Communication system, communication method, server apparatus, and client apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7593902
APP PUB NO 20050060701A1
SERIAL NO

10918349

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The present invention is intended to lighten the user load for the distribution of content in an album form. In order to look at/listen to album content, a user executes album content purchase operation. In response to a request for the distribution of a first item of content, a content server sends the requested content to a terminal. After the distribution, the terminal acquires the license of the first item of content. The content and its license are bound each other in the terminal. The license server executes, on a charging and settlement server, the processing necessary for the charging and settlement of the fee of the purchased album content. In response, the charging and settlement server executes the charging and settlement processing. The subject of charging is not only the first item of content, but also all items of content packaged as album content. Subsequently, all items of content in the album are downloaded.

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  • SONY CORPORATION

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Murase, Yasuhiro Tokyo , JP 55 850

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