Method and system for monitoring utilizing condition of contents, computer program and recording medium

Abstract

In a contents distributing system, a monitoring server is equipped on a network with which all user terminals being capable of utilizing contents are allowed to connect, and a member card is issued to a user operating the user terminal. In the contents distributed from an information service server, a middleware for storing a history of utilizing contents (log data etc.) to the member card and for transmitting this history of utilizing contents along with a user ID to the monitoring server is embedded. The monitoring server generates utilization information indicating how much the particular contents are utilized by the user, based on the collected history of utilizing contents and the collected user ID.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a technology for distributing contents including, for example, game programs, video signals, image data, sound data, music data, character information, or combinations thereof. Background technique [0002] With the popularity of the Internet, it has become easier to distribute content to a large number of users. Recently, paid services for content distribution can be efficiently realized. However, piracy and eavesdropping of content become easy in a wide area network like the Internet that ordinary people can access, so the security and copyright of content cannot be fully protected. [0003] Also, when distributing content using paid services, it can be difficult to set fees correctly because it is difficult to calculate how much paid content is used. [0004] To solve these problems, conventionally proposed content distribution techniques are described below. [0005] Data Communication System (Japanese Laid-Open ...

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As a result, it is difficult to monitor content usage using conventional standard techniques

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