Patent ID: 9720641
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04H

Claim:
1. A playback management device for managing playback of digital contents by a user who operates a user terminal device connected via a communication network and is provided with the digital contents, comprising: a ticket providing unit configured to provide a virtual ticket to the user in response to a predetermined action by the user, the virtual ticket being required for a single playback of a digital content selected from among the digital contents; an information storage unit configured to store the number of the virtual tickets possessed by the user in association with the user; a playback transmission unit configured to, in response to a playback request of a first digital content selected from among the digital contents by the user, transmit the first digital content to the user terminal device which the user operates, and cause the user terminal device to play the first digital content, the playback request being made through a predetermined screen where at least the number of the virtual tickets possessed by the user is shown; and a possession status update unit configured to reduce the number of the virtual tickets possessed by the user who performed the playback request stored in the information storage unit by one in response to transmission of the first digital content, wherein the playback transmission unit is configured to, in response to a playback request of a second digital content selected from among the digital contents by the user, transmit the second digital content to the user terminal device which the user operates and cause the user terminal device to play the second digital content, the second digital content is identical or different to the first content, the playback request of the second digital content is made through the predetermined screen, and the possession status update unit is configured to further reduce the number of the virtual tickets possessed by the user who performed the playback request stored in the information storage unit by one in response to transmission of the second digital content, and wherein the predetermined action by the user comprises performance, via the communication network, of at least one of a purchase request of the virtual ticket, an input of a comment on the digital content, and an input of recommendation information of the digital content.