JP2003256672A - Method for sending and receiving pay contents - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for sending and receiving pay contents to enable a viewer to receive pay contents of a Web page through the Web page without being charged. <P>SOLUTION: The pay contents are received from a contents provider terminal 5 through a communication network to be stored in a pay contents storage device 10 connected to an intermediary terminal 1. As a request for viewing the pay contents is received from a browsing person terminal 6 through the communication network 7, the pay contents are extracted from the pay contents storage device 10, the pay contents are synthesized with synthesizing contents provided by the intermediary terminal 1 to generate a synthesized Web page, and the synthesized Web page is sent to the browsing person terminal 6 through the communication network 7. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paid content transmitting / receiving method for transmitting / receiving paid content via a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG.
When connecting from 3 to the web server of the content provider via the network to receive the paid web page 31, first, the content provider is paid a fee and authentication information such as an identification number (ID) and a password is acquired. . Then, the browser terminal 33 can receive the desired content λ of the pay web page 31 by transmitting the authentication information and connecting to the web server of the content provider.

Also, the browsing terminal 33 is connected to the web server 32 of the intermediary through the network, and the advertisement 35
It is possible to receive the free web page 32 including the advertisement a and the advertisement 35b, and obtain the URL of the pay web page 31 hyperlinked from the free web page 32. In this case, in order for the viewer terminal 33 to receive the content λ of the pay web page 31, the viewer terminal 33 clicks the hyperlink posted on the free web page 32, and the viewer terminal 33 receives the content via the network. Connect to the provider's web server. Then, the content provider is paid a fee and the identification number (I
After obtaining the authentication information such as D) and the password, the content of the content λ can be received. That is, even if the viewer terminal 33 tries to receive the content λ of the pay web page 31 via the free web page 32, in the end, if the viewer terminal 33 does not directly connect to the web server of the content provider, there is a charge. The content λ of the web page 31 cannot be received.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional paid content transmission / reception methods, it is possible to freely link to a paid web page via another web page such as a free web page, but browsing Even if the viewer terminal 33 tries to receive the content λ of the pay web page 31 via the free web page 32, the payer web page 31 is not provided if the viewer terminal 33 does not directly connect to the web server of the content provider. It was not possible to receive the content λ of.

[0007] Further, in the conventional paid content transmission / reception method, it is troublesome for content providers to collect charges from individual viewers.
There was a problem that the number of contracts was not stable. Also, from the viewpoint of the viewer, in the conventional paid content transmission / reception method, in order for the viewer to receive the paid content via the viewer terminal 33, a fee is paid by contracting with the administrator of the individual paid content. However, there is a problem in that it is costly and troublesome.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to pay and receive the contents of pay web pages for free via web pages such as free web pages. It is to provide a method of transmitting and receiving contents.

An object of the present invention is to provide a paid content transmission / reception method that secures a stable income source for a paid content provider and allows the viewer to easily receive the paid content free of charge. is there.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the features of the present invention are as follows: (a) A paid content which is connected to an intermediary terminal by receiving paid content from a content provider terminal via a communication network. Storing in the content storage device, (b) receiving an instruction to browse the paid content from the viewer terminal via the communication network, and (c) extracting the paid content from the paid content storage device, (D) a step of generating a composite web page in which the pay content is combined with the composition content provided by the intermediary terminal, and (e) a step of transmitting the composite web page to the viewer terminal via the communication network. That is, the paid content transmitting / receiving method has.

In the present invention, the pay content may be received from the content provider terminal via the communication network at any time. For example, in advance, the identification number and password are extracted from the authentication information storage device connected to the intermediary terminal, and connected to the content provider terminal,
Send the identification number, password and instruction, receive the paid content from the content provider terminal, store the paid content in the paid content storage device, and then download the paid content according to the instruction desired by the viewer terminal to browse. It may be extracted from the pay content storage device and transmitted to the viewer terminal together with the composition content. In addition, the intermediary terminal may connect to the content provider terminal and receive the pay content in response to an instruction from the viewer terminal to browse. Further, the intermediary agent terminal may transmit the pay content and the content for synthesis to the viewer terminal at the same time via the agent terminal without generating the composite web page of the pay content and the content for composition.

In the paid content transmission / reception method according to the feature of the present invention, the paid content is acquired from the content provider terminal, and the requested information (requested viewing) is sent to the viewer terminal based on the instruction of the viewing request from the viewer terminal. By transmitting, paid content can be provided to the viewer terminal free of charge. Then, when the paid content is sent to the viewer free of charge, the intermediary can obtain the advertising income by sending the composition content such as an advertisement along with the paid content, and the advertising income allows the intermediary to sell the content. Payment can be made to the provider.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION First and second embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the drawings, the same or similar parts are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals.

(First Embodiment) A pay content transmission / reception system used in a pay content transmission / reception method according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The pay content transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is composed of an intermediary agent terminal 1, a content provider terminal 5, a browser terminal 6 and a network 7 interconnecting them. There is. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the Internet is mentioned as the network 7, but other networks such as LAN and personal computer communication may be used.

The intermediary terminal 1 connects to the content provider terminal 5 in response to an instruction (operation instruction) from the viewer terminal 6 to browse and pays the paid content received from the content provider terminal 5 to the viewer for free. This is a terminal for transmitting to the terminal 6. The content provider terminal 5 is a terminal that provides pay content via the network 7 and transmits content including at least pay content to the intermediary terminal 1 in response to a request and payment from the intermediary terminal 1. The viewer terminal 6 is a terminal that receives free / paid content via the network 7.

The broker terminal 1, the content provider terminal 5, and the viewer terminal 6 are respectively provided with a CPU, an input device, and
An output device, a main storage device, an auxiliary storage device (hard disk), etc. are provided. Each CPU is equipped with an online control means for analyzing a message received from the network 7 and executing the requested processing. Further, the CPU is also equipped with a communication control device for transmitting a message received from the network 7 to the online control means. Further, the CPU of the agent terminal 1 is also provided with a database management means. Then, when input / output with the authentication information storage device 3 and the composition content storage device 9 is necessary, the storage location of the required file is searched for through this database management means, and the file read / write processing is performed. Further, the CPU of the content provider terminal 5 is also provided with the database management means. If input / output with the content storage device 8 is required, the storage location of the required file is searched for through this database management means, and the file read / write processing is performed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the agent terminal 1 includes an input device 41, an output device 42, an input / output control device 43, a main storage device 44, a communication control device 45, an authentication information storage device 3,
The content storage device 9 for synthesis, the pay content storage device 10, and the CPU 2 are included. The authentication information storage device 3 and the composition content storage device 9 may be housed inside the intermediary terminal 1, or may be connected as an external storage device. Further, it may be connected via a database server or the like.

The input device 41 includes a keyboard, a mouse, an O
The output device 42 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display, a CRT display or the like, a printing device such as an inkjet printer or a laser printer, and the like, such as a recognition device such as a CR, a graphic input device such as an image scanner, and a special input device such as a voice recognition device. It is composed respectively. The input / output control device 43 (input / output interface) is the input device 41, the output device 42, or the CD-ROM, M.
A reading device of a storage device such as O or ZIP is used as the CPU 2
It is an interface to connect to. Seen from the flow of data, the input / output control device 43 includes an input device 41 and an output device 4.
2. It serves as an interface between the reading device of the external storage device and the main storage device 44. A ROM and a RAM are incorporated in the main storage device 44. The ROM functions as a program storage device that stores a program executed by the CPU 2. The RAM functions as a temporary data memory used as a work area for temporarily storing data and the like used for storing programs in the CPU 2 and program execution processing. The communication control device 45 serves as an interface for connecting to the network 7. Therefore, a TA (terminal adapter), a dial-up router, a LAN board, etc. correspond to this. The authentication information storage device 3 stores authentication information including an identification number (ID), a password and the like acquired by the intermediary from the content provider. The composition content storage device 9 stores free content (composition content) β such as an advertisement to accompany the pay content α. The pay content storage device 10 temporarily stores the received pay content.

Further, the CPU 2 of the intermediary terminal 1 has the operation instruction receiving means 11, the connecting means 12, and the operation instruction transmitting means 1
3, a content receiving means 14, a synthesizing content extracting means 15, a synthesizing means 16, and a content transmitting means 17. The operation instruction receiving unit 11 receives an operation instruction such as an instruction to browse, from the viewer terminal 6. The connecting means 12 is
The identification number (ID) given to the content provider terminal 5 at the time of contract according to the instruction from the viewer terminal 6 to browse
Authentication information including a password and a password is transmitted to establish a connection with the content provider terminal 5. Here, based on the authentication information including the ID and the password, by making a contract in advance that the number of terminals that can access the content provider terminal 5 at the same time is not limited, a plurality of users can simultaneously view the paid content α. Can respond to desired instructions. The operation instruction transmitting unit 13 transmits the operation instruction (browsing desired instruction) received from the browser terminal 6 to the content provider terminal 5. That is, for the pay content α requested (browsing) from the viewer terminal 6, the content provider terminal 5 is requested to download the desired pay content α. The content receiving means 14 downloads the desired pay content α from the content provider terminal 6 to the intermediary terminal 1, and stores it in the pay content storage device 10. The synthesizing content extraction means 15 extracts the synthesizing content β stored in the synthesizing content storage device 9 and the pay content α stored in the pay content storage device 10. The synthesizing means 16 synthesizes the synthesizing content β previously created in the received (downloaded) paid content α and stored in the synthesizing content storage device 9 to generate the synthesizing web page 22. The content transmitting means 17 uses the generated composite web page 2
2 is transmitted to the viewer terminal 6.

(Flow) In the paid content transmitting / receiving method according to the first embodiment of the present invention, as a precondition, the intermediary and the content provider sign a contract or the like in advance so that the intermediary acts as an intermediary from the content provider. Supplier terminal 1
Obtains authentication information such as an identification number (ID) and a password required for accessing the content provider terminal 5. Then, the intermediary stores in advance the authentication information acquired from the content provider in the intermediary terminal 1, and sets up so that it can be used as the authentication information when the intermediary terminal 1 accesses the content provider terminal 5. I'll do it. It should be noted that the contract here is made such that a plurality of accesses can be simultaneously established from the intermediary terminal 1 to the content provider terminal 5 based on a set of authentication information acquired from the content provider. It is possible to set.

Under the above-mentioned preconditions, FIG. 3 shows a flow chart of the pay content transmitting / receiving method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

(A) First, in step S11, the browsing person uses the browsing terminal 6 to request access to the intermediary terminal 1 via the network 7. In response to this access request, in step S21, the agent terminal 1
Accepts an access request from the browser terminal 6, and in step S22, the intermediary agent terminal 1 lists a content provided in the intermediary agent terminal 1 to the browser terminal 6 (hereinafter referred to as a "list page").
To send. The list page may be described on the top page (home page) or as a content page linked to the top page.

(B) In step S 12, the browsing terminal 6 receives the list page from the intermediary terminal 1. Based on this list page, the viewer selects pay content or other free content that he / she wants to view. Here, a case where the viewer desires to browse the paid content will be described. In step S13, the browsing terminal 6 requests the intermediary terminal 1 to receive the desired pay content α.

(C) Corresponding to the processing of step S13,
In step S23, the agent terminal 1 accesses the content provider terminal 5 having the content storage device 8 in step S24 in response to the browsing request from the browser terminal 6 received using the operation instruction receiving means 11 in step S23. . Then, in step S25, the agent terminal 1
Uses the connection means 12 to transmit authentication information including an ID and a password to the content provider terminal 5 and request a connection with the content provider terminal 5.

(D) Corresponding to the processing of step S24, the content provider terminal 5 first accepts access from the intermediary agent terminal 1 in step S31. Next, in correspondence with the processing of step S25, step S32
In step S33, the ID and password transmitted from the intermediary agent terminal 1 are received, and in step S33, the registered ID and password are collated with the received ID and password to determine their validity. If the ID and password are valid, the requested content α of the pay web page 21 is read from the content storage device 8 and transmitted to the intermediary terminal 1 in step S34. If the ID and password are not valid, an error message is sent to the intermediary terminal 1.

(E) At the intermediary terminal 1, the free content (compositing content) β such as advertisement is stored in the compositing content storage device 9. Then, corresponding to step S34, the paid content α is received by the content receiving means 14 and stored in the paid content storage device 10 in step S26. Next, in step S27, the pay content stored in the pay content storage device 10 is used by using the synthesis content extraction means 15,
The synthesizing content stored in the synthesizing content storage device 9 is extracted. Next, in step S28,
The synthesizing means 16 is used to attach the synthesizing content β to the pay content α to generate a synthesizing web page 22. Then, in step S29, the content is transmitted to the viewer terminal 6 using the content transmitting means 17. FIG. 6 shows an example of the composite web page 22 generated by combining the pay content α and the composition content β.

(F) Corresponding to step S29, the browsing terminal 6 receives the composite web page 22 including the paid content α and the free content β such as advertisement transmitted from the intermediary terminal 1 in step S14. By doing so, the viewer can receive the paid content α using the viewer terminal 6.

According to the paid content transmission / reception method according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the viewers 6a and 6b can receive the paid content α free of charge, and the intermediary company attaches the paid content α. Advertising (free content) β
Earn advertising revenue by offering. With this advertising revenue, the intermediary can pay a fee for the paid content α to the content provider, and the content provider can obtain a stable income by making a contract with the intermediary. The agent terminal 1 can be connected to the content provider terminal 5 by the agent paying a certain fee to the content provider. In addition, the amount paid by the intermediary to the content provider may be determined by multiplying the unit price of the content received (downloaded) from the content provider terminal 5 by the intermediary terminal 1 and the number of downloads, regardless of the number of downloads. You may set a fixed fee. Since this is a contract between the content provider and the intermediary, the contract content can be set arbitrarily and can be changed at any time according to the change in the number of downloads.

(Application Example 1) A broker contracts with a novel writer as a content provider in advance, and hyperlinks to a novel (content α) of a pay web page 21 managed by the content provider terminal 5 as pay content. A link page with a line is created and provided at the intermediary terminal 1 via the network 7.

The intermediary agent terminal 1 receives an instruction (operation instruction) of a request for browsing the novel (content α) from the viewer terminal 6 of the viewer who browsed the link page. Based on the instruction to browse, the intermediary agent terminal 1 transmits the identification number, the password, etc. to the content provider terminal 1, connects to the content provider terminal 5, and requests reception of the novel (paid content α). When the authentication of the identification number or the like is completed at the content provider terminal 5, the intermediary agent terminal 1 receives the pay content α (novel) from the content provider terminal 5 using the content receiving means 14. Then, the intermediary agent terminal 1 uses the synthesizing means 16 to synthesize free content β such as an advertisement in a novel to generate a synthetic web page 22, and uses the content transmitting means 17 to browse the generated web page 22. It is transmitted to the terminal 6.

If the pay content transmission / reception method according to the first embodiment of the present invention is used, the viewer terminal 6 displays the advertisement 35.
A novel that can be received only for a fee at the same time as receiving free content β such as a and 35b (paid content α)
Can be received free of charge. In addition, the content provider, the writer, can enter into a contract with an intermediary
You can get a stable income. In particular, some writers may supply the content under the circumstances that a certain basic charge may be obtained without making a profit.
The present invention is suitable in such a situation. Further, the intermediary company can supplement the payment to the content provider by the advertisement income or the like.

(Second Embodiment) A pay content transmitting / receiving system used in a pay content transmitting / receiving method according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

Compared with the pay content transmitting / receiving system according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the pay content transmitting / receiving system according to the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. The difference is that the apparatus 4 is provided. The composite content storage device 4 stores a composite web page 22 composed of the pay content α and the composition content β acquired from the content provider terminal 5.

(Flow) In the pay content transmitting / receiving method according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as a precondition, a contract is signed between the intermediary and the content provider, and the intermediary is authenticated by the content provider. Information is acquired, and the acquired authentication information is stored in the authentication information storage device 3 of the intermediary terminal 1.

Under the above-mentioned preconditions, FIG. 9 shows a flow chart of the pay content transmitting / receiving method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

(A) First, in step S61, the agent terminal 1 accesses the content provider terminal 5,
In step S62, the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage device 3 is transmitted to the content provider terminal 5.

(B) The content provider terminal 5 first accepts access from the intermediary terminal 1 in step S71, corresponding to the processing in step S61. Next, in correspondence with the processing of step S62, step S72
In step S73, the ID and password transmitted from the intermediary agent terminal 1 are received, and in step S73, the registered ID and password are collated with the received ID and password to determine their validity. If the ID and password are valid, in step S74, the requested (browsing) pay web page 21 is requested.
The paid content α is read from the content storage device 8 and transmitted to the intermediary terminal 1. If the ID and password are not valid, an error message is sent to the intermediary terminal 1.

(C) In the agent terminal 1, the composition content (free content) β is stored in the composition content storage device 9. Further, corresponding to step S74, the paid content α is received by the content receiving means 14 and stored in the paid content storage device (cache memory) 10 in step S63. Next, in step S64, the combining content extracting unit 15 is used to extract the pay content α stored in the pay content storage device 10 and the combining content stored in the composition content storage device 9. Next, in step S65, the synthesizing means 16 is used to attach the synthesizing content β to the pay content α to generate the synthesizing web page 22. Then, in step S66,
The generated combined web page 22 is stored in the combined content storage device 4. The composite content stored in the composite content storage device 4 is always rewritten to the latest content in association with the update of the content stored in the content storage device 8 or is updated as a separate file each time it is updated. May be stored in. For example, in the case of serialized novels, each chapter may be stored as a separate file.

(D) Next, in the process of step S51 in FIG. 9, the browsing terminal 6 makes an access request to the intermediary terminal 1. In response to this access request, the broker terminal 1
Corresponds to the processing of step S51 and corresponds to step S67.
At, the access request from the viewer terminal 6 is accepted. Then, in step S68, the list page is transmitted to the viewer terminal 6. The transmitted list page is received by the viewer terminal 6 in step S52. The browser selects the content to be browsed from the list page received by the browser terminal 6, and requests the broker terminal 1 to browse the paid content α in the list to the broker terminal 1 in step S53.

(E) The intermediary terminal 1 operates in step S69.
At, an instruction (operation instruction) to browse the pay content α is accepted from the browser terminal 6. Then, the composite web page 22 generated in advance in step S65 and stored in the composite content storage device 4 in step S66 is extracted from the composite content storage device 4 in step S70. In step S71, the composite web page 22 is transmitted to the viewer terminal 6. Step S
At 54, the viewer terminal 6 receives the transmitted composite web page 22.

As described above, the intermediary terminal 1 is connected to the content provider terminal 5 in advance, acquires the pay content α, and uses the synthesizing means 16 to generate the synthetic web page 22 accompanied by the synthetic content β. Alternatively, the composite web page 22 may be stored in the composite content storage device 4, and the composite web page 22 may be transmitted to the viewer terminal 6 in response to the (instruction of the desire to browse) from the viewer terminal 6.

By using the pay content transmitting / receiving method according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the intermediary terminal does not need to access the content provider terminal 5 one by one,
It is possible to efficiently transmit the content requested (instruction to browse) from the browser terminal 6.

(Other Embodiments) Although the first and second embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the discussion and drawings forming a part of this disclosure limit the present invention. Should not be understood to be. From this disclosure, various alternative embodiments, examples and methods will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the intermediary may contract with the managers of a plurality of pay websites and link to the plurality of pay websites. Even in this case, based on the instruction (request) for browsing received from the browser terminal 6, the browser connects to a specific pay website having the pay content requested by the viewer and downloads the pay content. Then, the downloaded pay content α is attached with the combining content β and is transmitted to the viewer terminal 6.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the content provider may make a contract with a plurality of intermediaries who set up a free website.

The pay content transmitting / receiving methods according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention may be programmed and stored in a computer-readable recording medium.
When the pay content transmission / reception method is used, the recording medium is read by a computer system, the program is stored in a storage unit such as a memory in the computer system, and the data acquisition program is executed by an arithmetic unit, whereby The pay content transmitting / receiving method of the invention can be realized. Here, the storage medium includes, for example, a computer-readable recording medium such as a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a magnetic tape capable of recording a program.

When contents such as composition contents β are attached to the paid contents α, a banner advertisement or a text advertisement may be used in addition to the pop-up advertisement format as shown in FIG. Text ads may or may not look like recommended sites. The composition content β does not have to be a composition web page that is displayed in the same web page as the paid content α, and the payment content α and the composition content β are separate web pages and are simultaneously displayed by the intermediary terminal 1. May be transmitted to the browsing terminal 6.

The pay content α need not be a web page, and may have any file format as long as it is data. For example, various file formats such as music, images, and document files may be used.

When the pay content α is attached,
The composition content β may be changed at random.

As described above, it goes without saying that the present invention includes various embodiments not described here. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is defined only by the matters specifying the invention according to the scope of claims reasonable from the above description.

[0049]

According to the present invention, a browsing terminal can receive desired paid content free of charge through a website of an intermediary having a contractual relationship with the content provider. Further, the intermediary company can provide the paid content provided at the content provider terminal having a contract relationship to the viewer free of charge by the advertising revenue.

According to the present invention, the content provider can provide paid content through the network while obtaining stable income by making a contract with the intermediary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram for realizing a pay content transmitting / receiving method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a pay content transmitting / receiving method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a pay content transmitting / receiving method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram (1) of a pay content transmitting / receiving method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram (part 2) of the pay content transmission / reception method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a web page generated when the content α of a pay web page and the content β for composition of a composite web page are combined in the pay content transmitting / receiving method according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a conventional paid content transmitting / receiving method.

FIG. 8 is a system configuration diagram for realizing a pay content transmitting / receiving method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a pay content transmission / reception method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Broker terminal 2 CPU 3 Authentication information storage device 4 Composite content storage device 5 Content provider terminals 6, 6a-6f Viewer terminal 7 network 8 Content storage device 9 Content storage device for composition 10 Paid content storage device 11 Operation instruction receiving means 12 Connection means 13 Operation instruction transmission means 14 Content receiving means 15 Composition Content Extraction Means 16 Synthetic means 17 Content transmission means 21, 21a-21c Paid web pages 22, 22a-22c synthetic web page 31 Paid web pages 32 free web pages 33 Viewer terminal 35a, 35b Advertising 41 Input device 42 Output device 43 I / O controller 44 main memory 45 Communication control device

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A step of receiving paid content from a content provider terminal via a communication network and storing it in a paid content storage device connected to an intermediary terminal, and a paid content from a viewer terminal via the communication network. Receiving an instruction to browse the content, extracting the pay content from the pay content storage device, and generating a composite web page that combines the pay content and the content for composition provided by the intermediary terminal. And a step of transmitting the composite web page to the viewer terminal via the communication network. 2. The step of receiving the paid content includes the step of extracting an identification number and a password from an authentication information storage device connected to the intermediary terminal, the step of connecting to the content provider terminal, and the identification number and 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of transmitting a password and the instruction, a step of receiving the pay content from the content provider terminal, and a step of storing the pay content in the pay content storage device. How to send and receive paid content. 3. The pay content transmitting / receiving method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of storing the composite web page in a composite content storage device connected to the intermediary terminal. 4. The pay content transmitting / receiving method according to claim 2, wherein the step of storing the pay content in the pay content storage device is performed after receiving an instruction to browse the pay content. 5. The pay content transmitting / receiving method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the content provider terminals are provided. 6. The pay content transmitting / receiving method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the intermediary terminals are provided.