22. content as claimed in claim 21 provides system, wherein:

Described acquisition device used in the described server further obtains temporal information from described other terminal, and described temporal information is the time that described other terminal moves perhaps described service condition in described or copy to described terminal;

23. content as claimed in claim 14 provides system, wherein:

Described server further comprises pick-up unit, and described pick-up unit is used to detect the illegal use of content described in the described terminal; And

Described service condition dispensing device restriction sends described service condition to being detected the described terminal of carrying out described illegal use.

24. one kind is connected to the terminal information treatment facility that uses content by network, described messaging device comprises:

The service condition dispensing device, described service condition dispensing device sends the service condition that is used for using the certain content of selecting in described content to described terminal, and wherein, described certain content is the predetermined content that described terminal request is used;

Use the historical information memory storage, described use historical information memory storage is used to store the use historical information that receives from described terminal, and described use historical information comprises the device id of the content ID of described predetermined content and described terminal or uses the program ID of the application program of described predetermined content;

Gathering-device, described gathering-device be based on the described use historical information that is stored in the described use historical information memory storage, and collect the service recorder of the described terminal employed content of execution that use or described application program; And

25. the information processing method that messaging device adopted, wherein, described messaging device is connected to the terminal of using content by network, and described information processing method comprises:

The service condition forwarding step in this step, sends the service condition that is used for using the certain content of selecting in described content to described terminal, and wherein, described certain content is the predetermined content that described terminal request is used;

Use the historical information storing step, in this step, the use historical information that storage receives from described terminal, described use historical information comprise the device id of the content ID of described predetermined content and described terminal or use the program ID of the application program of described predetermined content;

Collect step, in this step,, and collect the service recorder of the described terminal employed content of execution that use or described application program based on the described use historical information that stores in the processing of carrying out at described use historical information storing step; And

Carry out the processing execution step of processing based on described service recorder.

26. the control information treatment facility of being carried out by computing machine that is used for is implemented the following program of handling, wherein, described messaging device is connected to the terminal of using content by network, and described processing comprises:

Service condition sends controlled step, and this step is used for controlling following operation: send the service condition that is used to use the certain content of selecting in described content to described terminal, wherein, described certain content is the predetermined content that described terminal request is used;

Use historical information storage controlled step, this step is used to control following operation: store the use historical information that receives from described terminal, described use historical information comprises the device id of the content ID of described predetermined content and described terminal or uses the program ID of the application program of described predetermined content;

Collect controlled step, this step is used for controlling following operation: the described use historical information that stores based on the processing of carrying out in described use historical information storage controlled step, and collect the service recorder of the described terminal employed content of execution that use or described application program; And

Control the processing execution controlled step of carrying out the processing operation based on described service recorder.