| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to pay the charge for a specific service for using a portable terminal such as a widely spread portable telephone when receiving the service. SOLUTION: When a fee-charging information is obtained from a server computer 101 through a multifunction machine 107, the multifunction machine 107 requests the user to input the telephone number of the portable telephone 116 and dials the inputted telephone number to perform authentication for withdrawing the use charge from the financial institution that the portable terminal is contracted with. Then, the multifunction machine 107 accesses a desired database, etc., according to user's operation, counts up the use charge and information charge each time a charged database is accessed, and accesses a terminal 102 of the contract company of the user's portable telephone 116 at the end of information provision to bill the counted-up use charge. |
