CONTENTS SELLING INTERMEDIATION SYSTEM, CONTENTS SELLING INTERMEDIARY SERVER AND CONTENTS SELLING INTERMEDIATION METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a contents selling intermediation system, a contents selling intermediary server and a contents selling intermediation method capable of reducing the number of processes to be performed between a customer's terminal and the contents selling intermediary server when the customer purchases contents through a communication line such as the Internet.;SOLUTION: The contents selling intermediary server 3 stores the settlement means of a customer to be made correspond to the identification number of the customer's terminal, and authenticates the validity of a portable telephone set 1 on a condition that an identification number supplied form the portable telephone set 1 is matched with the stored identification number. Also, the contents selling intermediary server 3 specifies the settlement means for settling the price of the contents purchased by the customer based on the identification number used for other authentication, and acts the price settlement of the contents provided by a contents selling server group 4.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2002,JPO