Data delivery method and system therefor

Claim 2

A data delivery method comprising: providing a purchaser rewritable record medium having a primary data area for storing primary data including software, and an additional data area for storing additional data including purchaser inherent data, purchase data and accounting data therein; recording historical data representing a history of the additional data in both of a computer of a software deliverer and said purchaser rewritable record medium, respectively; and delivering the primary data, which is requested by a purchaser, from said computer of the software deliverer to said purchaser rewritable record medium when the historical data recorded in said computer of the software deliverer is matched with the historical data recorded in said purchaser rewritable record medium; and performing an accounting operation.

Claim 3

A data delivery method of delivering primary data including software, which is requested by a purchaser, from a software deliverer to the purchaser through a communication network, comprising: providing a purchaser rewritable record medium including a primary data area and an additional data area, the additional data including purchaser inherent data, purchase history data representing a history of purchase of said primary data to be purchased by said purchaser, and accounting data; reading the additional data, which is recorded in said purchaser record medium, by a computer of said purchaser; and transmitting the read additional data to said computer of the software deliverer, on which data management is performed in such a manner as to prevent said purchaser from writing data thereto; retrieving data, which corresponds to the transmitted additional data, from original data recorded in the computer of the software deliverer; collating the retrieved corresponding data with said transmitted additional data; stopping delivery of said primary data if the transmitted additional data and the retrieved corresponding data are not matched; whereas if matched, performing an accounting operation on the primary data which the purchaser requests; and only if a result of the accounting operation indicates that the accounting data recorded in said purchaser record medium is not negative, delivering the primary data requested by the purchaser and the additional data, which corresponds to the requested primary data and includes two kinds of data that are purchase history data to be added owing to the purchase of the requested primary data and accounting data resulting from said accounting operation, from the computer of the software deliverer to said computer of the purchaser; performing additional recording of the delivered primary data, which is requested by the purchaser, and additional data relating to the delivered primary data; and performing additional recording of data, which is the same as the delivered primary data and said additional data relating to the delivered primary data, to said computer of the software deliverer.

Claim 4

A data delivery method of delivering primary data including software, which is requested by a purchaser, from a software deliverer to the purchaser through a communication network, comprising: providing a purchaser rewritable record medium including a primary data area and an additional data area, the additional data including purchaser inherent data, purchase history data representing a history of purchase of said primary data to be purchased by said purchaser, and accounting data; reading the additional data, which is recorded in said purchaser record medium, by a computer of said purchaser; and transmitting the read additional data to said computer of the software deliverer, on which data management is performed in such a manner as to prevent said purchaser from writing data thereto; retrieving data, which corresponds to the transmitted additional data, from original data recorded in the computer of the software deliverer; collating the retrieved corresponding data with said transmitted additional data; stopping delivery of said primary data if the transmitted additional data and the retrieved corresponding data are not matched; whereas if matched, performing an accounting operation on the primary data which the purchaser requests; and only if a result of the accounting operation indicates that the accounting data recorded in said purchaser record medium is not negative, delivering the primary data requested by the purchaser and the additional data, which corresponds to the requested primary data and includes two kinds of data that are purchase history data to be added owing to the purchase of the requested primary data and accounting data resulting from said accounting operation, from the computer of the software deliverer to said computer of the purchaser; performing additional recording of the delivered primary data, which is requested by the purchaser, and additional data relating to the delivered primary data; and performing additional recording of data, which is the same as the delivered primary data and said additional data relating to the delivered primary data, to said computer of the software deliverer.

Claim 5

A data delivery method of delivering primary data including software, which is requested by a purchaser who has visited a shop, from a software deliverer to the purchaser through a communication network, comprising: providing a purchaser rewritable record medium including a primary data area and an additional data area, the additional data including purchaser inherent data, purchase history data representing a history of purchase of said primary data to be purchased by said purchaser, and accounting data; reading the additional data, which is recorded in said purchaser record medium, by a computer of said shop; and transmitting the read additional data to said computer of the software deliverer; performing data management to prevent said purchaser from writing data to the computer of the software deliverer; retrieving data, which corresponds to the transmitted additional data, from original data recorded in the computer of the software deliverer; collating the retrieved corresponding data with said additional data; stopping delivery of said primary data if the transmitted additional data and the retrieved corresponding data are not matched; whereas if matched, performing an accounting operation on the primary data which the purchaser requests; and only if a result of the accounting operation indicates that the accounting data recorded in said purchaser record medium is not negative, delivering the primary data requested by the purchaser and the additional data, which corresponds to the requested primary data and includes two kinds of data that are purchase history data to be added owing to the purchase of the requested primary data and accounting data resulting from said accounting operation, from the software deliverer to said computer of the shop; performing additional recording of the delivered primary data, which is requested by the purchaser, and additional data relating to the delivered primary data; and performing additional recording of data, which is the same as the delivered primary data and said additional data relating to the delivered primary data, to said computer of the software deliverer.

Claim 6

A data delivery method of delivering primary data including software, which is requested by a purchaser who has visited a shop, from a software deliverer to the purchaser through a communication network, comprising: providing a purchaser rewritable record medium including a primary data area and an additional data area, the additional data including purchaser inherent data, purchase history data representing a history of purchase of said primary data to be purchased by said purchaser, and accounting data; reading the additional data, which is recorded in said purchaser record medium, by a computer of said shop; and transmitting the read additional data to said computer of the software deliverer; performing data management to prevent said purchaser from writing data to the computer of the software deliverer; retrieving data, which corresponds to the transmitted additional data, from original data recorded in the computer of the software deliverer; collating the retrieved corresponding data with said additional data; stopping delivery of said primary data if the transmitted additional data and the retrieved corresponding data are not matched; whereas if matched, performing an accounting operation on the primary data which the purchaser requests; and only if a result of the accounting operation indicates that the accounting data recorded in said purchaser record medium is not negative, delivering the primary data requested by the purchaser and the additional data, which corresponds to the requested primary data and includes two kinds of data that are purchase history data to be added owing to the purchase of the requested primary data and accounting data resulting from said accounting operation, from the software deliverer to said computer of the shop; performing additional recording of the delivered primary data, which is requested by the purchaser, and additional data relating to the delivered primary data; and performing additional recording of data, which is the same as the delivered primary data and said additional data relating to the delivered primary data, to said computer of the software deliverer.

Claim 7

The data delivery method according to claim 3, further comprising: transmitting a predetermined amount of money from the computer of the software deliverer to the purchaser record medium by inputting data representing the predetermined amount of money to the additional data area of the purchaser record medium when the purchaser meets service offering conditions of the software deliverer so as to offer services from the software deliverer; and recording the data representing the predetermined amount of money in said computer of the software deliverer.

Claim 8

The data delivery method according to claim 3, wherein data management is performed by said computer of the software deliverer by using an authentication function in such a manner that the purchaser cannot write data thereinto.

Claim 9

The data delivery method according to claim 3, wherein said purchaser inherent data includes data representing an age of the purchaser, wherein, in a case that an age limit is imposed to primary data to be purchased, the method further includes: collating a limiting age with the age of the purchaser when collating the retrieved corresponding data with the additional data; wherein if the age of the purchaser is outside a permissible range in a case of the imposed age limit, stopping delivery of the primary data.

Claim 10

The data delivery method according to claim 3, wherein said purchase history data includes data representing a title of the software, a price of the software, a name of a shop that has sold the software, a date and time at which the software is purchased, and the number of a write machine.

Claim 11

Data delivery method according to claim 3, wherein the purchaser inherent data includes data representing an ID number, a password, a date of a purchaser birth, and a distinction of sex.

Claim 12

Data delivery method according to claim 3, wherein the accounting data includes data representing a date of accounting, an amount of deposited money, an amount of paid money, a balance, and a name of a shop that has accounted.

Claim 13

A data delivery system comprising: a computer of a software deliverer for delivering primary data including software; a computer of a shop receiving the primary data delivered from said computer of the software deliverer through a communication network; a purchaser record medium that is owned by a purchaser and has a primary data area for recording primary data purchased by a purchaser therein, and an additional data area for recording additional data including purchaser inherent data, purchase history data representing history of purchase of said primary data, and accounting data, and that is adapted to be able to rewrite the primary data and the additional data, which are recorded in the primary data area and the additional data area, respectively; software-deliverer-side recording means for recording data, which is identical to the additional data to be recorded in said purchaser record medium, as original data therein; regulating means for imposing a restriction on an operation of rewriting of original data, which is recorded in said software-deliverer-side recording means by the purchaser; collating means for retrieving original data, which corresponds to the additional data recorded in said purchaser record medium, from said software-deliverer-side recording means, for collating the original data, which is recorded in said software-deliverer-side recording means, with the additional data which is recorded in said purchaser record medium and is sent from said computer of the shop to said computer of the software deliverer through said network, for continuing delivery of the primary data if matched, and for stopping delivery of the primary data if not matched; and control means for performing an accounting operation, which relates to the primary data to be purchased by the purchaser, when continuing the operation of delivering the primary data according to a result of collation performed by said collating means, for recording the primary data, which is delivered from said computer of the software deliverer to said computer of the shop through said network, in the primary data area of the aforesaid purchaser, and for recording the additional data, which includes the purchase history data and the accounting data to be related to the primary data purchased by the purchaser and to be added when purchasing the primary data, in the additional data area of said purchaser record medium and in the aforesaid software-deliverer-side recording means; wherein the software-deliverer-side-recording means, regulating means, collating means and control means are provided in said computer of the software deliverer.

Claim 14

A data delivery system comprising: a computer of a software deliverer for delivering primary data including software; a computer of a shop receiving the primary data delivered from said computer of the software deliverer through a communication network; a purchaser record medium that is owned by a purchaser and has a primary data area for recording primary data purchased by a purchaser therein, and an additional data area for recording additional data including purchaser inherent data, purchase history data representing history of purchase of said primary data, and accounting data, and that is adapted to be able to rewrite the primary data and the additional data, which are recorded in the primary data area and the additional data area, respectively; software-deliverer-side recording means for recording data, which is identical to the additional data to be recorded in said purchaser record medium, as original data therein; regulating means for imposing a restriction on an operation of rewriting of original data, which is recorded in said software-deliverer-side recording means by the purchaser; collating means for retrieving original data, which corresponds to the additional data recorded in said purchaser record medium, from said software-deliverer-side recording means, for collating the original data, which is recorded in said software-deliverer-side recording means, with the additional data which is recorded in said purchaser record medium and is sent from said computer of the shop to said computer of the software deliverer through said network, for continuing delivery of the primary data if matched, and for stopping delivery of the primary data if not matched; and control means for performing an accounting operation, which relates to the primary data to be purchased by the purchaser, when continuing the operation of delivering the primary data according to a result of collation performed by said collating means, for recording the primary data, which is delivered from said computer of the software deliverer to said computer of the shop through said network, in the primary data area of the aforesaid purchaser, and for recording the additional data, which includes the purchase history data and the accounting data to be related to the primary data purchased by the purchaser and to be added when purchasing the primary data, in the additional data area of said purchaser record medium and in the aforesaid software-deliverer-side recording means; wherein the software-deliverer-side-recording means, regulating means, collating means and control means are provided in said computer of the software deliverer.