摘要 |
To automatically manage payment of charge produced between an apparatus manufacturer and an information provider, and to promote sales of an information processing apparatus and information contents. There are provided: a terminal device 11 to managed so as to manufacture and manage an information processing apparatus 16 and so as to sell to a user 14 an information processing apparatus at a pr ice lower than a desired sales price of an apparatus manufacturer 15 ; a terminal device 12 managed so as to provide to the user 14 available information contents 18 at the information processing apparatus 16 , and then, collect charge; and a sales activity management apparatus 13 for managing the terminal devices 11 and 12 based on a license agreement made in advance between an apparatus manufacturer 15 and an information provider 17 , wherein this sales activity management apparatus 13 issues an instruction for the terminal device 12 to return to the terminal device 11 an amount of money corresponding to a difference produced because the apparatus manufacturer 15 has provided the information processing apparatus 16 to the user 14 at a low price according to an amount of money for a charge collected from the user 14. |