JP2001331675A - System and method for distributing software and recording medium having program recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To actualize distribution which is cheaper and faster than before when software is sold by using the Internet. SOLUTION: A user terminal 1, a download center terminal 2, a software distributing server 3, and a store terminal 4 are present on a network 5; and the download center terminal 2 transfers software ordered from the user terminal 1 from the distributing server 3 to the store terminal 4 and at the store, the software is written to a recording medium and sold to the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a software distribution system and a software distribution method via a network, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded, and more particularly to a software for transferring software via a retail store. The present invention relates to a distribution system, a software distribution method, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal computers (terminals)
With the spread of the Internet, the Internet has been widely used. In particular, with respect to the sale of goods, a business model has emerged in which the process from receiving an order, shipping the goods, and paying for the fees is performed consistently on a network.

[0003] Such business models have been increasingly introduced, especially in the sale of software.

[0004] Conventionally, in selling software (programs), a vendor that provides the software has established a homepage on the Internet, and has posted a list of software to be provided on the homepage. Therefore, the purchaser determines the desired software from a homepage established by the vendor, inputs predetermined entries to the homepage, notifies the vendor, and downloads the software from the vendor.

[0005] In order to pay for the purchased software, a method of designating a financial institution to perform the payment from the above homepage is widely used.

[0006] When purchasing software by such a sales method using the Internet, the purchaser needs to download the software from a vendor server by himself.

[0007]

[0005] However, if the purchaser is an individual, the user often accesses the Internet via a provider via a telephone line or the like.
For this reason, there has been a problem that the purchaser must pay for the communication time and the communication cost for downloading the software in addition to the price for the software.

[0008] This requires a great deal of time and communication costs especially when the software to be downloaded has a large capacity. In addition, this download is not always successful, and a failure may require several downloads.

On the other hand, there is a method of writing purchased software on a recording medium and distributing the software to a purchaser's house by mail. In such a mode, a terminal for writing software on the recording medium is used. The purchaser or the vendor must handle the waiting time required for writing to the recording medium and the cost of shipping the written recording medium, etc. However, there has been a problem that inexpensive and quick software distribution has not been realized.

Further, there is a problem that the types of software to which such a method is conventionally applied are limited.

[0011] Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and a software distribution system, a software distribution method, and a software distribution method that realize faster and cheaper distribution than before in software sales using the Internet. It is an object to provide a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a download center terminal connected to a network, a software distribution server connected to the network, and a software distribution server connected to the network are provided. And a user terminal connected to a network, the user terminal having software ordering means for ordering software to the download center terminal, and a software distribution server. Is ordered by the software ordering means among the software storing means for storing one or more kinds of software and the one or more kinds of software stored in the software storing means in response to a request from the download center terminal. Software transmitting means for transmitting software to the download center terminal. The download center terminal includes software transmission request means for requesting transmission of the ordered software to the software distribution server, and order software transmission means for transmitting the ordered software to the retail terminal. The retailer terminal comprises:
Software writing means for writing the ordered software transmitted from the download center terminal to a recording medium is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network. The download center terminal includes software ordering means for ordering software to the download center terminal. The download center terminal stores software for storing one or more types of software and retails the ordered software. Order software transmission means for transmitting to the store terminal, the retail store terminal has software writing means for writing the ordered software transmitted from the download center terminal to a recording medium, It is characterized by comprising.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution system according to the first or second aspect, one or more retail store terminals are connected to a network, and the software ordering means is one. Among the above-mentioned retail store terminals, the download center stores retail store designation information, which is information that is designated as a place to receive software for ordering a retail store having any of them, and purchase order information, which designates software to be ordered. By notifying the terminal, the order of the software is executed, and the ordered software transmitting means transmits the ordered software to the retail store designated by the retail store designation information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution system according to the third aspect, the download center terminal provides provided software list storage means for preliminarily storing a list of provided software; Provided software list notifying means for notifying the user terminal of a list of software to be provided, wherein the user terminal displays the list of provided software notified from the download center terminal. The system further comprises a list display means, wherein the software ordering means generates purchase order information by allowing a user to select from a list of software providing software to be ordered. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution system according to the third or fourth aspect, the download center terminal previously stores a list of retail stores each having one or more retail store terminals. And a retail store list notifying unit for notifying the user terminal of the list of retail stores, and the user terminal displays a list of retail stores notified from the download center terminal. The software ordering means further comprises retailer list display means, and the software ordering means generates retailer designation information by causing a user to select a retailer to be designated as a receiving place from a list of retailers. It is characterized by.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution system according to the fifth aspect, the download center terminal uses the purchase order information and the retail store designation information notified from the user terminal. An orderer identification information generating means for generating orderer identification information for identifying an ordering user, an orderer identification information, a user terminal that has notified purchase order information and retailer designation information, and a retailer designation information. A retailer terminal of the designated retailer; and orderer identification information notifying means for notifying the retailer terminal, wherein the user receives the orderer identification information notified from the download center terminal, The retailer specified as the receiving location is presented to the retailer designated as the orderer identification information presented by the user and the download center terminal. If the user who executed the order is found to be the user who presented the orderer identification information, the record in which the software was written by the software writing means was compared. It is characterized in that the medium is transferred to the user.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network. The download center terminal includes software ordering means for ordering software to the download center terminal. The download center terminal notifies the retailer terminal that software has been ordered by the software ordering means. The retail store terminal is configured to include a notifying unit, and the retail store terminal includes a software storing unit that stores one or more types of software, and a software writing unit that writes the ordered software notified from the download center terminal to a recording medium. Means.

According to the invention described in claim 8, in the software distribution system according to claim 7, one or more retail store terminals are connected to a network, and the software ordering means is one or more. To the download center terminal, the retail center designation information, which is the information to designate as the receiving place of the software for ordering the retail store having any of the retail store terminals, and the purchase order information, which designates the software to be ordered, to the download center terminal By notifying, the software order is executed, and the software order notifying means notifies the retailer designated by the retailer designation information that the software has been ordered.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution system according to the eighth aspect, the download center terminal provides provided software list storage means for preliminarily storing a list of provided software; Provided software list notifying means for notifying the user terminal of a list of software to be provided, wherein the user terminal displays the list of provided software notified from the download center terminal. The system further comprises a list display means, wherein the software ordering means generates purchase order information by allowing a user to select from a list of software providing software to be ordered. .

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution system according to the eighth or ninth aspect, the download center terminal previously stores a list of retail stores each having one or more retail store terminals. And a retail store list notifying unit for notifying the user terminal of the list of retail stores, and the user terminal displays a list of retail stores notified from the download center terminal. The software ordering means further comprises retailer list display means, and the software ordering means generates retailer designation information by causing a user to select a retailer to be designated as a receiving place from a list of retailers. It is characterized by.

According to the invention described in claim 11, in the software distribution system according to claim 10, the download center terminal uses the purchase order information and the retail store designation information notified from the user terminal. Orderer identification information generating means for generating orderer identification information for identifying an ordering user; and software order confirmation for notifying the orderer identification information to a user terminal that has notified purchase order information and retailer designation information. Notifying means, and the software order notifying means further comprises:
Notify the retailer terminal of the retailer designated by the retailer designation information, and the user presents the orderer identification information notified from the download center terminal to the retailer designated as the receiving location, and The retail store specified as the location compares the orderer identification information presented by the user with the order information notified from the download center terminal, and the user who executed the order by comparison presents the orderer identification information. If it is determined that the user is the user who has performed the recording, the recording medium on which the software is written by the software writing unit is transferred to the user.

[0023] The invention according to claim 12 provides a download center terminal connected to a network, a software distribution server connected to the network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user connected to the network. A software distribution method using a terminal and a software distribution server, wherein the software distribution server stores one or more types of software, and the user terminal orders software from the download terminal.
A software transmission requesting step in which the download center terminal requests the software distribution server to transmit the software ordered in the software ordering step, and the software distribution server transmits the requested software to the download center terminal Software transmission process,
An order software transmitting step in which the download center terminal transmits the software received from the software distribution server to the retail store terminal, and a software writing in which the retail store terminal writes the software received from the download center terminal to a recording medium And a step.

The invention according to claim 13 is a software distribution method using a download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network. The download center terminal stores one or more types of software, and a user terminal orders a software to the download terminal, a software ordering process;
An order software transmitting step in which the download center terminal transmits the ordered software to the retail store terminal; and a software writing step in which the retail store terminal writes the software received from the download center terminal to a recording medium. It is characterized by having.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution method according to the twelfth or thirteenth aspect, at least one retail store terminal is connected to a network, and the software ordering step is one. Among the above-mentioned retail store terminals, the download center stores retail store designation information, which is information that is designated as a place to receive software for ordering a retail store having any of them, and purchase order information, which designates software to be ordered. By notifying the terminal, the order of the software is executed, and the order software transmitting step is characterized in that the ordered software is transmitted to the retail store designated by the retail store designation information.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution method according to the fourteenth aspect, the download center terminal previously stores a list of software to be provided, and the download center terminal stores the software to be provided. A providing software list notifying step of notifying the user list of the software list, and the software ordering step includes:
The purchase order information is generated by allowing the user to select from a list of software that provides the software to be ordered.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution method of the fourteenth or fifteenth aspect, the download center terminal previously stores a list of retail stores each having one or more retail store terminals. The download center terminal further includes a retail store list notifying step of notifying the user terminal of a list of retail stores, and the software ordering step includes the step of selecting a retail store designated as a receiving place from the list of retail stores by the user. , The retail store designation information is generated.

Further, the invention according to claim 17 is based on claim 1
6. The software distribution method according to item 6, wherein the download center terminal generates orderer identification information for identifying the ordering user based on the purchase order information and the retail store designation information notified from the user terminal. The identification information generation step, and the download center terminal sends the orderer identification information
A user terminal that has notified the purchase order information and the retail store designation information; and a retail store terminal of the retail store designated by the retail store designation information; and an orderer identification information notification step of notifying the user terminal. Presents the orderer identification information notified from the download center terminal to the retailer designated as the receiving location, and the retailer designated as the receiving location is the orderer identifying information presented by the user; The orderer identification information notified from the download center terminal is compared with the orderer identification information. If the comparison shows that the user who executed the order is the user who presented the orderer identification information, the software is written in the software writing process. Is transferred to a user.

The invention according to claim 18 is a software distribution method using a download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network. The retail store terminal stores one or more types of software, and the user terminal executes the software ordering process of ordering software to the download terminal, and the download center terminal executes the software ordering process in the software ordering process. A software order notification step of notifying the retailer terminal that the order has been placed, and a software writing step of writing the software notified from the download center terminal to a recording medium by the retailer terminal. I do.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution method according to the eighteenth aspect, one or more retailer terminals are connected to a network, and the software ordering step is performed in one or more software ordering steps. To the download center terminal, the retail center designation information, which is the information to designate as the receiving place of the software for ordering the retail store having any of the retail store terminals, and the purchase order information, which designates the software to be ordered, to the download center terminal By notifying, the order of the software is executed, and the order software transmitting step is characterized in that the ordered software is transmitted to the retail store designated by the retail store designation information.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the software distribution method of the nineteenth aspect, the download center terminal previously stores a list of software to be provided, and the download center terminal stores the list of software to be provided. A providing software list notifying step of notifying the user list of the software list, and the software ordering step includes:
The purchase order information is generated by allowing the user to select from a list of software that provides the software to be ordered.

According to the invention of claim 21, in the software distribution method of claim 19 or 20, the download center terminal previously stores a list of retail stores each having one or more retail store terminals. The download center terminal further includes a retail store list notifying step of notifying the user terminal of a list of retail stores, and the software ordering step includes the step of selecting a retail store designated as a receiving place from the list of retail stores by the user. , The retail store designation information is generated.

[0033] The invention described in claim 22 is based on claim 2.
1. In the software distribution method according to item 1, the download center terminal generates orderer identification information for identifying the ordering user based on the purchase order information and the retail store designation information notified from the user terminal. The identification information generation step, and the download center terminal sends the orderer identification information
A software order confirmation notifying step of notifying the user terminal that has notified the purchase order information and the retail store designation information, wherein the software order notification step is a process in which the orderer identification information is specified by the retail store designation information. To the retailer terminal owned by the retailer, and the user presents the orderer identification information notified from the download center terminal to the retailer designated as the receiving location, and the retailer designated as the receiving location. Is compared with the orderer identification information presented by the user and the orderer identification information notified from the download center terminal, and the user who executed the order by the comparison is the user who presented the orderer identification information Is found, the recording medium on which the software has been written is transferred to the user in the software writing step.

[0034] Further, the invention according to claim 23 provides a download center terminal connected to a network, a software distribution server connected to the network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user connected to the network. A software distribution server storing one or more types of software, wherein the user terminal orders software from the download terminal. A software transmission requesting step in which the download center terminal requests transmission of the software ordered in the software ordering step to the software distribution server, and the software distribution server transmits the software requested to the download center terminal. Software transmission to send Step: transmitting the software received from the software distribution server to the retail store terminal by the download center terminal to send the software to the retail store terminal; and writing the software received from the download center terminal to the recording medium by the retail store terminal. And a program for executing a wear writing step.

[0035] The invention according to claim 24 is a program for recording a program for executing a download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network. A download center terminal that stores one or more types of software; a user terminal that orders software for the download terminal; and a download center terminal that stores the ordered software. And a software writing step in which the retail store terminal writes the software received from the download center terminal to a storage medium. did.

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium storing the program according to the twenty-third aspect, one or more retailer terminals are connected to a network, and the software ordering step includes: Out of one or more retailer terminals, retailer-specifying information that is information that is specified as a receiving place of software for ordering a retailer having any of them, and purchase order information that specifies software to be ordered. The software is ordered by notifying the download center terminal, and the order software transmission step is characterized in that the ordered software is transmitted to the retail store designated by the retail store designation information.

According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium storing the program according to the twenty-fifth aspect, the download center terminal previously stores a list of software to be provided, and A software list notifying step of notifying the user terminal of a list of software to be performed is further executed, and the software ordering step is performed by allowing the user to select from a list of software providing the software to be ordered. It is characterized by generating purchase order information.

According to the invention described in claim 27, in the recording medium recording the program described in claim 25 or 26, the download center terminal stores a list of retail stores each having one or more retail store terminals. Store in advance,
The download center terminal further executes a retail store list notification step of notifying the user terminal of a list of retail stores,
The software ordering step is characterized by generating retail store designation information by causing a user to select a retail store designated as a receiving place from a list of retail stores.

The invention according to claim 28 is the second invention.
7. On a recording medium recording the program described in 7, the download center terminal generates orderer identification information for identifying the ordering user based on the purchase order information and the retail store designation information notified from the user terminal. An orderer identification information generating step, wherein the download center terminal notifies the orderer identification information of the purchase order information and the retailer designation information, and a retailer terminal owned by the retailer designated by the retailer designation information. And a step of notifying the orderer identification information to be notified to.

Further, according to the present invention, a program for recording a program for executing a download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network is recorded. The medium, wherein the retail store terminal stores one or more types of software, and the user terminal executes a software ordering step of ordering software to the download terminal, and the download center terminal executes the software ordering step. A software order notifying step of notifying the retail store terminal that the software has been ordered, and a software writing step of writing the software notified from the download center terminal to a recording medium by the retail store terminal. A program characterized by the following was recorded.

According to the invention of claim 30, one or more retail store terminals are connected to a network, and the software ordering step is performed in one or more of the retail store terminals.
Retailer designation information which is information to designate as a receiving place of software for ordering a retailer having any of them, purchase order information for designating software to be ordered,
Is sent to the download center terminal to execute the software order, and the order software transmission step transmits the ordered software to the retail store specified by the retail store designation information. Claim 2
The program described in No. 9 was recorded.

According to the invention of claim 31, in the recording medium storing the program of claim 30, the download center terminal previously stores a list of software to be provided, and the download center terminal stores the list of software to be provided. A software list notifying step of notifying the user terminal of a list of software to be performed is further executed, and the software ordering step is performed by allowing the user to select from a list of software providing the software to be ordered. It is characterized by generating purchase order information.

According to the invention of claim 32, in the recording medium on which the program of claim 30 or 31 is recorded, the download center terminal stores a list of retail stores each having one or more retail store terminals. Store in advance,
The download center terminal further executes a retail store list notification step of notifying the user terminal of a list of retail stores,
The software ordering step is characterized by generating retail store designation information by causing a user to select a retail store designated as a receiving place from a list of retail stores.

The invention according to claim 33 is the third invention.
In the recording medium recording the program described in 2, the download center terminal generates orderer identification information for identifying the ordering user based on the purchase order information and the retail store designation information notified from the user terminal. Further executing an orderer identification information generating step, and a software order confirmation notifying step in which the download center terminal notifies the orderer identification information to the user terminal that has notified the purchase order information and the retailer designation information. The wear order notifying step is characterized in that the orderer identification information is notified to a retailer terminal of the retailer designated by the retailer designation information.

[0045]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention relates to a software in which a user places an order for software from a user terminal via a network, and delivers the software at a retail store designated by the user or a service provider. It is an object of the present invention to provide a distribution system, a software distribution method, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

Based on this, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] {Configuration of First Embodiment} First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 1, a first embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 1 owned by a user (a purchaser or an orderer), a download center terminal 2 owned by a service provider that mediates software provision to the user, A software distribution server 3 storing software to be provided to the user, and a service provider or
And a retail store terminal 4 of a retail store affiliated with the service provider, and are configured to be connected via a network 5. Here, the Internet is generally applied to the network 5, but in the present invention, the invention is not particularly limited to the Internet, and any medium that can perform data communication is applied. It is possible.

In the above configuration, the user terminal 1 is an information processing device such as a personal computer. The user terminal 1 has a function of transmitting information such as purchase order information and retail store designation information to the download center terminal 2 via the network 5.

The above-mentioned purchase order information is, for example, information on products provided by the service provider to the user, such as shareware, freeware, OS software, or application software. However,
It is assumed that the product information includes information such as software name, version information, language used, operating OS, and price.

The above-mentioned retail store designation information indicates a retail store which is a receiving place of a product which the user desires to purchase. The retail store may be a retail store (distributor) of a service provider that provides software products, or may be a contract with the service provider and configured to deliver software to a user. It is possible that you are a trader,
In the present invention, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
In particular, an example is omitted to limit it.

The download center terminal 2 is managed and operated by an intermediary for providing software in this embodiment, that is, a service provider, and is constituted by an information processing device such as a personal computer or a workstation.

The download center terminal 2 receives the purchase order information and the retail store designation information transmitted from the user terminal 1 by the user, and identifies the orderer based on the received purchase order information and the retail store designation information. It has a function of generating information and transmitting the generated orderer identification information to the user terminal 1 and the retail store terminal 4.

Here, the orderer identification information is information for identifying the orderer and the contents of the order, and is generated as information unique to one order.

The download center terminal 2 also has a function of downloading software designated by the user from the software distribution server 3 by accessing the software distribution server 3 via the network 5. Here, when the software distribution server 3 has a special function used for downloading, such as a resume function, it is desirable that the download center terminal 2 be configured to have the same function.

Further, the download center terminal 2 has a function of distributing software downloaded from the software distribution server 3 to the retail store terminal 3. At this time,
To ensure that the software is distributed from the download center terminal 2 to the retail store terminal 4, it is desirable that the download center terminal 2 has a function of confirming whether or not this distribution has been completed normally.

On the other hand, the software distribution server 3
Is a site configured on the network 5 that provides shareware, freeware, OS software, application software, and the like.
The configuration may be such that the above-mentioned service provider has, or it may be configured that any vendor (a company that provides shareware, freeware, OS software, application software, or the like) has.

Further, as described above, the software distribution server 3 reads the software specified by the user from the database in accordance with the request from the download center terminal 2, and transmits the software to the download center terminal 2. .

The retail store terminal 4 is provided at a retail store having a specific relationship with the service provider as described above, for example, a 24-hour retail store or a computer store. This retail store terminal 4 is the download center terminal 2
And receives and retains the orderer identification information.

The retail store terminal 4 also has a function of receiving software transmitted from the download center terminal 2, and by writing the received software to a recording medium by this function, the retail store can Is configured to deliver software to a user. Here, similarly to the above, in order to reliably distribute the software from the download center terminal 2 to the retail store terminal 4, the function of confirming whether or not the distribution has been normally completed at the retail store terminal 4 is performed. It is desirable to have

Upon receiving the software from the download center terminal 2 as described above, the retail store terminal 4 notifies the user (orderer) that the software is ready for delivery. It is also possible to constitute so that it may have. This notification method is automatically performed by telephone, electronic mail, or the like.

Further, the retail store where the retail store terminal 4 is installed performs writing on a recording medium in order to transfer the software transmitted from the download center terminal 2 to the user (orderer), and the orderer visits the store. Complete and save this before you do.

As described above, with the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the user can use the user terminal 1 of the user to purchase the software (included in the purchase order information) and the retail store (retail) that the user wants to receive. (Included in the store designation information) to the download center terminal 2 via the network 5. On the other hand, the download center terminal 2
As described above, when the purchase order information including the software desired to be purchased and the retailer designation information including the desired retailer as the receiving location are received, the orderer identification is performed based on the purchase order information and the retailer designation information. It generates information and transmits it to the user terminal 1 and the retail store terminal 4 via the network 5.

The download center terminal 2 downloads the software requested by the user.
The user accesses the software distribution server 3 via the network 5 to download the software.

When the download of the necessary software is completed in this way, the download center terminal 2
Transmits software to the retail store terminal 4 via the network 5.

When the necessary software is received from the download center terminal 2, the retail store terminal 4 writes the downloaded software to a recording medium in order to complete a product to be delivered to the user.

Thereafter, when a user who wants to purchase the ordered software visits the retail store, the staff at the retail store checks whether or not this user is the same person who made the order. This is performed using the orderer identification information, and if it is confirmed that the user is the same person as the orderer, the user sells the recording medium on which the downloaded software is written. If necessary, the retail store also provides services such as collection of payment for software and installation support.

<< Operation According to First Embodiment >> Next, the operation of the configuration according to the above-described first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the software distribution system according to the first embodiment. However, in the following description, the case where the Internet (5) is applied to the network 5 will be described.

Referring to FIG. 2, in the first embodiment,
First, the user uses the user terminal 1 to access the homepage for the download service established by the download center terminal 2 on the Internet 5 and download the desired software from the list of software posted on this homepage. Is transmitted to the download center terminal 2 (step A1: order to the download center terminal 2). It is assumed that the above download request is made by transmitting the purchase order information described in the configuration of the first embodiment to the download center terminal 2.

On the other hand, the download center terminal 2
Receives the purchase order information transmitted from the user terminal 1 (step B1: reception of order software information), and thereafter transmits the retail store information to the user terminal 1 that has transmitted the purchase order information (step B1). B2: Retail store information transmission). This retail store information is a list of retail stores, as described above, where a service provider that mediates software provision can actually request a user (orderer) to deliver a recording medium on which software is written. is there.

Accordingly, the user who has been notified of the retail store information, which is a list of the retail stores, selects the desired retail store from the list, and transmits the information of the selected retail store to the user terminal 1 via the Internet. 5 to the download center terminal 2 (step A2: select a retail store). The notification of the information of the selected retail store is executed by notifying the above-mentioned retail store designation information to the download center terminal 2.

On the other hand, the download center terminal 2
After receiving the retail store designation information transmitted from the user terminal 1 (Step B3: Retail store selection information reception), based on the purchase order information received in Step B1 and the retail store designation information received in Step B3. First, orderer identification information is created (step B4: orderer identification information generation), and the generated orderer identification information is transmitted to the user terminal 1 and the retail store terminal 4 (step B5: orderer identification information transmission). . here,
The reason for transmitting the orderer identification information to the user terminal 1 is to allow the user to confirm whether or not the orderer identification information generated by the download terminal 2 is accurate. The reason for transmitting the information to the retail store terminal 4 is to request the retail store to deliver the software to the user. The notification of the orderer identification information from the download center terminal 2 to the user terminal 1 is as follows:
A home page having the download center terminal 2 as a site may be temporarily created to notify the user, or an electronic mail may be automatically created and transmitted from the download center terminal 2 to the user terminal 1. This can be realized by configuring.

Therefore, the orderer identification information transmitted from the download center terminal 2 is received by the user terminal 1 via the Internet 5 (step A3: reception of the orderer identification information). The information is received by the retail store terminal 4 (step D1: identification information reception).

Next, the download center terminal 2 starts the operation of downloading the software ordered by the orderer from the software distribution server 3 via the Internet 5 (step B6: download start).

Therefore, the software distribution server 3 receives the download request from the download center terminal 2 in step B6, and operates to transmit the software to be stored therein to the download center terminal 2 (step C1). : Software transmission). However, it is assumed that the software distribution server 3 is configured by an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server or the like on the Internet. Therefore, the software distribution server 3 operates to automatically transmit the software requested by the download center terminal 2 to the download center terminal 2.

The download center terminal 2 receiving the software transmitted in this way repeats the download until the reception of the software is completed normally, and when the software is normally completed, the download operation ends. (Step B7: download completed). However,
If there is more than one software to download,
The download center terminal 2 returns to step B6,
The download is repeated until all the software has been received.

After that, the download center terminal 2 transmits the downloaded software to the retail store terminal 4 (step B8: software transmission), and the retail store terminal 4
Receives the transmitted software (step D2: software reception). However, even in this step, if there is a plurality of software to be transmitted, the download center terminal 2 repeatedly executes transmission until transmission of all software is completed. Also, here, the retail store terminal 1 receiving the software ordered from the user in this way is replaced with the download center terminal 2
It is also possible to notify the user terminal 1 that the software download has been completed and the software is ready to be delivered.

After the software has been downloaded to the retail store in this manner, the user goes to the retail store at a date and time during the business hours of the retail store and sends the orderer identification information notified in advance in step A3 to the retail store. Request to receive the recording medium on which the software has been written by presenting it to the staff.
On the other hand, the staff of the retail store writes the software received from the download center terminal 2 beforehand on the recording medium before the user comes to the store, and then writes the orderer identification information presented by the user who came to the store. After comparing with the orderer identification information received in step D1, if the two match, the recording medium in which the software has been written in advance is passed to the user (step D3: customer confirmation and delivery).

However, in the delivery of the recording medium in step D3, the retailer collects the price for the software from the user if necessary, and also provides services such as installation support thereafter. here,
The method of collecting the payment is not limited to cash, but may be collection by a credit card, a prepaid card, or the like.

{Effects of First Embodiment} As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

First, as a first effect, the user can save the time required for downloading compared to the method of selling software provided on the Internet by the conventional technology. Further, according to the first embodiment, by configuring the download center terminal 2 configured exclusively for executing the download, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the download will fail.

As a second effect, since there is no need to deliver the recording medium in which the software is written from the vendor (or service provider) to the user, the delivery time of the recording medium and the price required for the delivery are reduced. It becomes possible to reduce.

Further, as a third effect, even for a plurality of orders from different users, the writing of the software on the recording medium can be distributed to a plurality of retail stores. , Software can be provided quickly and inexpensively.

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Second
In the embodiment, the download center terminal 2 shown in FIG.
However, software that is relatively frequently ordered is downloaded from the software distribution server 3 in advance, and a list of software downloaded and collected in advance is displayed to the user via the network 5. It is configured so that

Therefore, by collecting the software in advance, the operation required for downloading the software from the software distribution server 3 to the download center terminal 2 in FIG. It can be omitted. For this reason, it is possible to provide the user with faster and cheaper software than in the first embodiment. However, since the configuration of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description is omitted here.

{Operation According to Second Embodiment} FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation according to the second embodiment.
However, since the download center terminal 2 has previously downloaded software (software ordered by the user in FIG. 3) that is frequently ordered from the software distribution server 3, the operation shown in FIG. In the operation shown, steps B6, B7 and step C1 are deleted.

Accordingly, referring to FIG. 3, in the second embodiment, the download center terminal 2 is configured to provide the user terminal 1 with a list of software downloaded from the software distribution server 3 in advance. Therefore, when the user accesses the download center terminal 2 via the Internet 5 (step A11:
The download center terminal 2 transmits a list of software downloaded in advance to the user terminal 1 (step B).
11: Send a list of downloaded software).

The user terminal 1 having received the software list in this way displays this list on the screen and presents it to the user (step A12: software list display on screen).

Thereafter, the user selects desired software from the list displayed on the screen of the user terminal 1 to create purchase order information, and sends the purchase order information from the user terminal 1 to the download center terminal 2 via the Internet 5. Transmit purchase order information (step A13: select software to purchase).

Thereafter, the download center terminal 2 transmits the retail store information to the user terminal 1 which has transmitted the purchase order information as in the first embodiment (step B2: retail store information transmission). This retail store information is the same as the retail store information in the first embodiment.

Therefore, the user who has been notified of the retail store information, which is a list of the retail stores, selects a desired retail store from the list, and transmits the information of the selected retail store to the user terminal 1 via the user terminal 1. 5 to the download center terminal 2 (step A2: select a retail store). The notification of the information of the selected retail store is executed by notifying the above-mentioned retail store designation information to the download center terminal 2.

On the other hand, the download center terminal 2
After receiving the retail store designation information transmitted from the user terminal 1 (Step B3: Retail store selection information reception), based on the purchase order information received in Step B1 and the retail store designation information received in Step B3. First, orderer identification information is created (step B4: orderer identification information generation), and the generated orderer identification information is transmitted to the user terminal 1 and the retail store terminal 4 (step B5: orderer identification information transmission). . here,
The reason for transmitting the orderer identification information to the user terminal 1 is to allow the user to confirm whether or not the orderer identification information generated by the download terminal 2 is accurate. The reason for transmitting the information to the retail store terminal 4 is to request the retail store to deliver the software to the user. The notification of the orderer identification information from the download center terminal 2 to the user terminal 1 is as follows:
A home page having the download center terminal 2 as a site may be temporarily created to notify the user, or an electronic mail may be automatically created and transmitted from the download center terminal 2 to the user terminal 1. This can be realized by configuring.

Accordingly, the orderer identification information transmitted from the download center terminal 2 is received by the user terminal 1 via the Internet 5 (step A3: reception of orderer identification information), and is also transmitted via the Internet 5 The information is received by the retail store terminal 4 (step D1: identification information reception).

Thereafter, the download center terminal 2 transmits the software downloaded in advance from the software distribution server 3 to the retail store terminal 4 (step B).
8: software transmission), the retail store terminal 4 receives the transmitted software (step D2: software reception). However, even in this step, if there is a plurality of software to be transmitted, the download center terminal 2 repeatedly executes transmission until transmission of all software is completed. Here, the retailer terminal 1 that has received the software ordered from the user in this way confirms that the software has been downloaded from the download center terminal 2 and the software is ready for delivery. A configuration for notifying the user terminal 1 is also possible.

After the software has been downloaded to the retail store in this manner, the user goes to the retail store at a date and time during the business hours of the retail store and sends the orderer identification information notified in advance in step A3 to the retail store. Request to receive the recording medium on which the software has been written by presenting it to the staff.
On the other hand, the staff of the retail store writes the software received from the download center terminal 2 beforehand on the recording medium before the user comes to the store, and then writes the orderer identification information presented by the user who came to the store. After comparing with the orderer identification information received in step D1, if the two match, the recording medium in which the software has been written in advance is passed to the user (step D3: customer confirmation and delivery).

However, in the delivery of the recording medium in step D3, the retailer collects the price for the software from the user if necessary, and also provides services such as installation support thereafter. here,
The method of collecting the payment is not limited to cash, but may be collection by a credit card, a prepaid card, or the like.

{Effects of the Second Embodiment} As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide software to the user with respect to the effects of the first embodiment. , More quickly and inexpensively.

[Third Embodiment] In the third embodiment of the present invention, the software of a relatively large number of orders in the second embodiment is downloaded to the retail store terminal 4 in advance. Is what you do.

Thus, in the third embodiment, in the operation according to the second embodiment shown in FIG.
And the operation of step D2 can be eliminated, so that the load on the download center terminal 2 in FIG. 1 can be reduced. Therefore, the software can be more quickly executed than in the first and second embodiments. It is possible to provide wear to the user.

Here, the configuration of the third embodiment is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 1, and the operation according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment shown in FIG. Since the operations of B8 and Step D2 are deleted, the description thereof will be omitted. However, the download center terminal 2 in the third embodiment is configured to transmit a list of software downloaded in advance to the retail store terminal 4 to the user terminal 1 in step B11 in FIG. The software downloaded to the retail store terminal 4 in advance is managed as a list.

{Effects of Third Embodiment} As described above, according to the third embodiment, the software can be provided to the user more quickly than the effects of the second embodiment. It becomes possible.

[Fourth Embodiment] The software provided in the first to third embodiments can be replaced with all general electronic data. An embodiment in this case will be described as a fourth embodiment.

However, the configuration and operation according to the fourth embodiment can be implemented in the same manner as the configuration and operation according to the above-described first to third embodiments, and a description thereof will be omitted. .

{Effects of the Fourth Embodiment} Therefore, the effects of the fourth embodiment are intended for a larger number of customers by applying the first to third embodiments to electronic data in general. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a software distribution system, a software distribution method, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded, which enables a larger-scale business.

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As described above, according to the software distribution system, the software distribution method, and the recording medium having the program recorded thereon according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. .

{Effects of First Embodiment} That is, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. First, as a first effect, the user can save the time required for downloading compared to the method of selling software provided on the Internet by the conventional technology. Further, according to the first embodiment, by configuring the download center terminal 2 configured exclusively for executing the download, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the download will fail.

As a second effect, since there is no need to deliver a recording medium in which software is written from a vendor (or a service provider) to a user, the delivery time of the recording medium and the price required for delivery are reduced. It becomes possible to reduce.

Further, as a third effect, it is possible to distribute the writing of the software to the recording medium to a plurality of retail stores even for a plurality of orders from different users. , Software can be provided quickly and inexpensively.

{Effects of Second Embodiment} According to the second embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide software to the user more quickly and at a lower cost than the effects of the first embodiment. It is possible to realize it.

{Effects of Third Embodiment}
According to the embodiment, the software can be provided to the user more quickly than the effect of the second embodiment.

{Effects of the Fourth Embodiment}
According to the embodiment, by applying the above-described first to third embodiments to general electronic data, it is possible to target more customers, thereby enabling a larger business. It is possible to provide a software distribution system, a software distribution method, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 User terminal 2 Download center terminal 3 Software distribution server 4 Retail store terminal 5 Network (Internet)

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Claims (33)

[Claims] 1. A download center terminal connected to a network, a software distribution server connected to the network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network. The user terminal is configured to include software ordering means for ordering software to the download center terminal, and the software distribution server is configured to store one or more types of software. Means for transmitting, to the download center terminal, software ordered by the software ordering means among the one or more types of software stored in the software storage means in response to a request from the download center terminal. Software transmitting means, and A download center terminal, a software transmission request unit that requests the software distribution server to transmit the ordered software, an order software transmission unit that transmits the ordered software to the retail terminal, The retail store terminal is characterized by comprising software writing means for writing the ordered software transmitted from the download center terminal on a recording medium. Software distribution system. 2. A download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network, wherein the user terminal is connected to the download center terminal. The download center terminal is configured to include software ordering means for ordering software, wherein the download center terminal includes software storage means for storing one or more types of software, and the retailer stores the ordered software. Order software transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal, the retail store terminal comprises: software writing means for writing the ordered software transmitted from the download center terminal to a recording medium, A software distribution system comprising: 3. The one or more retail store terminals are connected to the network, and the software ordering means is a software for ordering a retail store having any one of the one or more retail store terminals. Executing the software order by notifying the download center terminal of retail store designation information, which is information to be designated as a place to receive the software, and purchase order information, which designates the software to be ordered; 3. The software distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the ordered software transmission unit transmits the ordered software to the retail store specified by the retail store designation information. 4. The download center terminal, provided software list storage means for storing a list of provided software in advance, provided software list notifying means for notifying the user terminal of the provided software list, The user terminal further comprises provided software list display means for displaying a list of provided software notified from the download center terminal, and the software order 4. The software distribution system according to claim 3, wherein the means generates the purchase order information by causing a user to select the ordered software from the list of provided software. 5. The retailer list storing means for storing in advance a list of retail stores each having the one or more retail store terminals, and a retailer for notifying the user terminal of the list of retail stores. Store list notifying means, wherein the user terminal further comprises a retail store list display means for displaying a list of the retail stores notified from the download center terminal, the software The software according to claim 3, wherein the ordering unit generates the retail store designation information by causing a user to select a retail store designated as the receiving place from a list of the retail stores. Wear distribution system. 6. An orderer that generates orderer identification information for identifying an ordering user based on the purchase order information and the retailer designation information notified from the user terminal. Identification information generating means, the orderer identification information, the user terminal that has notified the purchase order information and the retail store designation information, and a retail store terminal of the retail store designated by the retail store designation information, , Which further comprises: an orderer identification information notifying unit that notifies the orderer identification information notified from the download center terminal to the retailer designated as the receiving location. The retailer designated as the receiving location is the orderer identification information presented by the user and the download center end. And more it notified the order information,
And the user who executed the order by the comparison,
6. The storage medium according to claim 5, wherein when it is determined that the user presents the orderer identification information, the recording medium on which the software is written by the software writing unit is transferred to the user. Software distribution system. 7. A download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network, wherein the user terminal is connected to the download center terminal. A software ordering means for ordering software, wherein the download center terminal notifies the retail store terminal that the software has been ordered by the software ordering means. The retailer terminal is configured to include: a software storage unit that stores one or more types of software; and software that writes the ordered software notified from the download center terminal to a recording medium. A software distribution characterized by comprising software writing means. Shin system. 8. The one or more retail store terminals are connected to the network, and the software ordering means is software for ordering a retail store having any one of the one or more retail store terminals. Executing the software order by notifying the download center terminal of retail store designation information, which is information to be designated as a place to receive the software, and purchase order information, which designates the software to be ordered; 8. The software distribution system according to claim 7, wherein the software order notification means notifies the retail store designated by the retail store designation information that the software has been ordered. 9. The download center terminal, provided software list storage means for storing a list of provided software in advance, provided software list notifying means for notifying the user terminal of the provided software list, The user terminal further comprises provided software list display means for displaying a list of provided software notified from the download center terminal, and the software order 9. The software distribution system according to claim 8, wherein the means generates the purchase order information by causing a user to select the ordered software from the list of provided software. 10. The download center terminal, a retail store list storing means for storing in advance a list of retail stores each having the one or more retail store terminals, and a retailer for notifying the user terminal of the list of retail stores. Store list notifying means, wherein the user terminal further comprises a retail store list display means for displaying a list of the retail stores notified from the download center terminal, the software 10. The software according to claim 8, wherein the ordering means generates the retail store designation information by causing a user to select a retail store designated as the receiving location from a list of the retail stores. Wear distribution system. 11. An orderer that generates orderer identification information for identifying an ordering user based on the purchase order information and the retailer designation information notified from the user terminal. Identification information generating means, and software order confirmation notifying means for notifying the orderer identification information to the user terminal that has notified the purchase order information and the retailer designation information, The software order notifying means notifies the orderer identification information to a retailer terminal of the retailer designated by the retailer designation information, and the user receives the order notified from the download center terminal. Presenting the person identification information to the retail store designated as the receiving location, wherein the retail store designated as the receiving location is And the order identification information presented by the user, and the notified from the download center terminal the order information,
And the user who executed the order by the comparison,
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein when it is determined that the user presents the orderer identification information, the recording medium on which the software is written by the software writing unit is transferred to the user. Software distribution system. 12. Using a download center terminal connected to a network, a software distribution server connected to the network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network. A software distribution method, wherein the software distribution server stores one or more types of software, wherein the user terminal orders software to the download terminal; A software transmission requesting step in which the terminal requests the software distribution server to transmit the software ordered in the software ordering step, and the software distribution server transmits the requested software to the download center terminal. Software that sends software Transmitting the software received from the software distribution server to the retail store terminal, the order center software transmitting step, and the retail center terminal receives the software from the download center terminal. A software writing step of writing software on a recording medium. 13. A download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, a user terminal connected to the network,
A software distribution method, wherein the download center terminal stores one or more types of software, and wherein the user terminal orders software for the download terminal; An order software transmitting step in which a center terminal transmits the ordered software to the retail store terminal; and a software writing in which the retail store terminal writes the software received from the download center terminal to a recording medium. A software distribution method, comprising: 14. The one or more retail store terminals are connected to the network, and the software ordering step is a software for ordering a retail store having any one of the one or more retail store terminals. Executing the software order by notifying the download center terminal of retail store designation information, which is information to be designated as a place to receive the software, and purchase order information, which designates the software to be ordered; The said order software transmission process transmits the said ordered software to the said retail store designated by the said retail store designation | designated information, The Claim 12 or 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.
3. The software distribution method described in 3. 15. The provided software list notifying step in which the download center terminal stores a list of provided software in advance, and the download center terminal notifies the user terminal of the provided software list. 15. The software order process according to claim 14, wherein the software ordering step generates the purchase order information by causing a user to select the software to be ordered from a list of provided software. Software distribution method. 16. The download center terminal stores in advance a list of retail stores each having the one or more retail store terminals, and the download center terminal notifies the user terminal of the list of retail stores. Further comprising a store list notification step, wherein the software ordering step generates the retail store designation information by causing a user to select a retail store to be designated as the receiving place from a list of the retail stores. The software distribution method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein: 17. An orderer, wherein the download center terminal generates orderer identification information for identifying an ordering user based on the purchase order information and the retailer designation information notified from the user terminal. An identification information generation step, wherein the download center terminal notifies the orderer identification information of the purchase order information and the retail store designation information, and the retail terminal designated by the retail store designation information. Further comprising: a retailer terminal having, and an orderer identification information notifying step of notifying the orderer identification information notified from the download center terminal as the receiving location. Presenting to the retailer, the retailer designated as the receiving location is the orderer identification information presented by the user, The orderer identification information notified from the load center terminal is compared with the orderer identification information. If the comparison shows that the user who executed the order is the user who presented the orderer identification information, 17. The software distribution method according to claim 16, wherein in the loading step, the recording medium on which the software is written is transferred to the user. 18. A download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, a user terminal connected to the network,
A software distribution method using: the retail store terminal stores one or more types of software; the user terminal orders software to the download terminal; A software order notification step in which a center terminal notifies the retailer terminal that the software has been ordered in the software ordering step; and the retailer terminal notifies the software notified from the download center terminal. And a software writing step of writing the program on a recording medium. 19. The software ordering process, wherein one or more of the retail store terminals are connected to the network, and the software ordering step is a software for ordering a retail store having any one of the one or more retail store terminals. Executing the software order by notifying the download center terminal of retail store designation information, which is information to be designated as a place to receive the software, and purchase order information, which designates the software to be ordered; 19. The software distribution method according to claim 18, wherein the order software transmitting step transmits the ordered software to the retail store designated by the retail store designation information. 20. The download center terminal further stores a list of software to be provided in advance, and the download center terminal further includes a provided software list notifying step of notifying the user terminal of the list of provided software. 20. The software order process according to claim 19, wherein the software ordering step generates the purchase order information by causing a user to select the ordered software from a list of provided software. Software distribution method. 21. The download center terminal stores a list of retail stores each having the one or more retail store terminals in advance, and the download center terminal notifies the user terminal of the list of retail stores. Further comprising a store list notification step, wherein the software ordering step generates the retail store designation information by causing a user to select a retail store to be designated as the receiving place from a list of the retail stores. The software distribution method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein: 22. An orderer, wherein the download center terminal generates orderer identification information for identifying an ordering user based on the purchase order information and the retailer designation information notified from the user terminal. An identification information generating step; and a software order confirmation notifying step in which the download center terminal notifies the orderer identification information to the user terminal that has notified the purchase order information and the retailer designation information. The software order notification step notifies the orderer identification information to a retailer terminal of the retailer designated by the retailer designation information, and the user is notified from the download center terminal. Presenting the orderer identification information to a retail store designated as the receiving location; and The shop compares the orderer identification information presented by the user with the orderer identification information notified from the download center terminal, and the user who has executed the order by the comparison finds the orderer identification information. 22. The software distribution method according to claim 21, wherein when it is determined that the user presents the information, the recording medium on which the software is written is transferred to the user in the software writing step. . 23. Executes a download center terminal connected to a network, a software distribution server connected to the network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network. A software medium storing a program to be stored, wherein the software distribution server stores one or more types of software, and wherein the user terminal orders software from the download terminal. A software transmission requesting step in which the download center terminal requests the software distribution server to transmit the software ordered in the software ordering step; and the software distribution server transmits the request to the download center terminal. Software A software transmission step of transmitting the software received from the software distribution server to the retail store terminal, and a software transmission step of transmitting the software to the retail store terminal. A software writing step of writing the software received from the terminal on a recording medium, and a program for executing the software writing step. 24. A download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, a user terminal connected to the network,
A download medium terminal storing one or more types of software, wherein the user terminal orders software for the download terminal. An order software transmitting step in which the download center terminal transmits the ordered software to the retail store terminal; and a software in which the retail store terminal writes the software received from the download center terminal on a recording medium. A recording medium for recording a program for executing a wear writing step. 25. The one or more retail outlets connected to the network, wherein the software ordering step includes a software for ordering a retail outlet having any one of the one or more retail outlets. Executing the software order by notifying the download center terminal of retail store designation information, which is information to be designated as a place to receive the software, and purchase order information, which designates the software to be ordered; 25. The recording medium according to claim 23, wherein the order software transmitting step transmits the ordered software to the retail store designated by the retail store designation information. 26. The download center terminal stores a list of software to be provided in advance, and the download center terminal further includes a provided software list notifying step of notifying the user terminal of the list of provided software. 26. The software ordering step, wherein the software ordering step generates the purchase order information by causing a user to select the software to be ordered from a list of provided software. Recording medium on which the program of the above is recorded. 27. The download center terminal stores a list of retail stores each having the one or more retail store terminals in advance, and the download center terminal notifies the user terminal of the list of retail stores. Further executing a store list notification step, wherein the software ordering step generates the retail store designation information by causing a user to select a retail store designated as the receiving place from the list of the retail stores. A recording medium on which the program according to claim 25 or 26 is recorded. 28. An orderer, wherein the download center terminal generates orderer identification information for identifying an ordering user based on the purchase order information and the retailer designation information notified from the user terminal. An identification information generating step, wherein the download center terminal notifies the orderer identification information of the purchase order information and the retail store designation information, and the retail store designated by the retail store designation information. 28. The recording medium recording the program according to claim 27, further comprising: a retailer terminal owned by the user and an orderer identification information notification step of notifying the retailer terminal. 29. A download center terminal connected to a network, a retail store terminal connected to the network, a user terminal connected to the network,
A retailer terminal storing one or more types of software, wherein the user terminal orders software from the download terminal. A software order notification step in which the download center terminal notifies the retail store terminal that the software has been ordered in the software order step; and the retail store terminal is notified from the download center terminal. And a software writing step of writing the software on a recording medium. 30. The one or more retail store terminals are connected to the network, and the software ordering step is a software for ordering a retail store having any one of the one or more retail store terminals. Executing the software order by notifying the download center terminal of retail store designation information, which is information to be designated as a place to receive the software, and purchase order information, which designates the software to be ordered; 30. The recording medium according to claim 29, wherein the order software transmitting step transmits the ordered software to the retail store designated by the retail store designation information. 31. The download center terminal further stores a list of software to be provided in advance, and the download center terminal further includes a provided software list notifying step of notifying the user terminal of the list of provided software. 31. The software ordering step, wherein the software ordering step generates the purchase order information by causing a user to select the software to be ordered from a list of provided software. Recording medium on which the program of the above is recorded. 32. The download center terminal stores in advance a list of retail stores each having the one or more retail store terminals, and the download center terminal notifies the user terminal of the list of retail stores. Further executing a store list notification step, wherein the software ordering step generates the retail store designation information by causing a user to select a retail store designated as the receiving place from the list of the retail stores. A recording medium on which the program according to claim 30 or 31 is recorded. 33. An orderer, wherein the download center terminal generates orderer identification information for identifying an ordering user based on the purchase order information and the retailer designation information notified from the user terminal. Further executing an identification information generating step, and the software order confirmation notifying step of the download center terminal notifying the orderer identification information to the user terminal that has notified the purchase order information and the retail store designation information. 33. The program according to claim 32, wherein the software order notifying step notifies the orderer identification information to a retailer terminal of the retailer designated by the retailer designation information. Recording medium.