JP2002142206A - Accounting method of subscription broadcast providing system, broadcast providing server, electronic commerce server system, and recording medium programming and recording electronic commerce server method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To establish a system for enabling all of a broadcasting corporation, electronic commerce dealers, and users to make a profit when subscription rates are charged for a subscription broadcasting program in linkage up with the purchase of goods. SOLUTION: A program is establish so as to enable to reduce a subscription rate by a predetermined level, corresponding to the amount of goods to be charged to a user 1 who is a viewer of a broadcasting program and also a buyer of goods sold by the cooperator of the broadcasting program, an electronic commerce dealer 4 promotes electronic commerce which gives the benefit of reduction in the subscription rate of the subscription broadcasting program and pays the cooperative mutual aid expenses to a broadcasting corporation 3, corresponding to the amount of goods which the users 1 as the subscribers of the subscription broadcasting program have bought. On the other hand, the broadcasting corporation 3 reduces the subscription rates of the subscription broadcasting program for the subscribers who have made electronic commerce or offers point services to the subscribers, by allocating the cooperative mutual aid expenses paid by the electronic commerce dealer 4 compensate for it, so that subscription broadcasting programs can be provided for the users 1 at low subscription rates.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a charging method for a pay broadcast providing system, a broadcast providing server and an electronic commerce server system, and a recording medium on which the method is programmed and recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, communication satellites using analog (CS: Co)
mmunication Satellite) broadcasting. In the United States, MPEG2 (Moving Picture Experts Gr.
Digital multi-channel broadcasting using communication satellites using oup2) is being carried out, and standards are being developed for realization in Japan.

[0003] In the above-mentioned communication satellite broadcasting, various programs sent from a program broadcaster are digitized using a compression technique by an MPEG encoder, and are basically paid broadcasts. It is encrypted (scrambled) in packet units. The key to unlock this is transmitted as one of the packets together with the related information, but this is also encrypted, and the individual key to write to unlock it is stored in the IC card inserted for each receiver. Stored in secret. Which program can be solved can be selected from the transmitting side based on the contract information of each receiver.

[0004] The customer management system manages this contract relationship, and another type of contract managed by this system is pay per pew (PPV). Normally, a contract is made for each channel, so that the channel can always be viewed. However, this PPV contract form is a contract form in which, for example, only a two-hour movie program can be viewed for a fee each time. When you press the remote control of the receiver,
The information of the PPV program can be viewed. Then, for example, at the end of the month, the information of the PPV program watched this month is automatically transmitted to the customer management system via the telephone line and charged.

[0005]

On the other hand, with recent advances in information and communication technology, online shopping and virtual mall shopping via the Internet have become widespread. The customer visits the website operated by the e-commerce company, and if there is a favorite product, the customer can easily complete the payment of the product price by sending a credit number etc. according to the guidance, and the desired product can be stored at home. You can buy it instantly. The e-commerce company has its own W
In addition to advertising the product using the EB page, the sponsor of the program production is used to advertise the product during the broadcast of the program.

The present invention has been made based on the above background, and is intended for a user who is a viewer of a broadcast program and a purchaser of a product sold by a sponsor of the broadcast program.
By building a mechanism that reduces the viewing fee of broadcast programs by a predetermined fee according to the purchase results of products and charges them, e-commerce companies promote e-commerce with discounts on viewing fees of paid program broadcasting as a privilege, Paying the cooperative mutual aid to the broadcaster according to the purchase performance of the pay program subscriber who is the user, while the broadcaster reduces the viewing fee for the pay program broadcaster who has a record of e-commerce Or a point-of-sale service, and by using the co-sponsorship paid by the e-commerce company to pay for the program, a method of charging a pay-broadcast providing system capable of providing a user with a low-paid program, and providing the broadcast. It is an object to provide a server and an electronic commerce server system, and a recording medium on which the method is programmed and recorded.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for charging a pay-broadcasting system in which a viewing fee is charged according to a viewing result of a broadcast program. For a user who is a subscriber of the broadcast program and a purchaser of a product sold by the sponsor of the broadcast program, a reduction in the viewing fee of the broadcast program according to the purchase performance of the product. It is characterized by performing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the charging method of the pay broadcast providing system according to the first aspect, the reduction of the viewing fee is set by setting a point usable as a viewing fee when contracting for a pay broadcast program. It is characterized by being performed by doing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the charging method of the pay broadcast providing system according to the first or second aspect, the points are calculated and managed by a provider of the broadcast program, and the points are paid. It is characterized in that it is used when calculating a viewing fee at the time of viewing reservation of a broadcast program.

[0010] According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the charging method of the pay broadcast providing system according to any one of the first to third aspects, the broadcaster is adapted to transmit the pay broadcast program according to the transmission result. Viewing history information of the user generated by
The reduction fee of the pay broadcast program is calculated based on information on the purchase results of the product by the user transmitted from the electronic commerce company.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the charging method of the pay broadcast providing system according to the third aspect, the e-commerce company manages a viewer ID given to the broadcast contractor, and When the user is authenticated as a broadcast subscriber, the purchase information is transmitted to the broadcaster.

[0012] Thus, for a user who is a viewer of a broadcast program and a purchaser of a product sold by a sponsor of the broadcast program, a viewing fee of the broadcast program is set according to the purchase result of the product. It is possible to reduce the fee and charge, and in this case, it is possible to construct a mechanism for profiting all of the broadcaster, the e-commerce company, and the user.

[0013] The e-commerce company can promote e-commerce with the benefit of discounting the viewing fee of the pay program broadcast, and pay a cooperative mutual aid to the broadcast company according to the purchase performance of the pay program broadcast subscriber who is the user. On the other hand, broadcasters can reduce viewing fees or provide point services to paid program broadcasters who have a track record of e-commerce, and allocate cooperative sponsorship paid by e-commerce companies to this, A pay program can be provided to the user at a low fee.

[0014] According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast providing server for a pay-broadcasting system for charging a viewing fee according to a viewing result of a broadcast program and reducing the viewing fee according to a result of electronic commerce. Has a customer information management unit that manages customer information of a user who has made a broadcast contract, and a point calculation unit that calculates points that can be used as a viewing fee by receiving results information of electronic commerce, The information on the points calculated by the calculation means is managed by the customer information management unit.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the broadcast providing server according to the sixth aspect, the broadcast providing server includes a charging processing unit that performs a charging process in accordance with a contract for a pay program with a user. The billing processing unit refers to the point information stored in the customer information management unit at the time of the contract, and calculates a billing amount by using the owned points as much as possible within a usable limit. I do.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the broadcast providing server according to the seventh aspect, the point calculation means comprises:
Points are calculated in consideration of viewing history information generated according to transmission results of pay broadcast programs together with the results information of the electronic commerce.

The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claims 6 to 8
In the broadcast providing server according to any one of the above, the customer information management unit acquires at least the privacy information, the viewing history information, and the e-commerce record in association with the viewer ID unique to the user who subscribed to the broadcast. The present invention is characterized in that the current number of owned points and the total number of acquired points up to the present are managed.

[0018] According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic commerce server for a pay-broadcast providing system, wherein a viewing fee is charged in accordance with a viewing result of a broadcast program and the viewing fee is reduced in accordance with a result of electronic commerce. An electronic commerce processing unit that performs a purchase procedure for a product; and a viewer ID management unit that manages all viewer IDs that have made a broadcast contract. When this is performed, the result information of the electronic commerce associated with the viewer ID is transmitted to the broadcast providing server.

[0019] According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the electronic commerce server according to the tenth aspect, the electronic commerce server includes a member information management unit for managing information of a member user of the electronic commerce, and the member information management unit. The unit is characterized in that at least privacy information, history information of electronic commerce, and the viewer ID are managed in association with the ID of the member user.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast providing server for a pay-broadcasting system which charges a viewing fee in accordance with a viewing result of a broadcast program and reduces the viewing fee in accordance with a result of electronic commerce. A computer-readable recording medium on which a server program to be used is recorded, wherein the server program assigns a newly issued viewer ID to all broadcasters who are sponsors of broadcasting in accordance with a new viewer contract. Notifying the server of the e-commerce company, and when receiving the result information of the e-commerce associated with the viewer ID from the server of the e-commerce company, when receiving the viewing contract of the pay broadcast program based on the result information, Calculating points used in calculating the viewing fee, and causing a computer to execute the above steps. Which is a recording medium.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium of the twelfth aspect, the server program converts the points from an original viewing fee based on a paid program contract and reduces the viewing fee. , And causing a computer to execute each of the above steps.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic commerce server for a pay-broadcast providing system for charging a viewing fee according to a viewing result of a broadcast program and reducing the viewing fee according to a result of electronic commerce. Is a computer-readable recording medium on which a server program used for recording is stored, wherein the server program stores a viewer ID transmitted from the broadcast providing server, and associates the viewer ID with the viewer ID. Transmitting the performance information of the electronic commerce to the broadcast providing server,
A recording medium wherein a computer executes the above steps.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a diagram cited for explaining the relationship between a business model for realizing a method of charging a pay broadcast program linked to the purchase of a product according to the present invention and its use entity.

In this case, as a user, a user 1 who has a viewer contract and an e-commerce use contract, a general user 2 who has only an e-commerce use contract, a broadcaster 3, and an e-commerce company 4 An e-commerce company) exists, and is connected via a terminal device or server owned by each via the Internet 10. The user 1 who is a viewer of the pay program and an e-commerce user receives the provision of the program content by the satellite broadcast from the broadcaster 3 (), and pays the program viewing fee according to the use amount of the e-commerce. Is reduced or points are awarded ().

If the reduction rate of the viewing fee or the rate of giving points is set to be higher as the number of accumulated purchases in the e-commerce is larger, the user 1 has more e-commerce usage. As a result, consumer confidence is further promoted, and as a result, the consumption activity of the user is likely to be activated.

The e-commerce company 4 can promote e-commerce with a discount on the viewing fee for pay program broadcasting or a free offer as a user privilege. E-commerce company 4
Pays a cooperative sponsorship to the broadcaster 3 in accordance with the purchase performance of the pay program broadcaster (). Broadcaster 3 has e
The viewing fee is reduced and points are provided to the user who has a record of commerce, and the co-sponsorship paid by the e-commerce company 4 is allocated to this. As a result, it is possible to provide a pay program at low cost to the user 1 who is a viewer and an e-commerce consumer.

As described above, according to the business model of the present invention, the user 1 gains as the consumption activity increases, and as a result, the broadcaster 3 and the e-commerce caused by the consumption activity. The profits that traders enjoy also increase. Then, the e-commerce company 4 pays the sponsorship to the broadcasting company 3 so that the profits increased due to the activation of the consumption activities of the user 1 are fairly distributed. That is, the user, the broadcaster 31, and the e-commerce company 4 have a mechanism for gaining all the benefits.

Although the above benefits cannot be obtained for the general user 2 of e-commerce who is not a broadcast subscriber,
If you wish to have a broadcast contract at the same time as commerce purchase, you will be treated preferentially with a new subscriber discount.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a connection form of a network system for realizing a method of charging a pay broadcast program linked to the purchase of a product according to the present invention.

The network system includes the Internet 10 as a core, user terminals 11 and 12 and a broadcast server 1.
3, EC server (e-commerce) 14, certificate authority server 15
Is connected. Here, an interactive television is exemplified as the user terminals 11 and 12, a pay broadcast is received via the broadcast satellite 20, and two-way communication is performed with the broadcast server 13.

Note that the certificate authority server 5 checks the validity of the card used to pay the fee when a new viewer contract or e-commerce use contract is exchanged on the WEB, or when online shopping is settled. It is an organization that checks the password and authenticates the service user and the cardholder.

FIG. 3 shows the internal configuration of the broadcast server 13.
FIG. 4 shows the internal configuration of the server 14.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show the broadcast server 13 and the broadcast server 13, respectively.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing functions of an internal configuration of the EC server,
Each block is specifically composed of a peripheral LSI including a CPU and a memory, and the CPU realizes its function by reading out and sequentially executing programs recorded on a recording medium.

The broadcast server 13 includes a communication control unit 100,
Customer information management control unit 101, new contract processing unit 102
, A point calculation unit 103, and a broadcast communication control unit 104
And a billing processing unit 105.

The communication control unit 100 is connected to the user terminal 11 and the EC server 14 via the Internet network.
The WEB page 100 a of the communication control unit 100 functions as an interface with the user terminal 11.

The customer information management control unit 101 collectively manages various types of customer information in association with a viewer ID uniquely assigned to all customers who have a viewing contract, and stores these various types of customer information. Point calculation unit 10
3. It transmits to the broadcast communication control unit 104 and the billing processing unit 105 to perform the processing described later.

The management data of the customer information management control unit 101 is stored in association with the viewer ID as shown in FIG. 5A, and includes privacy information (a personal identification number, name, gender, age, address, telephone number). , Credit card information, etc.), information indicating a user's viewing contract type such as a package contract or a PPV contract, viewing history information that goes back in the past, and points in the e-commerce company 4 that is subject to point addition (or reduction in viewing fee). It manages purchase result history information, preference information analyzed from viewing history information, information on points acquired through the use of e-commerce (current owned points, total acquired points up to now, point use history), and the like.

The new contract processing unit 102 performs processing when a user makes a new viewer contract (broadcast reception contract) on the WEB page of the communication control unit 100, and registers user input items. , Issuing a viewer ID, setting a personal identification number, communicating with the certificate authority server 15, updating the management data to the customer information management control unit 101 after the registration is completed, and viewing and listening to each EC server 14. To send the user ID. Note that the privacy information of the viewer is not sent to the EC server 14, so that privacy is protected.

The point calculation section 103 receives the transmission of the purchase result information from the e-commerce server 14, calculates points (the sentence is a reduced fee) in accordance with the transmission, and sends the owned points to the customer information management control section 101. It is an instruction to update. The method of calculating points is determined between the broadcaster 3 and the e-commerce company 4. As described above, the points are set such that the greater the cumulative number of purchases in e-commerce, the higher the point award rate. If you have
When new purchase record information is transmitted from the EC server 14, control is performed by referring to the purchase record history information of the customer information management control unit 101, confirming all purchase records up to the present, and calculating points. I do.

As a point calculation condition, a PPV viewing result may be added in addition to an e-commerce purchase result (the one with the larger viewing result is preferentially calculated in the point calculation). Control is performed such that points are calculated with reference to the viewing history information of the information management control unit 101.

The broadcast communication control section 104 is responsible for overall transmission / reception control of communication satellite broadcasts, and generates data of broadcast program contents, controls two-way communication with the user terminals 11 and 12, and views the customer information management control section 101. It performs transmission scheduling control based on contract type information, transmission and reception of PPV contract information, and the like. Furthermore, in the present invention, notification of the owned point information managed by the customer information management control unit 101 is also performed to the user terminals 11 and 12, so that the user can make a contract using the points.

The billing processing unit 105 performs billing processing according to the viewing contract of the viewer user. In the PPV contract procedure, it is necessary to consider whether points are used or not.
It performs all accounting-related processes such as calculation of fees and billing of credit companies. The history of these processes is updated in the customer information management control unit 101.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the EC server 14 by developing its functions.
A peripheral LSI including a CPU and a memory;
The PU realizes the function by reading out the program recorded on the recording medium and sequentially executing the program.

The EC server 14 has a communication control unit 200, E
It comprises a commerce processing unit 201, a member information management control unit 202, and a viewer ID management unit 203.

The communication control unit 200 connects to the user terminal 11 and the broadcast server 13 via the Internet network to perform data communication.
The EB page 200a functions as an interface with the user terminal 11, and the broadcast server 13
Is linked to the WEB page 200a. WEB
In the page 200a, the user is explained and promoted to the user in the same manner as in a normal shopping mall, and also performs a promotion with a privilege of viewing a paid program by tie-up with a broadcaster. The user who is prompted by the privilege and desires a broadcast contract promptly enters the broadcast server 13.
To the WEB page 100a to perform a broadcast contract procedure.

The e-commerce processing unit 201 is responsible for all procedures related to online shopping for users, and includes procedures for new registration of e-commerce members (issuing an e-commerce member ID, setting a personal identification number,
, Etc.), and procedures related to the purchase of the product (communication with the certificate authority server 15, a procedure for requesting the shipment of the product, etc.), and the member information management control unit 202 of the E-commerce member in accordance with these procedures. Update the data of.

The member information management control unit 202 collectively manages various types of customer information in association with member IDs uniquely assigned to all customers having an e-commerce member contract. As shown in FIG. 5B, the management data of the member information management control unit 202 is stored in association with the member ID, and the privacy information (password, name,
Gender, age, address, phone number, credit card information,
), Transaction numbers, past purchase history information, preference information analyzed from past purchase history information,
Etc. are managed. If the E-commerce member makes a viewer contract with the broadcaster 3 and has a viewer ID, the information can be stored in association with the member ID.

The viewer ID management unit 203 stores the viewer ID transmitted from the broadcast server 13 every time a new broadcast contract is made.
And stores the IDs of all the viewers, regardless of the presence or absence of E-commerce member registration.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The flow of information between the user terminals 11 and 12, the broadcast server 13, and the EC server 11 when a new broadcast contract is concluded is shown.

First, the user 1 operates the user terminal 11 to access a new contract page on the WEB page 100a of the broadcast server 13 and makes a subscription application for a pay broadcast contract (step S300). Receiving this, the broadcast server 13 performs processing relating to the new contract line in the new contract processing unit 102 (step S301), and when the processing is completed successfully, updates the information relating to the new member in the customer information management control unit 101. (Step S30
2) Notify the EC server 13 and the user terminal 11 of the viewer ID. As a result, the user 1 finishes the contract for the pay broadcast and can receive the pay broadcast (step S303). Also, E
The C server 14 stores the notified viewer ID in the viewer ID management unit 203. With the above, the procedure for the new broadcast contract is completed. In the above embodiment, the application for a new contract is made online via the web page 100 of the broadcast server 13, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a contract application using documents may be used.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention. The user terminals 11, 12, and 12 when the user 1 purchases a product from the EC commerce company 4 are described.
The flow of information between the broadcast server 13 and the EC server 14 is shown.

First, the user 1 operates the user terminal 11 to access the WEB page 200a of the EC server 14 and applies for purchase of a product (step S40).
0). At this time, when logging in to the WEB page 200a, the user is prompted to input a viewer ID in addition to the member ID and the personal identification number. Input the viewer ID.

On the other hand, the e-commerce processing unit 201 of the EC server 14 determines whether or not a viewer ID has been input (step S
401), and if there is an input, determine whether the ID is legitimate (step S402), and select a member user who can enjoy the point service.

Regarding steps S401 and S402, more specifically, the e-commerce processing unit 201 performs the following processing. First, if there is no viewer ID input, it is determined that there is no point service. If there is a viewer ID input, the member data of the member information management control unit 101 is referred to. When the viewer ID is stored in association with the input member ID, the input viewer ID is stored.
Is compared with the stored viewer ID, and when they match, it is determined that the input viewer ID is legitimate, and it is determined that “point service is present”. When they do not match, it is determined that “point service is not provided”. .

If there is a mismatch, there is a possibility that the member ID is incorrectly input. Therefore, it is not immediately determined that there is no point service, and the user is notified once of the mismatch of the member ID. In the member information management control unit 101,
When the viewer ID related to the input member ID is not stored, the input viewer ID is searched by referring to the viewer ID management unit 203, and when the same ID exists, the input is performed. It is determined that the viewer ID is legitimate and that "point service is present". If the input viewer ID is not stored in the member information management control unit 101 but is stored in the viewer ID management unit 203, the member ID
The member data of the member information management control unit 101 is updated so that the viewer ID is stored in association with the member ID.

Next, the e-commerce processing unit 201 performs a product purchase procedure (step S403), and upon completion of the purchase procedure, updates the product purchase history information of the member information management control unit 101 (step S404). . Further, the e-commerce processing unit 201 transmits the information through the web page 200a.
The user 1 is notified that the purchase order has been completed. At this time, the member user receiving the point service is also notified that the point has been added. Further, the data of the purchase result information associated with the viewer ID is transmitted to the broadcast server 13.

Receiving this, the broadcast server 13 calculates points according to the purchase result information transmitted by the point calculation section 103 (step S405), and thereafter,
The purchase result history information and the point information managed by the customer information management control unit 101 are updated (step S40).
6). With the above, the purchase procedure of the product is completed.

Since the user terminal 11 is also notified of the point information when receiving the broadcast program, the user 1 can confirm his / her own points and immediately make a new pay program receiving contract using the points. be able to. In other words, when calculating the viewing fee by making a new program contract, the billing processing unit 105 of the broadcast server 13 always uses the number of available points (owned when cashed) of the owned points of the customer information management control unit 101. The number of points which does not exceed the original viewing fee) is confirmed, and the usable number of points is converted into a cash, and a converted viewing fee reduced from the original viewing fee is calculated to perform the charging process. That is, the owned points are automatically used at the time of the program contract, so that the user can quickly receive the point reduction service based on the points.

It is possible to suspend the use of the points by the notification of the user 1. The point information can also be confirmed on the web page 100a.

As described above, the present invention provides a broadcast program to a user who is a viewer of a broadcast program and a purchaser of a product sold by a sponsor of the broadcast program in accordance with the purchase result of the product. Broadcasters, e-commerce companies,
All three users benefit.

In the embodiment of the present invention, information is transmitted and received between the broadcaster server, the electronic commerce server, and the user terminal via the Internet 10 separately from the transmission and reception of the broadcast content. The purpose can be attained by replacing the transmission / reception by the method described above. In this case, in addition to the effect of the present invention, the security function relating to leakage of personal information can be enhanced.

The provision of a broadcast program may be performed as content distribution via the Internet 10. Further, the viewing fee is not limited to being reduced according to the purchase performance of the product, and the viewing fee may be reduced according to the purchase performance of the product and the past viewing performance of the pay program.

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention, a user who is a viewer of a broadcast program and who is a purchaser of a product sold by a sponsor of the broadcast program can be provided with a product purchase record. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the viewing fee of the broadcast program and to charge the broadcast program, and thereby, it is possible to construct a mechanism that can benefit all three parties, that is, the broadcaster, the electronic commerce provider, and the user.

In other words, the e-commerce company can promote e-commerce with the privilege of discounting the viewing fee of the pay program broadcasting, and can cooperate with the broadcast company in accordance with the purchase performance of the pay program broadcaster who is the user. On the other hand, the broadcaster shall reduce the viewing fee or provide points for subscribers of paid program broadcasting who have a track record of e-commerce, and allocate the co-sponsorship money paid by the e-commerce company to this Thus, a pay program can be provided to the user at a low fee. In addition, for the user, the program viewing fee is reduced according to the amount of use of the electronic commerce, and the user's profit increases as the use of the electronic commerce increases, so that the total consumption activity is promoted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram cited for explaining a relationship between a business model for realizing a billing method of a pay broadcast providing system according to the present invention and a use entity thereof.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a connection form of a network system for realizing a charging method for a pay broadcast providing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the broadcast server in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the EC server in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram cited for explaining a data structure of a customer DB used in the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart cited for explaining a processing procedure of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart cited for explaining the processing procedure of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 (2) ... user, 3 ... broadcaster, 4 ... e-commerce company, 10 ... Internet, 11 (12) ... user terminal, 13 ... broadcast server, 14 ... EC server, 15 ... certificate authority server, 20 ... broadcast Satellite, 31 ... Contents provider,
32: authentication unit, 33: authentication information acquisition unit, 34: WEB
Page, 35 ... Billing processing unit, 36 ... History DB, 37 ... Customer DB, 41 ... Personal information management unit, 42 ... Viewer ID management unit, 43 ... WEB page, 44 ... Authentication unit, 45 ... Authentication information acquisition unit, 46: sales performance information transmitting unit, 47: contract agency procedure processing unit, 48: program contract information transmitting unit, 49: customer DB

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Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A charging method for a pay-broadcast providing system in which a viewing fee is charged according to a viewing result of a broadcast program, wherein a subscriber of the broadcast program and a sponsor of the broadcast program are A charging method for a pay-broadcasting providing system, comprising: reducing a viewing fee of the broadcast program for a user who is a purchaser of a product to be sold in accordance with the purchase result of the product. 2. The charging of the pay broadcasting providing system according to claim 1, wherein the reduction of the viewing fee is performed by setting points that can be used as the viewing fee when a pay broadcast program contract is made. Method. 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the points are calculated and managed by a provider of the broadcast program, and are used when calculating a viewing fee when viewing a pay broadcast program. A charging method for a pay broadcast providing system according to claim 2. 4. A broadcasting company according to claim 1, wherein said user's viewing history information generated according to the transmission result of said pay broadcast program and said user's purchase result information of said user transmitted from an e-commerce company. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a reduced fee for the broadcast program is calculated. 5. An e-commerce company manages a viewer ID given to a broadcast contractor, and when purchasing a product, if the user is authenticated as a broadcast contractor, transmits the purchase information to the broadcaster. 4. The charging method for a pay broadcast providing system according to claim 3, wherein: 6. A broadcast providing server of a pay-broadcasting system for charging a viewing fee according to a viewing result of a broadcast program and reducing the viewing fee according to a result of electronic commerce, and A customer information management unit that manages customer information of the user who has received the information, and a point calculation unit that calculates points that can be used as a viewing fee by receiving the actual information of the electronic commerce, and the points calculated by the point calculation unit. Wherein the information is managed by the customer information management unit. 7. The broadcast providing server includes a billing processing unit that performs billing processing in accordance with a contract for a pay program with a user, and the billing processing unit is stored in the customer information management unit at the time of the contract. 7. The broadcast providing server according to claim 6, wherein the charge information is calculated by referring to the point information and using the owned points as much as possible within a usable limit. 8. The request according to claim 7, wherein said point calculating means calculates points in consideration of viewing history information generated according to a transmission result of a pay broadcast program together with the result information of said electronic commerce. The broadcast providing server according to 1. 9. The customer information management unit associates at least privacy information, viewing history information, the current number of owned points acquired according to the results of electronic commerce, and the current 9. The total number of acquired points is managed.
The broadcast providing server according to any one of the preceding claims. 10. An electronic commerce server of a pay-broadcasting providing system for charging a viewing fee according to a viewing result of a broadcast program and reducing the viewing fee according to a result of electronic commerce, wherein An electronic commerce processing unit that performs a command and a viewer ID management unit that manages all viewer IDs that have made a broadcast contract. An electronic commerce server, which transmits, to a broadcast providing server, performance information of electronic commerce associated with a viewer ID. 11. The e-commerce server includes a member information management unit that manages information of a member user of e-commerce, wherein the member information management unit associates at least privacy information, e-commerce with an ID of the member user. The electronic commerce server according to claim 10, wherein history information and the viewer ID are managed. 12. A server program used for a broadcast providing server of a pay-broadcasting providing system for charging a viewing fee according to a viewing result of a broadcast program and reducing the viewing fee according to a result of electronic commerce is recorded. A computer-readable recording medium, the server program comprising: a newly issued viewer I according to a new viewer contract;
Notifying D to all e-commerce servers that are broadcast sponsors, and when receiving e-commerce performance information associated with the viewer ID from the e-commerce server, Calculating a point used in calculating a viewing fee at the time of a viewing contract for a pay broadcast program based on the program, and causing a computer to execute each of the steps. 13. The server program according to claim 13, further comprising: calculating a viewing fee reduced by converting the points from an original viewing fee based on a paid program contract, and causing the computer to execute each of the steps. The recording medium according to claim 12, wherein 14. A server program used for an e-commerce server of a pay-broadcasting providing system for charging a viewing fee according to a viewing result of a broadcast program and reducing the viewing fee according to a result of electronic commerce. A computer-readable recording medium, wherein the server program stores a viewer ID transmitted from the broadcast providing server; and stores the electronic commerce record information in association with the viewer ID. Transmitting to a broadcast providing server, and causing a computer to execute each of the steps.