JP2003022328A - Software-providing system and intermediary server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a software-providing system and an intermediary server, which can provide software related data of the fixed quality, to a user. SOLUTION: In this software-providing system, a software maker is provided with a maker server 1 holding software related data, including at least the program body of its software, reseller server 2 holding a retailer site to be accessed by the user who receives the providing of the program body, a user terminal 3 utilized when the user accesses the reseller server 2, and intermediary servers 4 and 5 for transmitting list data of the program body to the reseller server 2, also holding the software related data in part or in entirety and transmitting the software related data partially or entirely to the user terminal 3, on the basis of an instruction from 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 providing system for providing software to a user from a software manufacturer, and an intermediary server that acts as an intermediary when transmitting software from a software manufacturer to a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, computers, especially personal computers (hereinafter referred to as personal computers), have become extremely popular. Many users have their own personal computers and use them for document creation and various games. With the spread of personal computers, the sales of various software that can run on personal computers are also increasing rapidly.

Conventionally, a software manufacturer (referred to as a maker) has written a program data on a CD-RO.
Information recording media such as M are sold to users through retailers. A user who purchases the information recording medium inserts the information recording medium into his or her personal computer, installs the program inside the personal computer into the hard disk of the personal computer, and uses it. Further, recently, a sales system has been constructed in which a user accesses a server on the software manufacturer side through the Internet and downloads favorite software to his or her personal computer.

[0004]

Although the software manufacturer directly sells the software to the user, there is an advantage that there is no intermediate margin and the software can be sold at a low price, but the market is cultivated and the user pays the price. It has the drawback of being difficult to collect. For this reason, generally, a retailer who sells personal computer-related products such as software (referred to as a store) purchases software from a maker and sells the software to users.

When selling software to users, in consideration of user's usability, a list of software is created, detailed information about each software (for example, operating environment, description of product contents, etc.) is created, demo version. Services such as distribution of. When a retailer sells software to users via the Internet, the software program body, software introduction data, demo version, or manual data will be stored on the retailer's server owned or rented by the retailer. .

However, since the amount of data related to the above software becomes enormous, if these are placed on the server of the store, the store secures a server having a large storage capacity and a high communication line speed. There is a need to. Therefore, there is a problem that the burden on the shop side becomes heavy.

[0007] Further, it is a great burden on the dealer side for each dealer to make a list of software or to make detailed information about each software. In addition, if each retailer independently creates the above-mentioned information, the content of the information may not be appropriate, or the content may differ for each retailer's site. Therefore, there is also a problem that the user is confused.

On the other hand, if the retailer who collects the software fee from the user manages the quantity of the sold software, the burden on the retailer increases. It is possible for a retail store to provide a mechanism for automatically counting the sold software on its own server, but there is a problem that the maintenance cost of the server is high and the burden on the retailer side becomes large.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a software providing system and a mediation server capable of providing software-related data of a certain quality to a user. . Also,
Another object of the present invention is to provide a software providing system and an intermediary server capable of reducing the cost and labor burden of a store.

[0010]

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a manufacturer server in which a software manufacturer holds software-related data including at least a program body of the software, and a program body thereof. Reseller server holding the retailer's site accessed by the receiving user, the user terminal used when the user accesses the reseller server, and the list data of the program itself is sent to the reseller server and a part of the software related data Alternatively, the software providing system is configured to hold all of the data, and include a mediation server that transmits some or all of the software-related data to the user terminal based on an instruction from the user.

Therefore, only the list data of the program body is stored in the reseller server, and other software-related data such as the program body and the demo version of the software are stored in the mediation server. Therefore, the maintenance burden on the reseller server by the retailer is reduced. Further, the detailed information of the software included in the software-related data can be created in the uniform format on the side of the intermediary server, which makes it easy for the user to see and understand.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mediation server holds a part or all of software-related data, a program body from the system management server, holds the program body, and holds the program body from a user terminal. The software providing system has a download server capable of transmitting the program main body to the user terminal when receiving the data indicating that the user wants to be provided.

Therefore, the administrator of the intermediary server stores the program main body, stores the server for transmitting to the user terminal based on the user's instruction, and the other software related data such as the demo version and the manual, It is possible to separate from the server that transmits to the user terminal based on the user's instruction. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of server operation, such as assigning a server having a storage capacity and a communication speed superior to the former server to the download server.

Further, another aspect of the present invention is a software providing system in which a download server downloads a program main body to a user terminal based on a user's activation, and transmits the download program to the user terminal after user authentication. I am trying.

Therefore, the download program proves the download right for downloading the main program of the software. The user can safely and easily download the main program of the software by starting the download program.

Further, another invention is a software providing system in which, when the download program is activated, the download program transmits terminal information for specifying the user terminal to the download server.

Therefore, even if the user does not input the user ID and password one by one, the download server recognizes the user terminal and transmits the main program of the software to the user terminal. Therefore, the user can easily obtain the main body program.

Another aspect of the present invention is a software providing system in which a download program includes a program for decompressing a program body and decompresses a compressed program body transmitted from a download server and stores the decompressed program body in a user terminal.

Therefore, the user can use the software immediately after downloading the program body of the software. That is, the user does not have to decompress the main program using decompression software after downloading.

Another aspect of the present invention includes a program for monitoring the situation in which the download program downloads the program main body to the user terminal, and when the line is disconnected and reconnected during the download, before the line is disconnected. It is a software provision system that allows the rest of the programs to be downloaded except the programs downloaded up to.

Therefore, even if the line is disconnected during the download, the download can be restarted from the point of disconnection.
Therefore, the time for downloading is saved. Also,
You can also check if the download was successful.

Another aspect of the present invention is a manufacturer server in which a software manufacturer holds software-related data including at least a program body of the software,
A reseller server that holds the retailer's site accessed by the user who receives the program body, a user terminal used when the user accesses the reseller server, and the list data of the program body is transmitted to the reseller server, A mediation server that holds a part or all of the software-related data and transmits a part or all of the software-related data to the user terminal based on an instruction from the user, and the mediation server is a part of the software-related data. When a system management server that holds all or a part of it and a program body from the system management server are received and the data is held from the user terminal and the user wants to receive the program body, the program body is sent to the user terminal. Download server that can be sent to The download server sends download data indicating the fact that the program body was sent to the user terminal to the system management server, and the system management server creates sales history information based on the download data. It is a software providing system that pays the cost to the manufacturer based on the sales history information.

Therefore, the software manufacturer receives the consideration based on the sales history information. The sales history information is created based on actual download in an intermediary server that acts as an intermediary between the manufacturer and the retailer. Therefore, the cost is paid to the manufacturer without the intervention of the retailer, which reduces the burden on the reseller server.

Further, another invention is a software providing system for paying the cost of the program body provided by the user on the site of the retailer accessed from the user terminal.

Therefore, the manufacturer or the intermediary of the software does not take the risk of the user not paying the price. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the commission on the side of the intermediary and reduce the price of the software.

Another invention is a manufacturer server in which a software manufacturer holds software-related data including at least a program body of the software,
A mediation server that mediates between a reseller server that holds a retailer's site accessed by a user who receives the program body, and receives at least software-related data including the program body of the software from the manufacturer server. Software related data receiving means, list data creating means for creating list data based on the program body, list data sending means for sending list data to the reseller server, and holding a part or all of the software related data The software-related data holding means and the software-related data transmitting means for transmitting a part or all of the software-related data to the user are used as an intermediary server.

Therefore, only the list data of the program body is stored in the reseller server, and other software-related data such as the program body and the demo version of the software are stored in the mediation server. Therefore, the maintenance burden on the reseller server by the retailer is reduced. Further, the detailed information of the software included in the software-related data can be created in the uniform format on the side of the intermediary server, which makes it easy for the user to see and understand.

Another aspect of the present invention is further provided with a user authentication data receiving means for receiving the user authentication data, and a download program for downloading the program main body to the user terminal upon activation of the user, after receiving the authentication data. The mediation server includes a download program transmitting means for transmitting to the user terminal.

Therefore, the download program proves the download right for downloading the main program of the software. The user can safely and easily download the main program of the software by starting the download program.

[0030]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a software providing system and a mediation server according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a software providing system of the present invention and a configuration of a mediation server which plays a part thereof. This software providing system creates software, and also manages a maker server 1 managed by a software maker (software manufacturer) located at the highest level of sales, and a reseller server 2 managed by a retailer who sells software to users. , An intermediary that is interposed between a personal computer 3 as a user terminal owned by a user who purchases software from a retailer, a maker server 1 and a reseller server 2, and manages software-related data including at least a program body of software. The intermediary servers 4, 5 owned by and the respective servers 1, 2, 4,
5 and the personal computer 3 are connected to each other and the Internet 6 serving as a form of a data communication network.

The intermediary servers 4 and 5 are composed of a system management server 4 and a download server 5. The system management server 4 creates list data of the software based on the program body of the software. Further, the system management server 4 sends the software program body and list data to the other servers 5 and 2, respectively, and holds the detailed information sent from the maker server 1. The system management server 4
May create detailed information that describes the software.

On the other hand, when the user wants to purchase the software program body, the download server 5 electronically authenticates the user and downloads the software program body to the user. The functions of the components of the system management server 4 and the download server 5, the flow of data between the components, and the data processing will be described later.

The reseller server 2 stores a reseller site 21 launched by a retailer. In the software providing system, the reseller site 21 is a site that is a direct contact with the user. Although only one reseller server 2 is shown in FIG. 1 for simplification of description, a plurality of reseller servers 2 actually exist.
In addition, there are actually a plurality of personal computers 3 and maker servers 1.

List data sent from the system management server 4 is stored in the reseller site 21. This list data is data created by the system management server 4 in a unified format. The list data is a list of information related to the software such as the name of the manufacturer who created each software, the product name of the software, the OS (Operating System) that can be supported, information about the demonstration / experience software, the selling price, and the product code. It is the converted data.

The system management server 4 is the master server 4
1 and a detailed information storage server 42. The master server 41 includes a system management data processing unit 411, a storage unit 412, a first data transmission / reception unit 413, and a second data transmission / reception unit 414.

The system management data processing unit 411 is a list data creating means for creating list data based on the program body of the software received from the software maker. In addition, the system management data processing unit 4
11 creates sales history information based on the download report notified from the download server 5. The storage unit 412 holds the sales history information.

The first data transmitting / receiving unit 413 is a software-related data receiving means for receiving the program body and detailed information from the maker server 1, and also a means for transmitting the program body to the download server 5.
The second data transmitting / receiving unit 414 is a list data transmitting unit that transmits the list data to the reseller site 21.

The detailed information storage server 42 is a server for storing detailed information prepared for each piece of software to be sold and downloading the detailed information to the personal computer 3 based on a user's instruction. The detailed information is, for example, the title of each piece of software, an outline of the software, operating environment, software for demonstration / experience, manual data, banner advertisement of each company, and the like.

The detailed information storage server 42 includes a control unit 421.
And a detailed information storage unit 422 and a third transmission / reception unit 423. The control unit 421 controls the detailed information storage server 42.
Is a component that controls the overall operation of the. The detailed information storage unit 422 is a software-related data holding unit that holds detailed information transmitted from the master server 41. Third
The transmission / reception unit 423 is a software-related data transmission unit that reads out detailed information from the detailed information storage unit 422 based on a user's instruction and transmits the detailed information to the personal computer 3.

The detailed information corresponding to each software is linked to the list data stored in the reseller site 21. Therefore, the user can browse the contents by accessing the reseller site 21 from the personal computer 3 to display the list data on the screen and then giving a part of the detailed information.

The download server 5 includes a download data processing section 51, a software body program storage section 52, a download program storage section 53, a download history information storage section 54, and a fourth data transmission / reception section 55.
And a fifth data transceiver 56.

The download data processing unit 51 is a component unit that performs processing necessary for downloading the program body to the personal computer 3 and creates a download report indicating when and what kind of software program body was downloaded. .

Software main body program storage section 52
Is a software-related data holding unit that holds the program body acquired from the system management server 4 by the download data processing unit 51. The download program storage unit 53 is a program-related data holding unit that stores a download program required for electronically authenticating the user and downloading the program body to the personal computer 3.

The download program is a program transmitted to the personal computer 3 of the user on condition that the user is authenticated and the payment is completed. When the user activates the download program on the personal computer 3, the user can download the program body. This mechanism will be described later in detail.

The download history information storage section 54 is a section for storing the history information for each download when the program body is downloaded to the personal computer 3. The download history information stored in the download history information storage unit 54 is sent to the system management server 4 as a download report. After that, the system management server 4 creates sales history information based on this download report and stores it in the storage unit 412.

The fourth data transmitter / receiver 55 is a component for receiving the compressed program body from the system management server 4 and transmitting a download report to the system management server 4. The fifth data transmitting / receiving unit 56 also serves as a user authentication data receiving unit that receives information for authenticating a user and a download program transmitting unit that transmits the download program to the personal computer 3. In addition, the fifth data transmitter / receiver 56
The program body is transmitted to the personal computer 3 based on the instruction from the download program.

Next, the data processing of the software providing system of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the product selection screen 7 displayed on the screen of the personal computer 3 by the user accessing the reseller site 21. Software list data is displayed on the product selection screen 7. Specifically, a product name 8, a free trial version logo 9, and a purchase logo 10 are displayed on the product selection screen 7. When the user designates one of the product names 8 with a mouse or the like, the detailed information linked to the product name 8 is transmitted from the detailed information storage server 42 to the personal computer 3. Further, when the user instructs the purchase logo 10, a screen necessary for the purchase procedure is displayed on the personal computer 3, which will be described later.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which detailed information is displayed on the personal computer 3. On the detailed information display screen 15 that displays detailed information, as the software information,
"1. Features", "2. Function introduction", "3. Operating environment",
A menu column 16 having items such as “4. trial version / demo version” and “5. license agreement” and contents 17, 18, and 19 corresponding to each item in the menu column 16 are displayed. Since all the detailed information cannot be displayed on the screen of the personal computer 3, the screen is scrolled from FIG. 3 to FIG.

In this embodiment, the software specified by the user is a game relating to the flight control simulation of an airplane. Therefore, the detailed information display screen 15 introduces the features of the software as a control simulation game and what functions can be enjoyed. Further, as the operating environment, the OS capable of being supported, the required capacity of the main memory, the required resolution of the display, and the like, and the hardware performance required for the operation are also shown in detail.

As described above, the detailed information includes a menu field 16 composed of unified items, a feature 17 described and arranged in a unified format, a photograph 18, a function introduction 1
It is equipped with 9 mag. Therefore, the user can accurately and easily grasp the information about the software. Also,
The retailer can also save the trouble of creating detailed information.

When the user designates the item 20 of "trial version / demo version" on the detailed information display screen 15 of FIG. 4, the trial version download screen 25 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the screen of the user's personal computer 3. . On the trial version download screen 25, a display 26 in which an operating environment (OS type, hardware performance such as CPU and memory) necessary for executing the trial version software is written, and a download start logo 27 are displayed. .

When the user designates the download start logo 27, the download screen 28 is displayed on the screen of the personal computer 3.
Is displayed. When the user specifies a predetermined item on the download screen 28, the trial version software is downloaded to the user's personal computer 3. When the user tries to use the downloaded trial version software and wants to purchase it, the user returns to the detailed information display screen 15 and instructs the purchase logo 10.

When the user indicates the purchase intention, a purchase screen (not shown) is displayed on the user's personal computer 3.
On the purchase screen, the product code, product name, remarks (such as notes), quantity, unit price, amount (subtotal amount, consumption tax, total amount), etc. are displayed as a display showing the contents of the software to be purchased. The confirmation items are displayed and the payment method selection section is also displayed. As the payment method, a plurality of methods such as card payment and bank transfer can be selected.

After making the necessary settings such as the payment method, the user proceeds to the next purchase procedure. In the next purchase procedure, the user will be required to confirm his / her email address, confirmation information of the email address, affiliation (personal or corporate, etc.), name, postal code, address, credit card type, credit card number, and valid credit card. Deadline, phone number, fax
Enter the number.

When the user makes the above input and it is determined that the user's credit card payment processing is appropriate, the download program reception screen 30 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the screen of the personal computer 3. On the other hand, if the credit card payment process is inappropriate, an error screen is displayed on the personal computer 3.

On the download program reception screen 30, the maker name of the software decided to purchase, the product name of the software, the thank-you contents for the purchase, and the URL enabling the download of the download program
31 is displayed. The URL 31 is an address portion 32 indicating the location where a plurality of download programs are stored.
And an address portion 33 indicating the storage location of the download program unique to each user.

URL displayed by the user on the personal computer 3
When 31 is designated, the download program stored in the download server 5 is downloaded to the personal computer 3. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, an icon 36 for activating the download program is displayed on the screen of the personal computer 3. The icon 36 enables communication between the personal computer 3 and the download server 5 by clicking or the like.

When the user designates the icon 36, a program body download screen 37 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the screen of the personal computer 3. In the program body download screen 37, in addition to the product name of the software to be purchased, the license destination of the software, the license (Certificate) number, the telephone number of the support destination, etc., the “Ma” for downloading the manual data is displayed.
A “nual PDF” instruction section 38, a “download” instruction section 39 for downloading software, and the like are displayed.

When the user instructs the "download" instructing section 39 on the program body download screen 37, the download of the program body of the software to be purchased is started. In addition, at the stage of starting the download, the download program also performs an electronic authentication process for determining whether or not the download may be performed. The download is executed only when it is determined that the result of the authentication process is appropriate. If it is determined that the authentication result is not appropriate, for example, if the download has been completed once, it is determined that the access is unauthorized and the download is not started.

The download program has a function of displaying the icon 36 on the user's personal computer 3 and automatically collecting device information of the personal computer 3. Therefore, when the user stores the download program in the hard disk of the personal computer 3 and then copies the downloaded program to the hard disk of another personal computer 3, the device information of the first personal computer 3 and the device information of the second personal computer 3 are Since they do not match, the download of the program body of the software is prohibited, which is regarded as an illegal downloading act.

On the other hand, after the user stores the download program in the flexible disk inserted in the personal computer 3, the flexible disk is inserted in another personal computer 3 and the download server 5 is loaded from the other personal computer 3.
When connected to, the device information will be read for the first time by the personal computer 3 later. Therefore, there is no problem of inconsistency in device information, and the software program itself can be downloaded.

As described above, this download program has a function of automatically collecting the device information of the user's personal computer 3 and specifying the personal computer 3. Therefore, when downloading the program body, the user does not need to input the user ID and password one by one.

The download program is downloaded to the personal computer 3 while expanding the program body of the software. Therefore, the user can use the software immediately after downloading the program body without decompressing it using decompression software or the like.

The download program also includes a program for monitoring the download of the program body. Therefore, even if the line is disconnected for some reason during the download and then the download is performed again, the program main body after the line is disconnected can be downloaded. Therefore, the time for downloading the program body can be saved. Also,
The above monitoring program also has a function of monitoring whether or not the download has been normally performed.
Therefore, the download can be surely performed.

FIG. 9 shows a maker 1a, a reseller (retailer) 2a, and a system administrator who own the servers 1, 2, 4, 5 and the personal computer 3 which constitute the software providing system of the present invention shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the price and the flow of data between the download server administrator 5a and the user 3a. It should be noted that there may be a plurality of manufacturers 1a, resellers 2a, and users 3a by nature, but for ease of explanation, each will be described as one.

First, the user 3a who purchased the software through the reseller site 2 pays the price to the reseller 2a (step S101). The download server administrator 5a sends the data of the program body to the user 3a (step S102). On the other hand, the download server administrator 5a sends a download report to the system administrator 4a (step S103).

Next, the system administrator 4a creates sales history information based on the download report.
On the other hand, the reseller 2a tells the system administrator 4a that
A part of the price collected from the user 3a is paid regularly (step S104). The system administrator 4a notifies the maker 1a of the sales history information as the sales record, and
The price for the software program body is paid to the maker 1a (step S105).

Further, the system administrator 4a pays the download fee to the download server administrator 5a (step S106). This download fee is
For example, the amount of money for one download is generated each time the download is executed for the user 3a who has been sold. The download fee can also be paid in a lump sum on a regular basis.

The amount charged from the system administrator 4a to the reseller 2a is a wholesale price to the reseller 2a. On the side of the reseller 2a, the purchase price (wholesale price) of the product is paid from the monthly sales based on the request from the system administrator 4a. On the other hand, the maker 1a bills the system administrator 4a based on the sales record sent from the system administrator 4a. The system administrator 4a pays the maker 1a an amount based on the request. The payment amount at this time is the remaining amount obtained by subtracting the share (such as a fee) of the system administrator 4a from the amount collected from the reseller 2a.

In this way, when the user 3a tries to purchase the program body of the software, the program body is downloaded only after it is ensured that payment is properly made by card payment or the like. . For this reason, the manufacturer 1a and the system administrator 4a are unlikely to collect uncollected sales money, and hardly bear financial risk.

Although each of the above-described embodiments is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this, and within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Various modified implementations are possible.

For example, the system management server 4 is provided with two servers, the master server 41 and the detailed information storage server 42, but it is not necessary to divide the two servers, and if the processing capacity is sufficient, one server can be used. It is also possible to have both functions. Further, the system management server 4 and the download server 5 may not be provided, and one intermediary server may be used.

Further, the system management server 4 can be provided with a function of performing electronic authentication and a function of allowing the user to download the program body. Further, the electronic authentication may be performed by another server. Further, the download program storage unit 53 and the software main body program storage unit 52 may be provided separately in different servers.

Further, the system management server 4 and the download server 5 may be connected by a dedicated line without using the Internet 6. Further, the software providing system of the present invention can be applied not only to software sales but also to rental activities.

Also, the system management server 4 does not create list data based on the program itself, but
The list data already created may be received from the manufacturer server 1 and transmitted to the reseller server 2. Further, the system management server 4 may create detailed information.

The detailed information is transmitted from the maker server 1 to the detailed information storage server 42 via the master server 41, but may be directly transmitted from the maker server 1 to the detailed information storage server 42.

Although the system management server 4 compresses the program body and sends it to the download server 5, it may send the program body to the download server 5 without compression. Further, the download program is downloaded to the personal computer 3 while decompressing the program body, but the program body may be transmitted to the personal computer 3 while being compressed.

[0080]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a user with software-related data of a certain quality. According to another invention, the burden on the retailer in terms of cost and labor can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a software providing system and a configuration of a mediation server of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a product selection screen of a reseller site displayed on a user's personal computer screen in the software providing system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which detailed information linked to a product selected by a user from the product selection screen of FIG. 2 is read and displayed on the user's personal computer.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which the detailed information screen of FIG. 3 is scrolled.

[Figure 5] "Trial version / Demo version" from the detailed information display in Figure 4
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example displayed on a personal computer screen when an item part of “1” is designated.

FIG. 6 is a display example displayed on a personal computer screen in the software providing system of FIG. 1 when the user has finished inputting necessary items and the credit card payment is determined to be appropriate.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an icon of a download program displayed when a URL for acquiring the download program is designated on the screen of FIG.

8 is a diagram showing a download execution screen displayed when the icon shown in FIG. 7 is designated.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the flow of money and data in the software providing system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Manufacturer Server (Manufacturer Server) 2 Reseller Server 3 Personal Computer (User Terminal) 4 System Management Server (One of Mediation Servers) 5 Download Server (One of Mediation Servers) 21 Reseller Site 52 Software Main Unit Program Storage (Software Related Data) Holding unit) 53 Download program storage unit (software related data holding unit) 56 Fifth data transmission / reception unit (software related data transmission unit, user authentication data reception unit, download program transmission unit) 411 System management data processing unit (list data creation unit) ) 413 1st data transmission / reception part (software related data receiving means) 413 2nd data transmission / reception part (list data transmission means) 422 Detailed information storage part (software related data holding part)

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A manufacturer server that holds software-related data including at least a program body of the software, and a reseller server that holds a retailer's site accessed by a user who receives the program body. The user terminal used when the user accesses the reseller server and the list data of the program body are transmitted to the reseller server, and a part or all of the software-related data is held, A software providing system comprising: a mediation server that transmits a part or all of the software-related data to the user terminal based on an instruction. 2. The mediation server receives a system management server that holds a part or all of the software-related data, receives the program body from the system management server, holds the program body, and stores the program from the user terminal. 2. The software providing system according to claim 1, further comprising a download server capable of transmitting the program body to the user terminal when receiving the data indicating that the program body is desired to be provided. 3. The download server downloads a program for downloading the program body to the user terminal based on activation by the user.
The software providing system according to claim 2, wherein the software is transmitted to the user terminal after the user is authenticated. 4. The software providing system according to claim 3, wherein the download program transmits terminal information for specifying the user terminal to the download server when the download program is activated. 5. The download program includes a program for decompressing the program body, wherein the compressed program body transmitted from the download server is decompressed and stored in the user terminal. Item 3. The software providing system according to item 3. 6. The download program includes a program for monitoring a situation where the program body is being downloaded toward the user terminal, and when the line is disconnected and reconnected during the download, before the line is disconnected. 4. The software providing system according to claim 3, wherein the remaining programs except the programs downloaded to the above are made downloadable. 7. A manufacturer server that holds software-related data including at least a program body of the software, and a reseller server that holds a retailer's site accessed by a user who receives the program body, The user terminal used when the user accesses the reseller server, and the list data of the program body is transmitted to the reseller server, and a part or all of the software-related data is retained and an instruction from the user is given. Based on the above, some or all of the above software-related data,
An intermediary server transmitting to the user terminal, the intermediary server receiving a system management server that holds a part or all of the software-related data and the program body from the system management server, and holding the program body. Along with the above, when the user terminal receives data from the user terminal requesting that the program body be provided, the download server is capable of transmitting the program body to the user terminal, and the download server is the program body. Is transmitted to the system management server, the system management server creates sales history information based on the download data, and the sales history information based on the sales history information. Specialize in making payments to the manufacturer Software provides system that. 8. The software providing system according to claim 7, wherein the user pays the cost of the program body provided by the user on the retailer's site accessed from the user terminal. 9. A manufacturer server that holds software-related data including at least a program body of the software, and a reseller server that holds a retailer's site accessed by a user who receives the program body. A mediation server for mediating between the software, a software-related data receiving means for receiving software-related data including at least the program body of the software from the manufacturer server, and a list for creating list data based on the program body Data creating means, list data sending means for sending the list data to the reseller server, software related data holding means for holding part or all of the software related data, and software related Some or all of the over data, mediation server, characterized in that it comprises a software-related data transmitting means for transmitting toward the users. 10. A user authentication data receiving means for receiving the authentication data of the user, and a download program for downloading the program main body to the user terminal based on the activation of the user, the user after receiving the authentication data. 10. The mediation server according to claim 9, further comprising: a download program transmitting unit that transmits the program to the terminal.