JP2002197294A - Distribution method of paid information - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a paid information distribution method that can use a payment settlement method of a provider such as charging and billing. SOLUTION: A server of a paid information distributor that records paid information of a paid information provider, a plurality of servers connected to the server of the paid information distributor, or a server of a selected provider, connected to a server of the provider, And a terminal of a user having provider member information, and a server of a paid information distributor that receives paid information request information from the terminal of the user via the server of the provider provides paid information to the terminal of the user. Then, the user is billed, the provider is selected based on the billed data, and the selected provider is billed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method, a system, and a program for distributing paid information over a network using a computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Transmission of paid information from a server of a network to a user on a network is widely performed. The problem here is that for the person who provides the paid information,
This is how to transmit paid information, charge users, and collect charges including bills. That is, it takes a great deal of labor and cost for a paid information provider to independently construct these systems for users.

[0003] Therefore, it is conceivable that a paid information provider provides paid information to an existing specific provider, and the provider transmits the paid information to a user who is a registered member. When the provider bills the member user for a usage fee such as a network connection fee, the fee for transmitting the paid information is added to the usage fee and the fee is charged. The method of collecting the price according to the offer is taken.

However, according to this method, paid information can be provided only to registered member users of a specific provider, and for a paid information provider, the number of users who can receive paid information can be greatly increased. could not. Therefore, as a paid information provider, it is conceivable to provide paid information to multiple providers in order to increase the number of users who can receive paid information, but in this case, each paid information is registered on the provider's server and registered In order to receive the information, it is necessary to create paid information according to the specifications of each provider and to provide this to each provider, which is a very troublesome work for the paid information provider. Furthermore, each provider has a different billing process, compensation billing method, and payment processing method.To respond to these, labor, cost, and technical know-how are required even in the initial stage, and many operations are required. Required personnel and costs.

[0005] Further, as a paid information provider, in order to increase the number of accesses from users while observing the increase or decrease in the number of members of the provider, the provision of paid information is switched from one specific provider to another specific provider. Also, as described above, in the case where a distribution strategy of transmitting paid information only to registered member users of a specific provider in advance is to be performed, as described above, billing processing and billing of compensation corresponding to each provider are performed. However, there arises a problem that it is necessary to individually deal with processing such as payment.

[0006] On the other hand, when accessing the paid information as a user, a problem is the troublesome input of authentication information such as an ID and a password. Normally, the user has to input not only the member ID given to the registered member of the provider but also the member ID of the credit company required for performing payment such as charging and billing. In addition, these input operations must be performed every time the paid information is accessed, which is very troublesome for the user. Further, the member ID of the provider and the member ID of the credit company are very confidential information, and transmitting and receiving the information on a network such as the Internet has a problem in terms of security.

[0007] Therefore, the present invention provides a new paid information distributor between the paid information provider and the provider, and provides the paid information provided by the paid information provider to the user via the paid information distributor. By doing so, the paid information provider can transmit the paid information to all the member users of the provider simply by providing the paid information to the paid information distributor, and the provider has the charge for billing, billing, etc. Provide a paid information distribution method that can use a settlement method.

[0008] Further, by making the access request transmitted from the terminal to the server of the paid information distributor from the terminal only the unique information created by the server of the paid information distributor, the access request of the paid information to the user is made to the user. Provided is a paid information distribution method that reduces input work at the time and enhances security of information on a network.

[0009] Further, the present invention can utilize a provider that has acquired users in an existing service as a sales channel, and can utilize the fee settlement means of the provider. For distributors, user management, billing, billing,
Without imposing an excessive burden on payment settlement business such as collection and collection, ensuring the security of information related to user authentication and settlement, preventing leakage of paid information due to unauthorized access and loss of sales opportunities accompanying it, Distribution method of paid information that can be realized by low-cost network configuration,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a paid information distribution system, a server, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method of distributing paid information on a network, comprising: a server of a paid information distributor recording paid information of a paid information provider; Using a server of a plurality of or selected providers connected to a server and a terminal of a user having provider member information connected to the server of the provider, paid information request information from the terminal of the user via the server of the provider The server of the paid information distributor that has received the provided paid information to the terminal of the user, performs a billing process for the user, selects and processes the provider based on the billed data, and selects the provider. The gist is a method of distributing paid information for billing a provider.

According to the present invention, the paid information provider only records the paid information on the paid information distributor's server, and the paid information provider sends the paid information to the server via the plurality of or selected providers from the paid information distributor's server. Thus, paid information can be provided to a large number of users having the member information of the provider.

[0012] The present invention is also a method for distributing paid information, wherein the server of the charged information distributor performs authentication processing based on the charged information request information.

[0013] In the present invention, in the method for distributing paid information, the paid information request information may include provider member information transmitted from a user terminal, and a server of the provider that has received the provider member information. This is a method of distributing paid information, which is paid information member information transmitted to the server of the user.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned paid information distribution method, the server of the paid information distributor performs a sales process of the paid information to the paid information provider, and converts the sales-processed data into data. This is a method of distributing paid information in which payment processing is performed to the paid information provider based on the information.

The present invention also relates to a method for distributing paid information using a computer system, which receives a request from a user through a provider having a settlement means and an information providing means, and transmits the stored paid information. The gist of the present invention is a paid information distribution method for providing paid information corresponding to the request to the user.

According to the invention, it is possible to use the provider as a sales channel to sell paid information in a wider market, and to use the payment settlement means already established in the provider. , There is no need to build a new mechanism for settlement.

Further, the present invention provides the method for distributing paid information in the method for distributing charged information described above, wherein the provider is an arbitrary provider selected by a user from a plurality of providers.

[0018] The present invention also provides the method for distributing paid information as described above, wherein the payment for the provision of the paid information is performed with the user through the provider, and the payment with the provider of the charged information is performed. This is a method of distributing paid information in which payment for the provision of paid information is performed.

According to the present invention, in the method for distributing fee-based information, access permission information is given to the user in advance, and when a request from the user is received, the access permission information is stored in advance in association with the user. If it is determined that the user is permitted access by comparing the obtained access permission information with the access permission information included in the request, the paid information distribution method that provides the paid information corresponding to the request is used. is there.

[0020] The present invention is also a method for distributing fee-based information, wherein the access permission information includes information on a provider.

The present invention also relates to a method for distributing paid information using a computer system, wherein paid information provided by an information provider is stored, and a user is provided through a provider having a settlement means and an information providing means. When an access permission request is received, access permission information is generated and provided to the user, the access permission information is stored in association with the user, and paid information request information based on the access permission information is received from the user. When comparing the access permission information included in the paid information request information with the stored access permission information and determining that the user is permitted access, the paid information corresponding to the paid information request information To provide
A gist of the present invention is a method of distributing paid information for performing the payment for providing the paid information with the user through the provider and performing the payment for providing the paid information with the information provider.

Further, the present invention is a method for distributing paid information using a computer system, wherein paid information provided by an information provider is stored, and a plurality of providers having payment means and information providing means are stored. When an access permission request is received from the user through an arbitrary provider selected by the user, access permission information is generated and provided to the user,
The access permission information is stored in association with the user and the provider, and when paid information request information based on the access permission information is received from the user, the access permission information included in the paid information request information and the stored access permission information are stored. If the user is determined to be authorized to access, the paid information corresponding to the paid information request information is provided, and the fee for providing the paid information through the provider associated with the access permission information is provided. Make payments with you,
The gist of the present invention is a method of distributing paid information for making payment for providing paid information with an information provider.

According to these inventions, it is possible to prevent leakage of paid information due to unauthorized access or the like and loss of sales opportunities associated therewith. This also makes it possible to appropriately maintain the economic value of the paid information.

[0024] In the present invention, in the distribution method of paid information, the access permission information includes user identification information for specifying the user and content identification information for specifying the charged information. This is a method of distributing paid information.

[0025] The present invention is also a method for distributing paid information, wherein the access permission information includes information on the date and time when the access permission information was generated.

Further, according to the present invention, in the method for distributing fee information, when fee information request information based on the access permission information is received from a user, the access permission information included in the fee information request information is converted to the access permission information. Is a method of distributing paid information, which extracts information on the date and time when the paid information is generated, and determines whether to provide the paid information based on the information on the date and time.

[0027] The present invention also provides a paid information distributor server that holds paid information provider paid information, and a paid server on a network using a provider server connected to the paid information distributor server. A method of distributing information, wherein the server of the paid information distributor receives paid information request information from the server of the provider based on information sent from the terminal of the user, and based on the paid information request information, A gist of the present invention is a method of distributing paid information, which provides paid information to a terminal and transmits billing data based on the charged information to a server of the provider.

According to the present invention, the paid information can be provided to the user terminal through the provider, and the provider can be charged based on the billing data relating to the paid information.

The present invention also relates to the above method for distributing paid information, wherein the server of the paid information distributor judges whether or not the paid information can be provided to the user terminal based on the paid information request information. It is a distribution method of paid information.

[0030] In the present invention, in the method for distributing fee information, the fee information request information may include information on a provider membership sent from the user terminal,
This is a method for distributing paid information based on information on provider membership managed by the server of the provider.

The present invention also relates to the above method for distributing paid information, wherein the server of the paid information distributor performs processing relating to payment of provision for providing paid information to the paid information provider based on the billing data. This is a method of distributing paid information.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for operating a paid information provider in a paid information distributor in order to manage the provided result information of the paid information, the access information indicating the access status of the user to the paid information. A first step of extracting the paid information result report information from the paid information provider to the paid information provider based on the extracted access information according to a second condition set in advance. The gist of the present invention is a paid information provision result information operation method including a second step of creating and a third step of outputting the paid information result report information to the paid information provider.

Thus, in the first step,
The access information is extracted according to a preset first condition. In the second step, the paid information result report information is created based on the access information extracted in the first step in accordance with a preset second condition. In the third step, by outputting the paid information actual report information, the paid information provider can refer to the paid information actual report information.

Further, the present invention provides the method of operating paid information provided information, wherein the paid information actual report information includes payment information to the paid information provider. It is.

Further, in the present invention, in the above-mentioned method of operating paid information provision result information, the second condition is set according to the paid information provider. Is the way.

[0036] The present invention also relates to the paid information provision result information operation method, wherein the second condition is set by the paid information distributor. is there.

Further, in the present invention, in the above-mentioned method for operating the provision result information of paid information, the access information extracted according to the first condition includes at least an access date and time, user identification information, provider identification information and paid information identification. This is a method of operating paid record information that includes paid information.

[0038] In the present invention, in the method of operating paid information information provided above, the paid information actual report information includes access information created for each of the paid information and aggregated for each provider. This is a method of operating paid record information.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned method of operating the provision result information of paid information, the payment information is prepared for each provider and includes access information aggregated for each paid information. This is a method of operating provided record information.

[0040] The present invention also relates to a method for operating the provision result information of paid information, wherein the display of the paid information is changed based on the access information.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned method for providing paid information, the display of the link advertisement to the paid information is changed according to the number of accesses to the paid information and the access time extracted from the access information. This is a method for operating paid record information.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided the paid information provision result information operation method, wherein the content of the paid information is changed based on the number of accesses to the paid information extracted from the access information and the access time. It is a method of operating information provision results information.

Further, the present invention provides a paid information storage unit for storing paid information provided by an information provider, and stores paid information based on a request from a user received through a provider having payment means and information providing means. A paid information transmitting unit for transmitting, and a paid data generating unit for generating payment data between a user for providing the paid information and a payment server for providing information about the provision of the paid information. The information distribution system is the gist.

Further, the present invention provides a paid information storage unit for storing paid information provided by an information provider, and an arbitrary provider selected by a user from a plurality of providers having a settlement means and an information providing means. A paid information transmitting unit that transmits paid information based on a request from a user received through the user, and generates payment data between the user and the provider for provision of the paid information for each provider selected by the user; The gist of the present invention is a paid information distribution system that includes a payment data generation unit that generates payment data between the provider and the information provider for the provision.

According to these inventions, it is possible to provide paid information to the user based on the request from the user received through the provider, and to settle the charge of the charged information by using the above-mentioned settlement data.

Further, according to the present invention, in the fee-based information distribution system, an access permission information storage unit for storing access permission information previously given to the user in association with the user, and receiving a request from the user. The access permission information included in the request and the access permission information stored in the access permission information storage unit to determine whether the user is permitted access. This is a paid information distribution system that provides paid information corresponding to the request when it is determined that access is permitted.

Further, the present invention is the paid information distribution system in which the access permission information includes information on a provider in the above paid information distribution system.

Also, the present invention provides a fee information storage unit for storing fee information provided by an information provider, and an access permission based on a request from a user received through a provider having a settlement means and an information providing means. An access permission information generation unit that generates information and provides the information to the user, an access permission information storage unit that stores the access permission information in association with the user, and receives paid information request information based on the access permission information from the user. An access permission determining unit that compares the access permission information included in the paid information request information with the stored access permission information to determine whether the user is permitted to access; If it is determined that the paid information is provided, the paid information corresponding to the paid information request information is provided. Paid information distribution system comprising: a paid information transmitting unit; and a payment data generating unit that generates payment data between a user for providing paid information and a data provider for providing paid information. Is the gist.

Further, the present invention provides a paid information storage unit for storing paid information provided by an information provider, and an arbitrary provider selected by a user among a plurality of providers having a settlement means and an information providing means. An access permission information generating unit that generates access permission information based on a request from a user received through the server and provides the access permission information to the user; an access permission information storage unit that stores the access permission information in association with the user and the provider; When receiving paid information request information based on the access permission information from the user, the access permission information included in the paid information request information is compared with the stored access permission information to determine whether the user is permitted access. Access permission determining unit for determining whether access is permitted If it is determined that the paid information is provided, the paid information transmitting unit that provides the paid information corresponding to the paid information request information and the payment settlement data between the user and the user for the provision of the paid information are generated for each provider selected by the user. The gist of the present invention is a paid information distribution system that includes a payment data generation unit that generates payment data with an information provider for providing paid information.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned paid information distribution system, the access permission information includes user identification information for specifying a user and content identification information for specifying paid information. It is a paid information distribution system.

According to the present invention, in the fee-based information distribution system, the access permission information includes user identification information for specifying a user and content identification information for specifying the fee-based information. It is a paid information distribution system.

[0052] Further, the present invention is the paid information distribution system in the above paid information distribution system, wherein the access permission information includes information on the date and time when the access permission information was generated.

Further, the present invention is the paid information distributing system in the above paid information distributing system, wherein the access permission information includes information on the date and time when the access permission information was generated.

According to the present invention, in the fee-based information distribution system, when the access permission determining unit receives the fee-based information request information based on the access permission information from the user, the access permission determining unit includes the access permission information included in the fee-based information request information. This is a paid information distribution system that extracts information on the date and time when the access permission information was generated from the information, and determines whether to provide the paid information based on the information on the date and time.

Further, according to the present invention, in the fee-based information distribution system, when the access permission determining unit receives the fee-based information request information based on the access permission information from the user, the access permission determining unit includes the access permission information included in the fee-based information request information. This is a paid information distribution system that extracts information on the date and time when the access permission information was generated from the information, and determines whether to provide the paid information based on the information on the date and time.

Also, the present invention provides a fee information storage unit for holding fee information, an access information storage unit for holding information for managing access to the fee information, and issuance of an access key based on a purchase request from a user. An access key issuance request receiving unit that receives request data through a first communication network; an access key is generated based on the access key issuance request data; information about the access key is stored in an access information storage unit; And an access key generating unit for transmitting paid information request data generated based on the access key, extracting the access key from the paid information request data, and storing access information based on the extracted access key. An access key determining unit that determines the validity of the paid information request data by searching for If the paid information request data is determined to be valid by the seskey determination unit, the paid information distribution unit includes a paid information transmitting unit that reads out the requested paid information from the charged information storage unit and transmits the read paid information through the second communication network. Based on the purchase request, a member information storage unit that stores information about the user and charging information for the user, a fee-based service registration processing unit that writes information based on a purchase request from the user to the member information storage unit, An access key issuance request unit for transmitting access key issuance request data for requesting issuance of an access key for accessing paid information, an access key receiving unit for receiving an access key corresponding to the access key issuance request data, and an access key Access key transmitting unit for transmitting data based on the And a provider of server, the access key issue request receiving unit,
The gist of the present invention is a paid information distribution system that receives access key issuance request data transmitted by the access key issuance request unit and the access key receiving unit receives an access key transmitted by the access key generation unit.

Also, the present invention provides a member information storage unit for storing information about a user and charging information for the user, a paid service registration processing unit for writing information based on a purchase request from a user into the member information storage unit, An access key issuance request unit for transmitting access key issuance request data for requesting issuance of an access key for accessing paid information based on a purchase request, and an access key for receiving an access key corresponding to the access key issuance request data The gist of the present invention is a provider server including a receiving unit and an access key transmitting unit that transmits data based on an access key to a user.

According to the present invention, in the server of the provider, the access key issuance request data includes user identification information for identifying a user and content identification information for identifying paid information to be purchased. The server of the provider where you are.

Also, in the present invention, in the server of the provider, the data transmitted to the user from the access key transmitting unit is forcibly applied to the user terminal to access the paid information based on the access key. Is the provider's server, which contains the data to execute.

The present invention also provides the server of the above provider, wherein the data transmitted to the user from the access key transmitting section includes uniform resource locator data based on the access key. It is.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above provider server, the access key receiving unit writes billing information in the member information storage unit when the access key is normally received. Server.

[0062] The present invention is also the server of the provider, wherein the server of the provider has a billing processing unit for generating data for billing the user for paid information based on the billing data.

Further, the present invention provides a fee information storage unit for holding fee information, an access information storage unit for holding information for managing access to the fee information, and an access key issuance request data in a first communication. An access key issuance request receiving unit that receives through the network, an access key generation unit that generates an access key based on the access key issuance request data, stores information related to the access key in the access information storage unit, and transmits the access key Receiving the paid information request data generated based on the access key, extracting the access key from the paid information request data, and searching the access information storage unit based on the extracted access key, An access key determining unit for determining the validity of the information request data, and a paid information request by the access key determining unit. If the over data is determined to be valid,
Read the requested paid information from the paid information storage unit,
The gist of the present invention relates to a server of a paid information distributor including a paid information transmitting unit for transmitting through a second communication network.

Further, the present invention is the paid information distributor server, wherein the first communication network is different from the second communication network.

Further, in the present invention, in the server of the paid information distributor, the access key issuance request receiving unit includes:
Receiving the access key issuance request data including user identification information for identifying a user and content identification information for identifying fee-based information, the access key generation unit generates an access key based on the user identification information and the content identification information; Is the server of the paid information distributor that generates the

In the present invention, in the server of the paid information distributor, the access key generation unit generates an access key based on a date and time, stores information on the date and time in the access information storage unit, The key determination unit obtains the date and time when the access key was generated based on the access key extracted from the paid information request data, and based on a comparison result between the date and time and the date and time at the time of the access key determination, the paid information request data This is the server of the paid information distributor that determines the validity of the information.

Further, according to the present invention, in the server of the paid information distributor, the access key discriminating unit checks the comparison result regarding the communication address of the transmission source user terminal every time the paid information request data based on the access key is received. The server of the paid information distributor determines the validity of the paid information request data based on the information.

Also, in the present invention, in the server of the paid information distributor, the access key issuance request receiving unit includes:
Receiving the access key issuance request data including information related to the communication address of the user terminal used when transmitting the fee-based information request data, the access key determining unit communicating the user terminal extracted from the access key issuance request data A server of a paid information distributor for comparing an address with a communication address of a user terminal from which the paid information request data is transmitted to determine the validity of the charged information request data.

By using these servers or systems, it is possible to realize distribution of paid information and settlement of the payment through a provider.

Further, the present invention provides an access key issuance request receiving process for receiving access key issuance request data, an access key is generated based on at least the access key issuance request data, and information on the access key is stored in an access information storage unit. An access key generating process for transmitting the access key, receiving the fee information request data generated based on the access key, extracting the access key from the fee information request data, and extracting the extracted access key An access key determining process for determining the validity of the paid information request data by searching the access information storage unit based on the above, and a case where the paid information request data is determined to be valid by the access key determining process. In
A gist is a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute paid information transmission processing for transmitting requested paid information is recorded.

According to this invention, an access key is generated based on the access key issuance request data received from the user terminal, and when the paid information request data is received with the access key from the user terminal, the validity of the data The processing of transmitting the fee information after judging the sex is realized by a computer, and the fee information can be safely distributed.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned computer-readable recording medium, in the access key issuance request receiving process, user identification information for identifying a user and paid information are identified from the access key issuance request data. A computer-readable recording medium that extracts content identification information to be identified and generates an access key based on the user identification information and the content identification information in the access key generation processing.

According to the present invention, there is provided the above-mentioned computer-readable recording medium, wherein in the access key generation processing, an access key is generated based on a date and time at the time of the processing, and information on the date and time is stored in the access key. Stored in the information storage unit, in the access key determination process, obtain the date and time when the access key was generated based on the access key extracted from the paid information request data,
A computer-readable recording medium for judging the validity of the fee-based information request data based on a comparison result between the date and time and the date and time at the time of determining the access key.

According to the present invention, there is provided the above-mentioned computer-readable recording medium, wherein in the access key discriminating process, each time the paid information request data based on the access key is received, the communication of the transmission source user terminal is performed. A computer-readable recording medium for determining the validity of the fee-based information request data based on a comparison result regarding an address.

[0075]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of information in the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a reference diagram illustrating an input unit of the user terminal according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for accessing paid content according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a processing sequence diagram illustrating a procedure for accessing paid content according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paid content top page displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of paid content according to the second embodiment. FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a provider WWW top page displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a provider content service guide screen displayed on the user terminal in the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a provider entertainment content list screen displayed on the user terminal in the second embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paid content entrance page displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment. FIG.
It is a figure showing the example of the paid service authentication screen displayed on a user terminal in a 2nd embodiment. FIG.
It is a figure which shows the example of the entrance guidance screen of paid content displayed on a user terminal in embodiment. FIG.
It is a figure showing the example of the member paid service registration page displayed on a user terminal in a 2nd embodiment. FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service registration page for a non-provider member displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service registration page for a non-provider member displayed on the user terminal according to the second embodiment. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for paid service stop processing displayed on the user terminal in the second embodiment. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the interrelationship between the paid information provider, the paid information distributor, the provider, and the user in the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating the interrelationship between the paid information provider, the paid information distributor, the provider, and the user in the third embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for creating and distributing sales report information according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a structure and data example of intermediate data for creating sales report information according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating a first example of sales report information according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a second example of sales report information according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a format and an example of data of a format and cycle definition information for each paid information provider according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of payment management using billing collation information according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating an example of billing collation information according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a structure and data example of content attribute information according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of a payment statement according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a block diagram showing a configuration for realizing a sales promotion method of paid information using access information according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displaying a banner advertisement selected by the banner selecting unit according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which ranking information generated by the content generation unit according to the fourth embodiment is displayed.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention (First Embodiment) An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a method of distributing paid information on a network will be described. An example of the entire system configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 1. The paid information provider (100), which is the provider and provider of the paid information (1), is requested to be distributed by the paid information provider (100) and provided. A server (201) of a paid information distributor (200) that has recorded paid information (1), a server (301) of a plurality of providers (300),
As a member user of the provider (300), provider member information (30
2) a terminal (401) of a user (400) having the same. The server of another provider may be interposed between the server (201) of the paid information distributor and the server (301) of the provider.

Here, the network includes wired or wireless networks, and includes networks such as telephone lines, dedicated lines, and satellite communications. Paid information is a still image such as a photo, video,
Representation of paid content such as moving images such as movies and / or novels, etc., paid products such as personal computers, cameras, etc., paid tickets such as air tickets, concert tickets, etc. by images and / or characters. Information about the product sales
It refers to information related to service provision, such as paid service such as paid transportation, which is represented by images and / or characters, etc., related to all paid transactions between the user and the provider. The provision of paid information to the user is performed by transmitting the information to the user's terminal and displaying the information. It should be noted that paid products and paid tickets are provided by means such as mail, and paid services are provided by providing services to users, depending on the type of service.

The “provider” corresponds to a service provider that provides services to potential consumers. The service provider includes, for example, a service provider that provides a connection service to a network, and typically corresponds to an ISP (Internet Service Provider) that provides a connection service to the Internet. However, "provider"
Is not limited to Internet service providers that provide this network connection service, but includes banks, securities companies, credit card companies, other payment service providers, money lenders, other financial-related service providers, electronic money-related businesses, and prepaid vouchers Members, contractors, account holders, etc., including related businesses, terrestrial, satellite, cable, and other broadcasters or operators of broadcasting-like businesses, electric power companies, distributors, transporters, etc. It is only necessary to have a means for managing information about the user (hereinafter referred to as a user) and directly or indirectly providing the user with paid information and a means for paying for the paid information.

The configuration and the flow of information according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.
Provides the paid information (1) to the paid information distributor (200). The paid information distributor registers the provided paid information in the server (201). The fee information (1) can be transmitted from the terminal of the fee information provider to the server (201) of the fee information distributor through the network,
The fee information (1) can be recorded on a recording medium such as D, FD, DVD, or the like, and can be registered in the server (201) of the fee information distributor via the recording medium (1). Further, the paid information distributor (200) can also register its own paid information (1) in the server (201), also as the paid information provider (100).

Also, the server (201) of the paid information distributor
Can receive a plurality of paid information providers from a specific paid information provider, or can receive one or more paid information providers from a plurality of paid information providers.

In the present embodiment, each process is performed in several steps. First, a process for providing paid information between a user and a paid information distributor will be described. Users (40
0) transmits paid information request information from the terminal (401) to the server (201) of the paid information distributor (200) via the server (301) of the provider (300), and receives the paid information request information. The server (201) transmits the paid information (1) to the user terminal (401) and displays it. In this description, the paid information (1) will be described as paid content.

When the user (400) requests provision of paid information, paid information member information (202) corresponding to each paid information (1) is obtained from the server (201) of the paid information distributor (200). , The paid information member information (20
2) is recorded on the server (201) of the paid information distributor (200) in association with information on the user (400).

More specifically, the user terminal (401) displays a paid information notification display provided from the server (201) of the paid information distributor (200) or the server (301) of the provider (300). To request the user to provide paid information (1). When the user (400) requests the provision, first, the user (400) inputs (clicks) to an input unit that receives an input requesting acquisition of the paid information authorization information displayed on the paid information notification display, as shown in FIG. The provider member information input means (402) that receives the provider member information input provided from the provider server (301) is provided with the provider member information (30) including the user ID and the password.
Enter 2). The provider member information (302) is transmitted to the server (301) of the provider, and the server (301) performs authentication processing as to whether the user is a member of the provider. The authenticated provider member information (302) is a dedicated line or V
The information is transmitted to the paid information distributor server (201) via a PN (Virtual Private Network).
The server (201) creates paid information member information (202) corresponding to the provider member information (302) and the paid information (1). The paid information member information (202) is recorded in the server (201) in association with information on the user (400) and information on the provider (300). The paid information member information (202) includes a provider identifier and a user identifier (part of the provider member information.
Etc.), the date of creation, etc., and can be associated with the provider member information.

The process of providing the paid information (1) to the user after obtaining the paid information member information (202) will be described. The terminal (401) of the user (400) displays the paid information notification display (402) provided from the server (201) of the paid information distributor (200) or the server (301) of the provider (300) and provides the user with it. Prompt for a request to provide paid information (1). User (400)
When requesting provision of paid information, the input means (40
4) Input request information and provider member information (302). The provider member information (302) is transmitted to the server (301) of the provider, and the server (301) performs authentication processing as to whether the user (400) is a member or not. The authentication process simultaneously authenticates whether or not the provider member information (302) has acquired paid information member information (202). After authentication,
If it has, the paid information member information (202) is transmitted to the paid information distributor server (201). The server (201) receives the paid information member information (202).
Is compared with the paid information member information (202) recorded in the server (201) to perform an authorization process, that is, determine whether or not the user has been given permission to transmit the paid information. Then, if it is determined that the user is an authorized user by acquiring the paid information member information, the paid information (1) is transmitted to the terminal (401) of the user, and the terminal (40) is transmitted.
Display in 1).

The paid information request information refers to information configured based on the provider member information (302) transmitted from the user terminal and the paid information member information (202) transmitted from the provider server (301). . Also, the paid information member information (202) can be transmitted after being encrypted. At this time, the paid information member information (20
The server (201) of the paid information distributor receiving the 2) decrypts this and performs processing such as authentication.

Next, a description will be given of charging and billing processing from a paid information distributor to a user in connection with provision of paid information.
The paid information distributor server (301) is connected to the provider server (30) from the user terminal (401).
The paid information request information transmitted through 1) is received, an authentication process is performed, the paid information (1) is provided, and the paid information is provided to the user based on the authenticated paid information member information (202). The charge processing is performed in such a manner that the charge of the paid information is added in association with the paid information member information which is information on the provider (300) intervening in the provision of the paid information. Then, based on the billed data, the provider (30) corresponding to the paid information member (202)
0) is identified and selected, and the provider (300) is subjected to a price settlement process such as a billing process for a fee for the user (400) having the provider member information (302). The provider can be easily identified if the paid information member information (202) has a provider identifier. Further, the provider identifier can be automatically created by the server of the paid information distributor.

Here, the billing process from the paid information distributor (200) to the provider (300) is performed from the paid information distributor server (201) to the provider server (3).
01) via a network, a well-known process such as creating and sending a document from the server (201), or passing through a financial institution such as a bank or a credit company can be adopted.

Also, the paid information distributor server (20
The provider (300) billed from 1) performs, for the user (400), data for performing a payment process such as a connection fee already performed between the user (400) and the provider (300). Then, the data of the fee of the paid information received from the server (201) of the paid information distributor is added to perform the payment processing to the user (400). Therefore, it is not necessary for the provider to separately make a request for collecting the compensation for providing the paid information to the user.

Further, since the user (400) only needs to perform the payment process in response to the charge request from the provider, there is no need to perform any special troublesome processing such as paying the fee by accessing the paid information.

[0093] Then, the provider, which has received the billing data relating to the price accompanying the provision of the paid information from the server of the paid information distributor, performs a billing process for the user (400) having the provider member information. The billing process is
The paid information distributor (200) and the provider (30)
Well-known processing can be adopted as in the billing processing during 0).

Next, a description will be given of a payment settlement process relating to payment of compensation for provision of paid information between the paid information distributor (200) and the paid information provider (100). The paid information distributor server (201) is connected to the user terminal (40).
The paid information request information is received from 1), an authentication process is performed, and a payment settlement process corresponding to the sales of the paid information (1) to the provider (100) is performed in accordance with the record of providing the paid information (1). Do. That is, the paid information distributor (200) performs payment processing to the paid information provider (100) based on the data on which sales processing has been performed in accordance with the record of providing paid information to the user. The sales processing is performed based on a fee negotiated between the paid information provider and the paid information distributor. Examples of the agreement include a royalty according to the number of paid information provided, a fixed fee when the paid information is recorded on the server of the paid information distributor, a fixed fee for each term such as a monthly fee, and the like.

The payment process from the paid information distributor (200) to the paid information provider (100) can be performed from the paid information distributor server (201) to the paid information provider server via a network. Well-known processing such as creating and sending a document from the server (201), and passing through a financial institution such as a bank or a credit company can be adopted.

Further, the paid information distributor server (20)
1) receives paid information request information from the user terminal (401) via the provider server (201),
Since the payment processing is performed to the user and the paid information provider in connection with the provision of the paid information, such as performing the authentication processing and providing the paid information (1), based on the data used for the payment processing. Distribution information such as the provision status of paid information for each provider, the provision status of paid information for each user, the provision status of paid information for each time, and the like can be totaled. Therefore, the distribution information can be provided to the paid information provider (100) using the distribution information.

Here, the distribution information providing processing is performed by the paid information distributor (10) from the paid information distributor server (201).
The information can be sent to the terminal 0) via the network, or a report such as a report can be created and reported from the server (201) of the paid information distributor. By performing the processing via the network, real-time distribution information provision processing can be performed.

Each process performed by the server of the paid information distributor can be performed by one server, or can be distributed to a plurality of servers according to each process. In the present embodiment, the server of the provider connected to the server of the paid information distributor may be a server of a plurality of providers or a server of one or more providers arbitrarily selected from the plurality.

(Second Embodiment) In the following description of a second embodiment, an operation procedure viewed from a user, access control using an access key (access permission information), prevention of access key leakage, content And detailed technical matters concerning the proper use of a plurality of networks according to characteristics, prevention of outflow of paid contents, and the like.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure until the user accesses the paid content.
The operation procedure shown in this figure starts from the top page of the WWW of the provider (ISP) for the user terminal (step 701). When the user selects "Content" from this top page, the "Content Service Guide" screen is displayed on the user terminal, and any genre can be selected from the "List of content by genre" on this screen. Become. When "entertainment contents" is selected from these (step 702), an entertainment contents list is displayed on the user terminal (step 703). When the user selects a specific content (hereinafter, referred to as content A) from the list (step 704), an entrance page of the content A is displayed (step 705). The entrance page itself is free content, and no charge or the like is made to the user at this stage.

If this user has not been registered as a service receiving qualifying person in the paid service such as the paid content download service in the content A (step 706), the content A membership guide page (step 7)
The registration operation is performed from 11). If this user is a member with a contract with this provider (Step 7
12) Since the payment means has already been established between the user and the provider, the user inputs necessary items on the paid service registration page for the content A (step 713), and the user of the provider is registered in the server of the provider. Is registered as a qualified service receiving person (step 714). At this stage, the member information database 351 (member information storage unit) managed by the server 301 of the provider records that the member is registered as a paid service. If the content is of a type that allows the user to freely access the content for a fixed period of time (for example, one week, one month, one quarter, etc.) at a fixed fixed fee, the server of the provider in this step 714 performs the content for a certain period of time. Is also generated.

After such a registration process based on the user's request (either immediately or after a delay), the user issues an access key (details of the access key will be described later). When requested, an access key is issued based on the registered information, and the user can access the paid information by using the access key.

If the user is not a member of the provider (step 712), settlement means is established on the non-member user ID acquisition page by, for example, inputting a credit card number (step 715). Upon receiving a non-member user ID from the provider server (step 71)
From 6), the registration processing of steps 713 and 714 is performed.

The user who has registered the paid service for the content A can enter the content A entrance page (step 70).
From 5), the screen shifts to a paid service authentication screen, where information necessary for authentication is input (step 708), thereby accessing the paid content page of the content A (step 709).

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the provider's WWW top page displayed on the browser screen of the user terminal in step 701. In this example, the data of this top page is provided by a server “www” existing in the domain “t-net.ne.jp”. The item of “content” displayed on this top page is linked to the next page of “content service guide”.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen of the above “content service guide”. “Entertainment” is one of the items in the “content list by genre”.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the “entertainment contents list” displayed on the browser screen in step 703 described above. In this screen of this example,
An outline of three types of content, “divination”, “idol CLUB”, and “entertainment news” is described.

FIG. 12 shows a case where "idle CLUB" is selected in step 704.
It is a figure showing the example of a screen of the entrance page of "idle CLUB" displayed at 5. A user who has already registered for the paid service for this content can select "MEMBER" to proceed to the authentication screen, and an unregistered user can perform an enrollment procedure by selecting "enrollment guide". In addition, a registered user can also perform a withdrawal procedure by selecting “withdrawal guidance”.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the paid service authentication screen displayed on the user terminal in step 708. A registered user can perform an authentication procedure by entering a user name and a password on this screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of an "idle CLUB" enrollment guidance screen displayed on the user terminal in step 711. On the screen shown in this figure, the user who has the user ID of the provider can purchase and register the paid information service by selecting the item of “to service registration”, and the other users can “start the enrollment procedure” After selecting the item "" and performing the enrollment procedure, the user can purchase and register the paid information service.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a member service registration page displayed on the user terminal in step 713. Registration as a user of the paid information service can be performed by joining the user ID and password. In addition, the fee information in this example is a fixed monthly fee, and data for payment is generated by triggering registration on this screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the first page of the non-member service registration page displayed on the user terminal in step 715. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the second page of the non-member service registration page. On the screen shown in FIG. 17, by inputting information necessary for payment, such as a user's name, address, and credit card information, a user ID for receiving a paid service can be given to a user other than the connection member of the provider. It has become.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal in the service stop processing of step 710. In the screen shown in this figure, the user ID
By inputting the password and the password, the user who has already registered for the paid information service can perform the withdrawal procedure.

Next, the details of the access control using the access key will be described. FIG. 6 is a processing sequence diagram showing a processing procedure of a terminal and a server until a user who has registered for paid service receives distribution of paid content. This processing procedure corresponds to step 708 in FIG.
To step 709.

In FIG. 6, when the user inputs a user ID and a password on the authentication screen of the paid service and performs a transmission operation, the user's terminal 401 is displayed.
Sends a paid service authentication request to the server 301 of the provider (step S1). The server of the provider uses the received information to store the member information database 3
Access is made to 51 to determine whether this user is a registered user. After confirming that the registration has been made (step S2), the access key issuance request is transmitted to the server 201 of the paid information distributor.
The access key issuance request includes a user ID given by the provider, a provider ID given by the paid information distributor for identifying the provider.
D, and a content ID assigned by the paid information distributor for identifying the requested content is transmitted (step S3). This provider ID
The personality of the user is uniquely specified by the combination of the user ID and the user ID.

Here, the content ID includes information indicating the charging type and the content category. The charging type indicates different types such as charging for the number of charges that occur each time of access, and charging for a certain period (for example, a period during which access is freely permitted regardless of the number of times, such as one week or one month. This is used as key information when analyzing an access pattern or when permitting access to only a specific age group such as gambling information.

The paid information distributor server 201 that has received the access key issuance request generates an access key based on the received information. An access key is a data sequence for judging the validity of access to paid content. In order to prevent the content from being easily forged, cryptographic technology or the like is used in the access key generation logic. . In the present embodiment, at least the provider I
A predetermined operation is performed based on D, user ID, content ID, and access key issue date and time, and the resulting character string is used as the access key. Note that this calculation process is at least partially reversible, and based on the generated access key, at least the provider ID and the user I
The above operation is selected so that there is an inverse operation that can obtain D, content ID, and access key issue date and time.

Next, the paid information distributor server 201
Registers the access key issuance information in the access management database 251 (access management information storage unit) (step S4). The information registered here is Provider I
D, user ID, content ID, access key issue date and time, charging type, and access key to be issued.

When this registration is completed, the paid information distributor's server 201 returns URL information including the generated access key to the provider's server 301 (step S5). Here, if the content requested by the user is of a type that charges each time the user accesses, at this stage, the provider server 301
Records the billing information in the member information database 351 (step S6). Further, even in the case of a type of content that allows a user to freely access for a certain period, information may be recorded as basic data for analyzing an access pattern.

If the access key is not correctly issued for some reason and an error status is returned in the access key response in step S5, the server 301 of the provider does not perform the accounting record in step S6.

If the access key is returned normally,
The provider server 301 passes the access key to the user terminal 401 (step S7), and the user terminal 401 accesses the paid information distributor server using the URL including the access key (step S8). Server 2 of the paid information distributor who received this
In step 01, the character string of the access key is extracted from the URL, and the validity of the access key is checked (determined). Then, as a result of the check, when it is confirmed that the access key is a valid access key, the IP address (communication address) of the user terminal 401 transmitted using the URL is associated with the access key to perform access management. After registering in the database 251 (step S
9), the requested paid content is transmitted to the user terminal 40;
1 (step S10).

The data transmitted in step S10 corresponds to the top page of the paid content. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of the top page on a user terminal. In this figure, “48” included in the URL information shown in the “address” column
The character string “80dg33333” corresponds to the access key. The user can access the hyperlinked page from this top page. However, when accessing the link destination, the user must access using the URL including the same access key as when accessing the top page. become. The paid information distributor's server 201 also provides URL access to this link.
The character string of the access key is extracted from the list, the validity of the access key is checked, and then the content is transmitted. The link from the top page may be any number, or may be linked in multiple stages indirectly, but when accessing each page of paid content, check the validity of the access key every time the page changes There is a need to.

In this embodiment, the communication between the terminal and the server and between the server and the server shown in FIG. 6 is performed by HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). In step S7, the issued access key is embedded in a part of the URL indicating the top page of the paid content.
Is sent in a format embedded in the “<META>” tag in the hypertext, and the URL is consciously recognized by the user by the browser function running on the user terminal 401.
Without inputting a trigger or giving a trigger for access, a request for step S8 by this URL is automatically issued after a lapse of a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds) from the reception of this hypertext. ing.

In this embodiment, when the server 201 of the paid information distributor receives the request in step S8 from the terminal of the user, in addition to checking the access key by a general encryption technique, Checks are also done.

The first is to check the date and time. The sum of the processing time in each server, the processing time in the user's terminal, the waiting time specified in the above “<META>” tag, and the transmission delay time is usually on the order of several seconds to several tens of seconds. On the assumption that the access request arrives after a lapse of a predetermined time from the access key issuance date and time, an error is returned without being determined to be valid.

The second is to check the IP address (communication address). When a content request is first received with a valid access key,
The P address is registered in the access management database 251, and when a second or subsequent content request with the same access key is received, it is checked whether the IP address is the same, and if different, an error is returned. .

As described above, the check using the date and time and the IP address leads to strengthening of security such as preventing access by unauthorized means due to leakage of the access key and preventing theft of paid information. .

The above IP address check is performed by
I at the time of the content request in step S8 in FIG.
The P address is registered in the access management database 251 and is checked at the time of a subsequent access request. Instead, the information of the IP address of the user terminal 401 is transmitted at the time of the access key issuance request at step S3. When the access key issuance information is registered in step S4, the access key issuance information is acquired.
, And may be checked when a content request is received in step S8 and thereafter.

Next, a content display method according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 shows the user terminal 40.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of content display on one screen. In this figure, reference numeral 601 denotes a browser screen, 6
11, 612,... Are browser screens 601 respectively.
Inside the frame. The screen configuration as illustrated is realized by a frame function provided by a general hypertext description language. Here, the frame 61
1 displays paid information (contents A) supplied by the paid information distributor server 201, and a frame 612 around the paid information displays provider-specific information supplied by the server 301 of the provider contracted to this user. Have been. Note that the frame configuration shown in FIG. 8 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. The configuration unique to the provider and information common to a plurality of providers may be displayed by another configuration.

[0130] By adopting such a display method, the paid information distributor does not need to pay any attention to information unique to each provider. Production and maintenance costs can be reduced. In addition, since the link to the provider's top page and the link to the content list page can be included in the display information unique to the provider, there is an advantage that sales opportunities for other paid contents can be obtained.

Next, the use of a plurality of networks in the distribution of paid content described above will be described. Steps S1, S3, S5, S in the communication between the server and the terminal and between the server and the server shown in FIG.
In the communication in 7, since the amount of transmission information is relatively small, there is no need to consider communication capacity so much, but high confidentiality is required to convey user authentication information and the like. On the other hand, in the communication in steps S8 and S10, since the actual data of the content such as an image, a sound, and a video is transmitted, the amount of transmitted information is large, but confidentiality is not so required. Therefore, in this example, communication regarding issuance of an access key between the server 201 of the paid information distributor and the server 301 of the provider is performed on a closed network (first communication network) using a dedicated line or the like. The communication between the information distributor server 201 and the user terminal 401 is performed via an open network (second communication network). here,
The open network is, for example, the Internet.

As for communication between the server 301 of the provider and the terminal 401 of the user, various communication means are used according to the convenience of the provider and the user. Specifically, a telephone line network, a CATV network, a dedicated line, and the like are often used.

As described above, by properly using networks according to each characteristic, necessary information confidentiality is ensured, and it becomes possible to use a relatively low-cost network for transmitting contents. Thus, the cost of the necessary communication line can be reduced.

(Third Embodiment) FIGS. 19 and 20
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a mutual relationship among a paid information provider, a paid information distributor, a provider, and a user according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 19, according to the present embodiment, a paid information distributor creates a market for distributing paid information provided by a plurality of various paid information providers, and establishes a connection with a plurality of providers. Because the market can be expanded and maintained and operated at low cost, paid information distributors have the opportunity to sell their information at low distribution costs. Further, it becomes possible for the user to easily and safely purchase various kinds of paid information by using the settlement means already established with the provider. In addition, since the provider can obtain commission revenue associated with the distribution of paid information, it is possible to increase the asset value of the member organization created by the provider.

As shown in FIG. 20, exchange of paid information to be distributed and settlement of the price are performed between the paid information provider and the paid information distributor. In addition, the procedure necessary for accessing the paid information and the payment thereof are performed between the provider and the user. This payment may be performed based on charging and billing processing from the paid information distributor to the provider, or may be performed based on charging information recorded in the provider's member information database. Further, between the paid information distributor and the provider, processing of the paid information access request from the user and settlement of the price collected by the provider are performed. Further, the paid information is actually distributed between the paid information distributor and the user based on the processed access request.

(Fourth Embodiment) This fourth embodiment provides a sales performance analysis method for paid information sold via a network. 2. Description of the Related Art So-called database marketing, which accumulates sales performance data using database technology and analyzes the data from various viewpoints, is linked to sales promotion, product planning, and the like has been performed. Such sales performance analysis requires not only the accuracy and precision of the underlying data, but also the promptness to take timely action by analysis using the latest performance information.

The present embodiment aims at satisfying the above-mentioned demands. In the business form of distribution of paid information via a network, the distribution company can
Accurate sales performance information is acquired in real time from downstream sales channels such as providers, processed and analyzed, and provided to downstream sales channels and upstream paid information providers in a timely manner. And a paid information sales performance analysis method that can be used for managing the settlement of paid information provision fees.

In the following, a sales performance analysis system using information generated in a server of a paid information distributor will be described. Here, typical examples of the server of the paid information distributor are as described in the first to third embodiments.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the sales information analysis system according to the embodiment. In FIG. 21, reference numeral 201 denotes a server of a paid information distributor, 100 denotes a paid information provider, 300 denotes a provider, and 400 denotes a user. Reference numeral 1291 denotes an access management database provided in the server 201 of the paid information distributor. The fee information provided by the fee information provider 100 is placed on the fee information distributor server 201, and the user 400 accesses the fee information distributor server 201 through the authentication process in the provider 300 to acquire the fee information. . At this time, detailed access logs for each user are accumulated in the access management database 1291.

Reference numeral 1010 denotes a sales performance analysis system that uses log information accumulated in the access management database 1291. This sales performance analysis system 1010
Includes an extraction unit (extraction unit) 1011, a tabulation unit (tabulation unit) 1012 and 1013, a sending unit (sending unit) 10.
14, a printing unit (printing unit) 1015 is provided,
The printing unit 1015 outputs a form 1050. here,
The extraction means 1011 is provided in the access management database 129
Extraction condition 1021 preset from 1 (first condition)
And extract access information 1031 according to the above.

Further, the paid information actual report information is created by the tabulation means 1012 and 1013. The paid information performance report information includes sales report information 1032 and billing collation information 1033 (payment information). Tabulation means 1
012 creates sales report information 1032 to be provided to the paid information provider 100 in accordance with a tabulation condition 1022 (second condition) preset based on the access information 1031. The tabulation means 1013 stores the access information 10
31 and the paid information provider 100 or the provider 3 in accordance with a tabulation condition 1023 (second condition) preset based on the
The billing collation information 1033 used for the settlement management between 00 and 00 is created. The printing unit 1015 prints the created sales report information 1032 and billing collation information 1033 on a print medium such as paper, and outputs a form 1050.
Further, the sending means 1014 stores the created sales report information 10
32 is sent to each paid information provider 100. The sending unit 1014 may be attached to an electronic mail or the like and sent to the paid information provider 100 via a communication network, for example, by displaying on a web system, or the paid information provider 100 may access the sending unit 1014 by itself. The sales report information 1032 may be sent to the paid information provider 100 in the form of data recorded on a magnetic recording medium or in the form of a form printed on paper or the like. good.

The extraction condition 1021 is to extract at least the access date and time, the information for identifying the user, the information for identifying the provider, and the identification information for the paid information from the detailed level log information stored in the access management database 1291. Is set. As a result, the created access information 1031 holds the information items listed above at the detailed level, and it is possible to analyze sales performance information in detail.

The tabulation conditions 1022 can be set individually for each paid information provider 100. Thus, the format of the sales report information created according to the tabulation condition 1022 set according to the paid information provider 100 can be made unique to the paid information provider 100. In addition, tabulation conditions 102
2 can be set by the paid information distributor server 201. As a result, the tabulation condition 1022 is provided by a function provided on the server of the paid information distributor and linked to another function or a function integrated with another function as needed, and is set according to the set condition. Sales report information can be created. It is possible to provide an interface for setting the tabulation conditions 1022 in a form integrated with the function of the paid information distributor on the server 201 side. Further, by releasing the use of the above condition setting function to the fee-based information provider, it is possible to set conditions according to the individual needs of the fee-based information provider without the trouble of the fee-based information distributor.

The sales report information 1032 is created by totalizing access information for each individual content (paid information) for each provider. This makes it possible to analyze detailed access information for each content, and also to analyze characteristics of each provider as a sales channel. With such a configuration, it is possible to analyze the sales performance of each provider for each piece of paid information using the sales report information.

The billing collation information 1033 is created by summing up access information for each content for each individual provider. As a result, the bill collation information 1033 can be used for collation verification with the sales statement delivered from each provider to the paid information distributor, and it is also possible to analyze the best sellers of the content in the provider. .

Next, a procedure for distributing sales report information will be described. FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a procedure for distributing sales report information. First, the extraction unit 1011 extracts access information from the access management database 1291 based on the extraction condition 1021 (step S1 in FIG. 22).
1). The access information includes at least date and time information, user identification information, provider identification information, and content identification information (paid information identification information). As a result, based on the access information, it is possible to perform analysis using the date and time, the user, the provider, and the paid information as keys. The user identification information is identification information assigned to the user by the provider.

Next, the tabulation means 1012 outputs the tabulation condition 10
22, the access information 1031 is totaled, and sales report information 1032 is created (step S1 in FIG. 22).
2). Further, the sending unit 1014 sends the created sales report information to the paid information provider (at step S1).
3).

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of intermediate data for creating sales report information 1032. In the example of FIG. 23, “2U0030001” to “2U0030” belonging to the content classification represented by the code “2U003”
005 "are counted.
In the access information 1031, the number of cases in a predetermined period is cross-tabulated for each content and each provider.

FIG. 24 is an example of the sales report information 1032 created by the tabulation means 1012 and displayed on the web screen. In the example of FIG. 24, for a specific content, the access information (the number of new registrations) totaled for each ISP (Internet service provider) is different from the other additional information (the cumulative number of months, the number of continuations of the previous month,
(The number of valid cases for the current month, the rate of increase from the previous month). The ISP is a company that provides users with Internet access, and is an example of the “provider” in the present embodiment.

FIG. 25 shows an example of another format of the sales report information 1032 created by the tabulation means 1012. The sales report information shown in FIG. 25 includes a table of the number of accesses during each season in one month, a description of the transition of the number of accesses, and ranking information.

As described above, the sales report information can be created in a plurality of different formats, and can be created in different cycles such as a daily report, a weekly report, and a monthly report. . A tabulation condition 1022 corresponding to each of these formats is set in advance. In addition, sales report information can be created in different formats and different cycles according to each paid information provider. FIG. 26 is a table showing an example of format definition data for each paid information provider. FIG.
The format definition data example shown in (1) holds data indicating whether or not to create a format ID and sales report information for each paid information provider in a daily report, a weekly report, and a monthly report.

Next, a procedure for using the billing collation information for the settlement management associated with the distribution of paid information will be described. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of settlement management using the billing collation information. First, the extraction unit 1011 extracts access information from the access management database 1291 based on the extraction condition 1021 (step S2 in FIG. 27).
1). Next, the tabulation means 1013 outputs the access information 103
1 and tabulation condition 1023,
Create billing collation information 1033 (same as step S2
2).

FIG. 28 shows an example of bill collation information 1033 created in a form to be displayed on a web screen. In the example of FIG. 28, for a specific ISP, the access information (the number of newly registered monthly publications) totaled for each content is displayed together with other additional information (regular price, ISP sales, sales of information provider distributors, increase from the previous month). Have been. Next, the paid information distributor analyzes the sales statement sent from the ISP and extracts the number of accesses for each content from the analysis (step S23 in FIG. 27). Then, the number of accesses is compared and confirmed between the sales statement from the ISP and the billing collation information (step S24). Then, payment unit price information is read from the content attribute information held in the sales performance information analysis system (step S27, same), and the payment amount is calculated from the unit price information and the number of accesses (same, step S28). And a payment statement in which other necessary items are entered (Step S2).
9), and sends the payment statement to the paid information provider (step S30). It should be noted that the billing collation information need not always be included in the paid information performance report information, and when it is included, it can be set by the paid information provider or the paid information distributor.

FIG. 29 is a table showing the structure and data example of the content attribute information used in step S27. As shown in FIG. 29, this data holds information such as a content classification name for each content, a content name, a payment method, and an amount (unit price).

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a data example of the payment statement created in step S29. FIG.
In the example shown in this, this payment statement is created for each content, the unit price of each content, payment method, the number of accesses this month, the number of contract users, and the payment amount calculated by multiplying the unit price by the number of contract users, Included in this payment statement.

Next, a sales promotion method of paid information using access information will be described. FIG. 31 shows a server 201 and a sales performance analysis system 10 of a distributor of paid information.
It is a block diagram which shows the structure for realizing the sales promotion method of paid information in FIG. Sales performance analysis system 1
010 is provided with an analyzing means (analyzing unit) 1018, and the paid information distributor server 201 has a banner selecting means 1218.
92 and a content generation unit 1293 are provided. The analysis unit 1018 performs an analysis process based on the access information 1031 extracted according to the extraction condition 1021, and based on the analysis result, the banner selection unit (banner selection unit) 1292 or the content generation unit (content generation unit) 1293 Change the display of link information to paid information as described below.

Here, a specific operation example of the analyzing means 1018, the banner selecting means 1292, and the content generating means 1293 will be described. The analysis unit 1018 analyzes the sales tendency for each provider, each content, and each date and time based on the access information 31. What is analysis by date and time?
For example, analysis by time zone in the day such as "morning", "day", "evening", "night", "late night to dawn", and more detailed analysis by time zone such as 60 minutes unit or 30 minutes unit Analytics, daytime, nighttime, late-night, etc., based on the time of day for which communication charges are based, day-of-week analysis, weekly beginning of the month, Analyze at the end of the month, at the end of the month, or at the seasonal or monthly level of the year, or special such as New Year, Valentine's Day, Golden Week, Christmas The analysis is performed at the appropriate time or before and after that time. Due to the different purchase habits of users and the demographics of users accessing the Internet at each of these time intervals, there is a wave of fluctuations in sales volume. By statistically processing this, effective advertising and other This can lead to the implementation of sales promotion measures. In addition, since the user groups tend to be different for each provider, their behavior patterns, hobbies, and preferences are different, and by analyzing this, it is possible to link to effective sales promotion measures.

The banner selecting means 1292 is provided by the analyzing means 10
Based on the results of the analysis of 18, a banner advertisement (link advertisement) which is considered to be likely to be sold to a user of a certain provider at the current time is selected and displayed for the user of the provider.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a screen display example of the provider's homepage. In this screen, the area of the banner advertisement 1091 is reserved for advertisement of content distributed by the paid information distributor. In this advertisement area, a banner selecting means 1292 is set based on the analysis result described above.
Is displayed, the effect of maximizing the content sales can be obtained. Here, the banner advertisement on the provider's homepage has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to the provider's homepage, and the above-described method may be applied to other advertisements on a network or the like. For example, the banner advertisement selected by the banner selection unit 1292 may be displayed on the homepage of a portal site or the homepage of a paid information distributor.

The content generating means 1293 generates a content based on the analysis result of the analyzing means 1018. FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the content generated by the content generation unit 1293. FIG.
Is ranking information of the number of accesses to the paid content to be sold, and link information 1092 (link advertisement) to the paid content and related additional information are displayed in descending order of the number of accesses. The content generating means 1293 updates this ranking in real time or at regular time intervals. In this way, the content generation unit 1293 generates ranking information and displays it to the user, thereby increasing the user's willingness and interest to purchase popular hot-selling content, thereby increasing sales opportunities. The effect of increasing sales is obtained.

In addition to simply generating the ranking information, the content of the paid information itself may be changed based on the analysis result of the number of accesses and the access time. For example, it is possible to increase sales opportunities by replacing paid information with a small number of accesses or paid information in which the number of accesses is considered to be decreasing with other paid information.

In addition to simply selecting a banner or generating a content such as a ranking based only on past sales performance, analysis results obtained from past sales performance and the release time of new paid content, Alternatively, the display of the link information may be changed in association with the execution time of the sales promotion campaign. In this way, the sales performance is analyzed using the access information, and the content of the banner advertisement on the homepage of the provider or the homepage of the portal site is changed, and the access ranking information of the paid information is changed according to the analysis result. Or you can. As a result, more users are guided to the “selling” paid information according to the time zone and the user characteristics, so that the sales opportunity of the paid information increases.

The “paid information distributor server”, “provider server”, “user terminal”, and “sales record information analysis system” in the above description are realized by a computer system. All or a part of each of the above-described processes is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the computer reads and executes the program to perform the processes. Here, the recording medium of the computer system refers to a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a magnetic hard disk, a magnetic tape, a semiconductor memory, or the like.

The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium such as an electric communication line. Here, the transmission medium of a telecommunication line is a metal wire, an optical fiber,
Refers to electromagnetic fields.

The member information storage unit (member information database), the access management information storage unit (access management database), the paid information storage unit, and the like in the above description are a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a CD-ROM. ROM, magnetic hard disk, magnetic tape,
This is realized using a medium such as a semiconductor memory.

Further, in the above description, each processing performed by the “paid information distributor server”, each processing performed by the “provider server”, each processing performed by the “user terminal”, and “sales performance analysis” All the processes performed by the “system” may be performed by a single computer, or the processes may be distributed to a plurality of computers or information processing devices. Conversely, some or all of the processing of the "paid information distributor server", the processing of the "provider server", the processing of the "user terminal", and the processing of the "sales performance analysis system" are performed on one computer. You may make it integrate and perform. Here, the “information processing device” includes not only a computer but also a communication device, a storage device, a display device, and the like.

[0167]

As described above, in the method of distributing paid information on a network, a server of a plurality of providers connected to a server of a paid information distributor recording paid information of a paid information provider, a server of the provider To provide paid information to the user's terminal that has the provider's member information connected to
The paid information provider only records the paid information on the paid information distributor's server, and from the paid information distributor's server to a large number of users having the member information of the provider through a plurality of or selected providers. It can provide paid information.

Further, the paid information provider can provide paid information to a specific provider via a paid information distributor server, change the provision of paid information from one provider to another provider, It is possible to easily implement a provision method of providing paid information to a user of a specific provider in advance.

Further, the server of the paid information distributor collectively performs the billing process for each user accompanying the provision of the paid information, and responds to the provider member information of the user based on the billed data. The paid information provider and the paid information distributor can collectively perform the billing process for each user via each provider in order to select the provider that has been made and perform the billing process for the provider.

Further, the server of the paid information distributor performs authentication processing of the paid information request information, thereby eliminating providers that the server of the paid information distributor does not permit, and charging the provider even if the member information of the provider is acquired. It is possible to easily exclude users who do not support the billing process.

Further, the paid information request information transmitted from the user terminal is divided into provider member information transmitted to the provider server and paid information member information transmitted from the provider server to the paid information distributor server. Because confidential provider member information is not used on the network of user terminals, provider servers, and paid information distributor servers,
Security of provider member information can be ensured. In addition, when making a request to provide paid information, the user only needs to enter the provider member information and the provider server only inputs it to the terminal. The paid information member information is automatically paid after the provider server performs authentication processing. Since the information is transmitted to the server of the information distributor, the user does not have to perform any special operation to receive the provision of the paid information, so that it is not bothersome.

Further, the paid information provider simply records the paid information on the server of the paid information distributor, and receives the sales processing of the paid information accompanying the provision of the paid information and the payment processing based on the data processed by the sales. be able to.

In addition, since the paid information can be distributed to a large number of users managed by the provider through the provider or the like, the paid information can be sold in a wider market by using the provider as a sales channel. Becomes

[0174] Further, since the payment settlement means already established in the provider can be used, there is no need to construct a new mechanism for settlement. Therefore,
The paid information distributor and the paid information provider are not overly burdened for payment. In addition, since the existing payment method that has established confidentiality and security is used, information such as credit card numbers and other payment information are not sent over the Internet, etc., where information security is not complete. It is possible to sell paid information.

Further, since information related to user authentication, such as a user ID and a password, is exchanged over a closed network such as a dedicated line, such information is transmitted over the Internet or the like, which is not completely secure with respect to information security. There is no need to interact.

Further, since the access key is issued by the server of the paid information distributor and the paid information is provided only for the access using the valid access key, the leakage of the paid information due to unauthorized access or the like, and the sales opportunity accompanying it. Loss can be prevented. This also makes it possible to appropriately maintain the economic value of the paid information.

[0177] In addition, the access key is provided with date and time information, and when there is a request for paid information using the access key, the check is performed based on the date and time. Can be prevented.

Also, since the association between the access key and the communication address of the terminal of the user who has issued the request for the fee-based information using the access key is checked, it is possible to prevent unauthorized access due to the leakage of the access key itself. .

Further, since a highly confidential dedicated line is used for transmitting authentication information, and a relatively low-cost network such as the Internet is used for transmitting the content itself, the paid information distribution system as a whole The transmission speed, security strength, and cost are well balanced.

Also, with the configuration as in the fourth embodiment, in the first step, access information is extracted according to a preset first condition, and in the second step, the access information is extracted in the first step. Based on the extracted access information, the paid information actual report information is created in accordance with a preset second condition, and in the third step, the paid information actual report information created in the second step is output.
Since the access information is based on sales performance information obtained by the paid information distributor in real time, the sales performance information can be processed and analyzed according to the above procedure, and can be provided to the paid information provider in a timely manner. Product planning and sales promotion measures can be implemented based on this information, which can lead to an increase in sales.

Further, since the paid information performance report information includes payment information to the paid information provider, payment management using the outputted paid information performance report information becomes possible.

Further, since the second condition is set according to the fee-based information provider, the format of the sales report information created according to the second condition is unique to the fee-based information provider. It is possible to respond to the needs of individual paid information providers in detail.

Further, since the second condition is set by the paid information distributor, the second condition is provided on the server side of the paid information distributor and cooperates with other functions or is integrated with other functions as necessary. The function makes it possible to set the second condition and create sales report information according to the set condition. Therefore, there is an effect that convenience as the whole system is improved.

The access information extracted according to the first condition includes at least the access date and time, the user identification information, the provider identification information, and the paid information identification information. It is possible to perform analysis using paid information as a key, and it can be used for various marketing by date and time, individual user, user demographic, and provider.

[0185] Further, since the paid information actual report information includes access information created for each paid information and tabulated for each provider, such paid information actual report information is used.
It is possible to analyze the sales performance of each provider for each fee information. As a result, it is possible to grasp the tendency of each provider and to use it for various marketing by each provider.

Further, since the payment information includes access information created for each provider and tabulated for each fee information, it is necessary to analyze the sales performance of each provider for each fee information using such payment information. And the sales statement sent from each provider to the paid information distributor can be confirmed.

[0187] Further, since the display of the fee-based information is changed based on the access information, it is possible to increase the sales opportunity of the fee-based information according to the access characteristics of the user and the access status of the fee-based information.

Further, since the display of the link advertisement to the fee-based information is changed according to the number of accesses and the access time extracted from the access information, more users can be referred to as “sellers” according to the access characteristics for each time zone. Can be guided, and sales opportunities for paid information can be increased.

Further, in order to change the contents of the fee-based information based on the number of accesses and the access time extracted from the access information, the contents of the fee-based information are changed in accordance with the access characteristics of each time zone and the transition of the number of accesses. It is possible to increase sales opportunities for paid information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of information according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a reference diagram illustrating input means of a user terminal according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for accessing paid content according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a processing sequence diagram showing a procedure for accessing paid content according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paid content top page displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of paid content according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a provider WWW top page displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a content service guide screen of a provider displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen of a provider's entertainment content list displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a paid content entrance page displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paid service authentication screen displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a paid content enrollment guidance screen displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a member paid service registration page displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service registration page for a non-provider member displayed on a user terminal according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service registration page for a non-provider member displayed on a user terminal according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for paid service stop processing displayed on a user terminal in the second embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an interrelationship among a paid information provider, a paid information distributor, a provider, and a user in the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 shows a paid information provider in the third embodiment;
It is a figure which shows the mutual relationship of a paid information distributor, a provider, and a user.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for creating and distributing sales report information according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a structure and data example of intermediate data for creating sales report information according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 24 shows a first example of sales report information according to the fourth embodiment.
It is a figure showing the example of.

FIG. 25 is a second example of the sales report information according to the fourth embodiment.
It is a figure showing the example of.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a format and an example of data of a format and cycle definition information for each paid information provider according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a procedure of payment management using billing collation information according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating an example of billing collation information according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a structure and data example of content attribute information according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of a payment statement according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a block diagram showing a configuration for realizing a sales promotion method of paid information using access information according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which a banner advertisement selected by a banner selecting unit according to the fourth embodiment is displayed.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of a screen on which ranking information generated by content generation means according to the fourth embodiment is displayed.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kazushi Kanezu 1-5-1, Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Nobuo Saito 1-5-1, Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo No. Letterpress Printing Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Michiko Fukushima 1-5-1, Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo Letterpress Printing Co., Ltd.

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A method of distributing paid information on a network, comprising: a paid information distributor server recording paid information provider paid information; and a plurality or selected servers connected to the paid information distributor server. Using the server of the provider and the terminal of the user having the provider member information connected to the server of the provider, the information distributor of the paid information distributor receiving the paid information request information from the terminal of the user via the server of the provider. A server for providing fee information to the user terminal, billing the user, selecting the provider based on the billed data, and billing the selected provider; Distribution method. 2. A method of distributing paid information using a computer system, comprising: receiving a request from a user through a provider having a settlement means and an information providing means; A method of distributing paid information, which provides paid information corresponding to the above to the user. 3. A distribution method of paid information using a computer system, wherein paid information provided by an information provider is stored, and a request for access permission is made by a user through a provider having a settlement means and an information providing means. Upon receiving the access permission information, the access permission information is generated and provided to the user, and the access permission information is stored in association with the user. Comparing the access permission information included in the information request information with the stored access permission information, and providing the fee information corresponding to the fee information request information when it is determined that the user is permitted to access, Payment with the user for the provision of the paid information through the provider With, distribution methods, payment of a fee information to carry out the payment for the provision of paid information between the information provider. 4. A method for distributing paid information using a computer system, wherein paid information provided by an information provider is stored and selected by a user from a plurality of providers having a settlement means and an information providing means. When a request for access permission is received from the user through any provider provided, access permission information is generated and provided to the user, and the access permission information is stored in association with the user and the provider, and When the paid information request information based on the access permission information is received, the access permission information included in the paid information request information is compared with the stored access permission information to determine that the user is permitted access. Provides paid information corresponding to the paid information request information. A method of distributing paid information in which a payment for providing paid information is performed with a user through a provider associated with the access permission information, and a payment for providing the paid information is performed with an information provider. 5. A method for distributing paid information on a network using a server of a paid information distributor holding paid information of a paid information provider and a server of a provider connected to the server of the paid information distributor. The paid information distributor server receives paid information request information from the server of the provider based on information sent from the user terminal, and sends the paid information to the user terminal based on the paid information request information. And a method of distributing fee information, wherein charging data based on the fee information is transmitted to a server of the provider. 6. A paid information distributing agent which mediates in order to provide paid information provided by a plurality of paid information providers to a user via a plurality of providers by using a network, and provides paid information distribution results information operation by a paid information distributor. A first step of extracting access information indicating an access state of the user with respect to the paid information in accordance with a first preset condition; and a preset step based on the extracted access information. A second step of creating paid information performance report information to the paid information provider according to a second condition; and a third step of outputting the paid information performance report information to the paid information provider. Provision of information Achievement information operation method. 7. A fee information storage unit for storing fee information provided by an information provider, and fee information for transmitting fee information based on a request from a user received through a provider having payment means and information providing means. A payment information distribution system comprising: a transmission unit; and a payment data generation unit that generates payment data between the user for providing the paid information and payment data between the information provider regarding the provision of the paid information. . 8. A paid information storage unit for storing paid information provided by an information provider, and a user received through an arbitrary provider selected by the user among a plurality of providers having a settlement means and an information providing means. A paid information transmitting unit that transmits paid information based on a request from a user, and generates payment data between the user and the provider for the provision of the paid information for each provider selected by the user and provides information for the provision of the paid information. A payment information distribution system comprising: a payment data generation unit that generates payment data between the user and the user. 9. A fee information storage unit for storing fee information provided by an information provider, and generates access permission information based on a request from a user received through a provider having a settlement means and an information providing means. An access permission information generating unit that provides the user with the access permission information, an access permission information storage unit that stores the access permission information in association with the user, and a charge information request information based on the access permission information received from the user. An access permission determining unit that compares the access permission information included in the information request information with the stored access permission information to determine whether the user is permitted access; and that the access is permitted. Paid information providing paid information corresponding to the paid information request information if discriminated Paid information distribution system comprising a signal unit, and settlement data generating unit that generates payment data between the information provider for the provision of payment data and paid information between the user for providing paid information. 10. A paid information storage unit for storing paid information provided by an information provider, and a user received through an arbitrary provider selected by the user among a plurality of providers having a settlement means and an information providing means. An access permission information generation unit that generates access permission information based on a request from the user and provides the access permission information to the user; an access permission information storage unit that stores the access permission information in association with the user and the provider; When receiving the fee-based information request information based on the information, the access is performed by comparing the access permission information included in the fee-based information request information with the stored access permission information to determine whether the user is permitted to access. The permission determination unit determines that access is permitted. In this case, the fee information transmitting unit that provides the fee information corresponding to the fee information request information, and the payment data between the user and the user for the provision of the fee information are generated for each provider selected by the user and the fee is generated. A paid information distribution system comprising: a payment data generation unit that generates payment data between the provider of information and an information provider. 11. A charge information storage unit for holding charge information, an access information storage unit for holding information for managing access to the charge information, and an access key issue request data based on a purchase request from a user. An access key issuance request receiving unit that receives through an communication network;
An access key generation unit that generates an access key based on the access key issuance request data, stores information related to the access key in an access information storage unit, and transmits the access key; and paid information generated based on the access key An access that receives request data, extracts the access key from the paid information request data, and searches the access information storage unit based on the extracted access key to determine the validity of the paid information request data. A paid information transmitting unit that reads out the requested paid information from the paid information storage unit and transmits it through the second communication network when the paid information request data is determined to be valid by the access key determining unit; A server of a paid information distributor having information about the user and billing information for the user A member information storage unit that stores the information, a paid service registration processing unit that writes information based on a purchase request from a user to the member information storage unit, and a request to issue an access key for accessing the paid information based on the purchase request. An access key issuance request unit for transmitting access key issuance request data, an access key receiving unit for receiving an access key corresponding to the access key issuance request data, and an access key transmission unit for transmitting data based on the access key to a user. The access key issuance request receiving unit receives the access key issuance request data transmitted by the access key issuance request unit, and the access key is received by the access key generation unit. Information distribution system that receives an access key to be used. 12. A member information storage unit for storing information about a user and billing information for the user; a paid service registration processing unit for writing information based on a purchase request from a user into the member information storage unit; An access key issuance request unit for transmitting access key issuance request data for requesting issuance of an access key for accessing the paid information; an access key receiving unit for receiving an access key corresponding to the access key issuance request data; A provider server comprising: an access key transmitting unit that transmits data based on the access key to a user. 13. A fee information storage unit for holding fee information, an access information storage unit for holding information for managing access to the fee information, and receiving access key issuance request data through a first communication network. An access key issuance request reception unit, an access key generation unit that generates an access key based on the access key issuance request data, stores information related to the access key in an access information storage unit, and transmits the access key, The paid information request data generated based on the paid information request data is received, an access key is extracted from the paid information request data, and an access information storage unit is searched based on the extracted access key. An access key determining unit for determining validity; and And if it is determined, the requested chargeable information is read from the paid information storage unit, paid information distribution's server comprising a paid information transmitting unit that transmits through the second communication network. 14. An access key issuance request reception process for receiving access key issuance request data, generating an access key based on at least the access key issuance request data, storing information on the access key in an access information storage unit, An access key generating process for transmitting the access key; receiving the fee information request data generated based on the access key; extracting the access key from the fee information request data; An access key determining process for determining the validity of the fee information request data by searching the access information storage unit; and a request if the fee information request data is determined to be valid by the access key determining process. The paid information transmission process of transmitting the paid information, and causing the computer to execute Recorded computer-readable recording medium programs.