| 摘要 |
<p>A payment distribution method enables distributing payment to product/service providers of a fixed fee paid by a user using their products/ services with a computer on the Internet over a billing period. The method is: (1) setting up a system server and running a system program on the server; (2) installing and running a client program on the user's computer; (3) recording data of usage of products/services, comprising at least one of the following usage elements: size of files accessed, number of files accessed, time spent on providers' sites, duration of download processes and number of download transmissions; (4) calculating payment distribution by dividing the user's fee into shares among the providers generally according to the usage element associated with each provider in relation to the total usage element associated with all providers; and (5) distributing calculated payments to the providers.</p> |
