CHARGING INFORMATION CREATING DEVICE, CHARGING INFORMATION CREATING PROGRAM, CONSIDERATION INFORMATION CREATING DEVICE, AND CONSIDERATION INFORMATION CREATING PROGRAM

摘要

Providing a charging information generating apparatus, a charging information generating process program, a consideration information generating apparatus, a consideration information generating process program, and the like capable of generating reliable and certain charging information or consideration information more efficiently.A charging information generating apparatus in an information distribution system having a plurality of nodes connected to each other via a network, in which a plurality of pieces of distribution information are dispersed and stored in the plurality of nodes, a plurality of pieces of location information indicative of the locations of the distribution information pieces and each existing for each of the distribution information are dispersed and stored in the plurality of nodes, and in the case where a first node receives the location information indicative of the location of one piece of the distribution information from a second node and receives the one piece of the distribution information from a third node on the basis of the location information, a log of transmission/reception of the one piece of the distribution information or the location information corresponding to the one piece of the distribution information is recorded in at least two nodes out of the first, second, and third nodes. The apparatus includes: a log obtaining means for obtaining the log recorded in at least two nodes out of the first, second, and third nodes; a log consistency determining means for determining consistency of the at least two logs obtained; and a charging information generating means, when it is determined that the logs have consistency, for generating charging information to the user of the first node.