IP Library Granted Patent US 7,206,749
Granted Patent B2
US 7,206,749 · App. 09/858,886 · Granted Apr 17, 2007

Method and system for selling content

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,206,749
App. No.
09/858,886
Granted
Apr 17, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention provides a method and a system for selling content capable of ensuring a fair profit of a copyrighter of a creation in content. More specifically, this invention provides a method and a system for selling content for judging whether an user terminal has purchase information of each creation in content including one or two creations or more or not and for calculating forwarding charge of the content based on whether the user terminal has purchase information of each creation in the content or not, in forwarding the content to the user terminal. The method and system for selling content enable to circulate the creation itself in the content as the object of dealing and to gain profit directly from the user of content. Therefore, the copyrighter can gain the fair profit without being influenced by the achievement of the content including the creation. This is also to encourage the creative urge of the creator and to improve the creative level of the creator. In addition, since the user of content can purchase the content including the creation having the purchase information with cheap price, consumption activity is to be vitalized effectively.

Claims (27)

1. A system for selling software content including at least one creation, wherein each creation is a subset part of the whole content, the system comprising:

a user terminal including purchase-record information storing means for storing purchase-record information of the creations, purchase condition inquiry means for requesting a condition server to inquire about a relation in conditions between the software content and the purchase-record information, and execution means for the software content;

a copyrighter terminal forwarding the purchase-record information to the user terminal;

a software content creator terminal creating software content including at least one of the creations and forwarding the software content to a software content sales administration server;

a software content sales administration server including software content storing means storing the software content forwarded from the software content creator terminal and sales administration means forwarding information including details and price of the software content; and

a condition server including condition storing means storing the relation in conditions between the software content and the purchase-record information and calculating the price of software content based on the purchase-record information and searching means for searching the condition storing means.

2. A system for selling software content according to claim 1 , wherein an authentication server for authenticating the validity of the user terminal, the copyrighter terminal, the software content creator terminal, the software content sales administration server and the condition server is included in the above system.

3. A system for selling software content according to claim 1 , wherein the creation is copyrighted.

4. A system for selling software content according to claim 1 , wherein the creation is individually copyrighted.

5. A system for selling software content including at least one creation, wherein each creation is a subset part of the whole content, the system comprising:

a user terminal including purchase condition inquiry means for requesting a condition server to inquire about a relation in conditions between the software content and the purchase-record information and execution means for the software content;

a copyrighter terminal forwarding the purchase-record information to the user terminal;

a software content creator terminal creating software content including at least one creations and forwarding the software content to a software content sales administration server;

a software content sales administration server including software content storing means storing the software content forwarded from the software content creator terminal and sales administration means forwarding information including details and price of the software content; and

a condition server including purchase-record information storing means for storing purchase-record information of the creations, condition storing means storing the relation in conditions between the software content and the purchase-record information and calculating the price of software content based on the purchase-record information and searching means for searching the condition storing means.

6. A system for selling software content according to claim 5 , wherein an authentication server for authenticating the validity of the user terminal, the copyrighter terminal, the software content creator terminal, the software content sales administration server and the condition server is included in the above system.

7. A system for selling software content according to claim 5 , wherein the creation is copyrighted.

8. A system for selling software content according to claim 5 , wherein the creation is individually copyrighted.

9. A system for selling software content including at least one creation, wherein each creation is a subset part of the whole content, the system comprising:

a user terminal including execution means for the software content;

a copyrighter terminal forwarding purchase-record information to the user terminal;

a software content creator terminal creating software content including at least one creations and forwarding the software content to a software content sales administration server;

a software content sales administration server including software content storing means storing the software content forwarded from the software content creator terminal, purchase condition inquiry means for requesting a condition server to inquire about a relation in conditions between the software content and the purchase-record information, and sales administration means forwarding information including details and price of the software content; and

a condition server including purchase-record information storing means for storing purchase-record information of the creations, condition storing means storing the relation in conditions between the software content and the purchase-record information and calculating the price of software content based on the purchase-record information and searching means for searching the condition storing means.

10. A system for selling software content according to claim 9 , wherein an authentication server for authenticating the validity of the user terminal, the copyrighter terminal, the software content creator terminal, the software content sales administration server and the condition server is included in the above system.

11. A system for selling software content according to claim 9 , wherein the creation is copyrighted.

12. A system for selling software content according to claim 9 , wherein the creation is individually copyrighted.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2021
From: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
To: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD.
Reel/Frame 057336/0873 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2021
From: MARVELL TECHNOLOGY CAYMAN I
To: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 057279/0519 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2021
From: INPHI CORPORATION
To: MARVELL TECHNOLOGY CAYMAN I
Reel/Frame 056649/0823 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: GLOBAL D, LLC.
To: INPHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034193/0116 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2014
From: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: GLOBAL D, LLC.
Reel/Frame 033546/0400 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2001
From: YAMAMOTO, HIDEKI; TANIGUCHI, MASAYUKI; SATO, MASAKI; KONDO, NORIO; IKENO, ATSUSHI
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 012227/0472 →