IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0808830
(2001-03-15)
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우선권정보 |
JP-P2000-076742(2000-03-17) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
1 인용 특허 :
3 |
초록
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Digital contents representing the entity of a product are incorporated in a control program, and the control program is transmitted from a vendor to a buyer over a network. The product is delivered from the vendor to the buyer after a desired delivery period has elapsed from the transmission. After
Digital contents representing the entity of a product are incorporated in a control program, and the control program is transmitted from a vendor to a buyer over a network. The product is delivered from the vendor to the buyer after a desired delivery period has elapsed from the transmission. After the product is delivered, the control program disables the digital contents. Therefore, when the present invention is applied to the book business, the buyer can read the digital contents representing the entity of the book immediately after the buyer places an order for the book. After that, the buyer can get the book that will be delivered.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A digital distribution method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of products for browsing over a network; receiving a selection by a product buyer of a desired product from a plurality of browsed products and a shipping charge for delivery of the product; receivi
What is claimed is: 1. A digital distribution method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of products for browsing over a network; receiving a selection by a product buyer of a desired product from a plurality of browsed products and a shipping charge for delivery of the product; receiving an order, from the buyer, for the product over the network; incorporating the digital contents representing content of the product into a control program controlling the digital contents; transmitting the control program to a computer over the network, thereby allowing access to the digital contents via the computer; and sending the product to a physical address specified by the buyer so that the product arrives at the physical address when a required delivery period has elapsed from a time the order is placed, said required delivery period being determined based on said shipping charge; wherein the control program erases the digital contents or the control program including the digital contents when a contents availability period has elapsed, said contents availability period being set in said control program and being longer than the required delivery period, thereby terminating the use of the digital contents. 2. The digital distribution method according to claim 1 wherein said control program is transmitted with the digital contents incorporated in such a way that only the control program may process the digital contents and, when the transmission of said control program is completed, the control program starts a time measuring operation of the contents availability period. 3. The digital distribution method according to claim 1 wherein the product includes various books and documents, music CDs, and video DVDs. 4. A digital distribution system comprising a network, a server connected to the network and installed in a product vendor side, and a client computer connected to the network and installed in a product buyer side, wherein said server comprises: web pages comprising an item browsing page allowing a product buyer to browse a plurality of products over the network for selecting a desired product therefrom and a product order page allowing the product buyer to specify, over the network, a desired delivery period or a shipping charge for a delivery of the selected product and allowing the product buyer to place an order for the selected product; digital contents saving means for saving therein digital contents representing content of each product item; control program saving means for saving therein a control program which is transmitted with a contents availability period set and the digital contents incorporated at digital contents transmission time, the digital contents representing content of the selected product, wherein the control program erases the digital contents when the contents availability period expires after the transmission, said contents availability period being longer than the desired delivery period or a required delivery period determined based on the shipping charge; transmission control means for controlling the transmission of the digital contents, said transmission control means calling the control program from said control program saving means in response to the order from the buyer and incorporating the digital contents, which is read from said digital contents saving means, into said control program for transmission to the buyer over said network; and delivery control means for controlling the delivery of the product, said delivery control means delivering the product from the vendor to the buyer when the desired delivery period or the required delivery period has elapsed from the transmission. 5. A digital distribution system comprising a network, a server connected to the network and installed in a product vendor side, and a client computer connected to the network and installed in a product buyer side, wherein said client computer comprises: a browser allowing web pages prepared in said server to be browsed over the network; wherein the web pages displayed on a screen of said client computer by said browser comprises; an item browsing page allowing a product buyer to browse a plurality of products and prompting the product buyer to select a desired product therefrom; and a product order page allowing the product buyer to specify a desired delivery period or a shipping charge for a delivery of the selected product and prompting the product buyer to place an order, wherein digital contents representing content of the ordered product are incorporated into a control program controlling the digital contents in response to the order, transmitted from the vendor to the buyer over the network, and displayed on the screen of said client computer by said browser, and wherein said control program erases said digital contents when a contents availability period set in said control program has elapsed, the contents availability period being longer than the desired delivery period or a required delivery period determined based on the shipping charge. 6. A digital distribution system comprising a network, a server connected to the network and installed in a product vendor side, and a client computer connected to the network and installed in a product buyer side, wherein said server comprises: web pages comprising an item browsing page allowing a product buyer to browse a plurality of products over the network for selecting a desired product therefrom and a product order page allowing the product buyer to specify, over the network, a desired delivery period or a shipping charge for a delivery of the selected product, and allowing the product buyer to place an order for the selected product, digital contents saving means for saving therein digital contents representing content of each product; control program saving means for saving therein a control program which is transmitted with a contents availability period set and the digital contents incorporated at digital contents transmission time, the digital contents representing content of the selected product, wherein the control program erases the digital contents when the contents availability period expires after the transmission, said contents availability period being longer than the desired delivery period or than a required delivery period determined based on the shipping charge; transmission control means for controlling the transmission of the digital contents, said transmission control means calling the control program from said control program saving means in response to the order from the buyer and incorporating the digital contents, which is read from said digital contents saving means, into said control program for transmission to the buyer over said network; and delivery control means for controlling the delivery of the product, said delivery control means delivering the product from the vendor to the buyer when the desired delivery period or the required delivery period has elapsed from the transmission, wherein said client computer comprises: a browser allowing the web pages to be browsed on a screen over the network; wherein the digital contents are incorporated into said control program in response to the order, transmitted from the vendor to the buyer over the network, and displayed on the screen of said client computer by said browser, said digital contents representing the content of the selected product ordered by the buyer, and wherein, after the desired delivery period or the required delivery period has elapsed from the transmission and the product is delivered from the vendor to the buyer, said control program stops displaying said digital contents on the screen of the client computer when the contents availability period set in said control program has elapsed.
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