DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHARGING FOR PROVISION OF INFORMATION

摘要

A charging device (100) used in an information selling system using a network comprising a circuit for receiving read request data including an information ID for specifying information and viewer ID for specifying a user terminal (500) from the user terminal (500), a circuit for receiving information specifying data including an information ID for specifying information, an author ID for specifying the author of the information , and a publisher ID for specifying the publisher of the information from a distribution server (400), a receiving section for receiving the payment by the user according to the received information in response to the reception of the read request data from the user terminal (500), a circuit for sending read permission data to the user terminal (500), and a circuit for sending information on the charge to servers (200, 300, 400, 600, 700).