| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a virtual vending machine which distributes electronic data. SOLUTION: A distributed computer system 100 includes client computers 120, vendors 102 which supply products to a virtual vending machine 122 for distribution and a server computer that operates the machine 122. The machine 122 distributes electronic data about a product or its component with a permanent or term limited license. The machine 122 acquires an obtainable product, its license fee and information about rental terms, receives a product at the time of receiving electronic payment, offers a function that reloads a product in a license term for the computers 120, and establishes sales service that includes POS electronic payment and offers a means that communicates with the computers 120 for vendors. |
