Patent ID: 7611053
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A ticket issuing system issuing an electronic ticket for digital content to a user system attempting to utilize the digital content by means of the electronic ticket, comprising: a receiver that receives a request to issue a first electronic ticket for the digital content from the user system attempting to utilize the digital content using the first electronic ticket; a storage that stores a correspondence relationship between the digital content and a second electronic ticket necessary for issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content; and an issuance controller that controls issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content to the user system according to the request, and issues the first electronic ticket if the user system retains the second electronic ticket, identified by the correspondence relationship stored in the storage, necessary for issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content.