摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a content subscription system by which a user who has acquired metadata of content to be purchased in the future, purchases the content without fail when determining the purchase of the content before purchase period comes, in an IPSP (IP Service Project) system. <P>SOLUTION: This terminal equipment is configured to, when receiving the subscription of content whose metadata have been acquired from a metadata server from a user, generate and store subscription information including purchase period information by using the metadata of the content, and to compare the current date information with the purchase period information in the subscription information afterwards, and to determine whether or not the content whose subscription has been accepted is released. Also, this terminal equipment is configured to, when determining that the content whose subscription has been accepted is released as the result of determination, notify the user of the result, and to automatically access a portal server to give guidance about a content purchase procedure. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |