Data delivery method and system therefor
US6018720A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0601
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A purchaser purchases a purchaser record medium, to which game software is rewritten or reloaded, at a shop. The purchaser writes data representing a predetermined amount of money to the purchaser record medium. At that time, the purchaser also writes purchaser inherent data to the purchaser record medium. When game software is requested from a computer of the shop, data recorded in the purchaser record medium is sent to software deliverers through communication networks, and is collated with past data recorded in computers. If matched, the game software is delivered from the software deliverer to the shop, and is then recorded in the purchase record medium. Simultaneously, additional data relating to the game software is recorded in the purchase record medium and in the computers of the software deliverers.
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