DATA PROVIDING DEVICE, DATA UTILIZING DEVICE, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR, PROGRAM, CONTENTS PARTIAL SELLING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE DATA STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow user side to utilize only the part of data desired to be utilized by a data provider by the data provider's presetting the part in the case where the data provider provides the user with data or the like. SOLUTION: This data providing device 10 has a means 12 for preparing utilizable part information for discriminating whether or not data to be provided can be partially utilized and a means 14 for outputting data to be provided with the utilizable part information attached. This data utilizing device 20 has a means 21 for inputting the data to be provided with the utilizable part information attached, a means 22 for inputting a user's utilization request for provided data, a means 24 for collating the user's utilization request with the utilizable part information to decide whether or not the utilizable part can be utilized, and a data utilizing means 26 for processing only the part allowed to be utilized among the provided data in response to the user's utilization request.