Patent ID: 9313264
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system connected via a communication network to a plurality of terminals operated by a plurality of users, the plurality of terminals including a first terminal operated by a first user and a second terminal operated by a second user, the system being capable of providing a set of one or more digital contents to the first user, the system comprising: an information storage device configured to store at least first use history information indicating a history of reproducing the set of the one or more digital contents on the first terminal by the first user and to store at least second use history information indicating a history of reproducing the set of the one or more digital contents on the second terminal by the second user; and one or more processors capable of executing a particular program, wherein the particular program comprises: a use history information sending module configured to send, in response to a request from the first terminal, the first use history information to the first terminal; a posting information reception module configured to receive, from the first terminal, posting information that includes content specifying information specifying one or more selected digital contents, the one or more selected digital contents being selected by the first user from the set of the one or more digital contents reproduced by the first user on the first terminal as indicated by the first use history information; a posting information registration module configured to store the received posting information in the information storage device; and a posting information sending module configured to send, in response to a request from the second terminal, the posting information stored in the information storage device to the second terminal for presentation to the second user, wherein the second user is determined to be a fan of an artist for the one or more selected digital contents by virtue of the second user has reproduced digital contents of the artist for more than a predetermined number of times.