Information distribution and printing system and information distribution server

Abstract

This system provides an information distribution printing system and a distribution information provider server that suppresses the disadvantages incurred by successful bidders due to charges. [Solution] The information distribution and printing system comprises a printer 200 and an advertising provider server 100 that receives distribution information managed by an advertising management server 500 and distributes it to the printer. The advertising provider server sends a bidding request for distribution information to the advertising management server, determines a specific distribution information to be won from the received distribution information in response to the received bidding request, obtains the determined specific distribution information from the advertising management server, prints a printable distribution image based on the specific distribution information, notifies the advertising management server of a request for compensation corresponding to the printing of the specific distribution information, and returns or invalidates the notified compensation if the printing is not completed according to predetermined conditions.

Claims

1. An information distribution printing system comprising a printing device and a distribution information provision server that receives distribution information managed by a distribution information management server and distributes it to the printing device, A request transmission unit that sends a request for bidding on distribution information to the distribution information management server, An information determination unit determines the specific distribution information that will be awarded the bid from the distribution information management server received in response to the bid request transmitted by the request transmission unit, A specific distribution information acquisition unit acquires the specific distribution information determined by the information determination unit from the distribution information management server, A printing unit that prints printable images based on the specified distribution information, A billing notification unit that notifies the distribution information management server of a request for payment corresponding to the printing of the specified distribution information, If the printing by the printing unit is not completed in accordance with predetermined conditions, a remuneration refund processing unit returns or invalidates the remuneration notified by the billing notification unit, An information distribution and printing system having the following features.

2. The aforementioned reward return processing unit, The information distribution and printing system according to claim 1, further comprising a refund processing unit that refunds a second amount corresponding to a first amount related to a claim when the claim for the aforementioned remuneration has been completed by the claim notification unit.

3. The aforementioned distribution information providing server includes the aforementioned refund processing unit, The refund processing unit sends a refund notification representing the second amount to the distribution information management server. The information distribution and printing system according to claim 2, configured as described above.

4. The system further includes an operation reception unit that accepts an operation to reject the completion of printing of the print-ready distributed image after the printing by the printing unit has been completed, The aforementioned billing notification unit sends a notification to the distribution information management server requesting the payment after the printing is completed by the printing unit. The refund processing unit, in response to the operation reception unit receiving the disapproved operation, sends the refund notification to the distribution information management server. The information distribution and printing system according to claim 3, configured as described above.

5. The system further includes a history display unit that displays the completion history of the printing performed by the printing unit, The aforementioned operation reception unit is The system accepts the disapproved operation based on the display in the history display unit. The information distribution and printing system according to claim 4, configured as described above.

6. The system further includes a failure detection unit for detecting printing failures by the aforementioned printing unit, The aforementioned billing notification unit notifies the distribution information management server of the request for the remuneration after the specific distribution information acquisition unit has acquired the specific distribution information and before the printing unit performs the printing. The failure detection unit detects the printing failure after the billing notification unit has notified the billing of the remuneration, The refund processing unit sends the refund notification to the distribution information management server in response to the printing failure detected by the failure detection unit. The information distribution and printing system according to claim 3, configured as described above.

7. The aforementioned reward return processing unit, If the notification of the claim for the said remuneration by the said claim notification unit has not been completed, a cancellation processing unit is included for canceling the claim for said remuneration. The information distribution and printing system according to claim 1.

8. A printing device and a distribution information management server, and a distribution information provider server that can communicate with these devices, A request transmission unit that sends a request for bidding on distribution information to the distribution information management server, An information determination unit determines the specific distribution information that will be awarded the bid from the distribution information management server received in response to the bid request transmitted by the request transmission unit, A specific distribution information acquisition unit acquires the specific distribution information determined by the information determination unit from the distribution information management server, A print instruction unit that causes the printing device to print a printable image based on the specified distribution information, A billing notification unit that notifies the distribution information management server of a request for payment corresponding to the printing of the specified distribution information, If the printing by the printing device is not completed in accordance with predetermined conditions, a remuneration refund processing unit returns or invalidates the remuneration notified by the billing notification unit, A distribution information provider server having the following features.

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