Patent ID: 9092809
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A sales system comprising: a sales management device having a processor; and a license management device, wherein the sales management device includes a sales information communication unit configured to communicate, using the processor, when a non-transitory recording medium on which a digital content is recorded has been sold from a final seller to an end user at a store through a distribution channel of the recording media, to the license management device the sales information indicating that the recording medium has been sold at the store and a user ID and the license management device associates the user ID with a unique secret ID, wherein the recording medium is encoded with an open ID and the unique secret ID, the secret ID not viewable by the end user; and wherein, upon the end user placing the recording medium in a user device, the user device transmits the user ID, the open ID, and the secret ID to the license management device, wherein the license management device includes a license provision unit configured to provide, on condition that the received user ID and the secret ID match the associated user ID and the secret ID, a license for enabling the use of the digital content contained on the tangible non-transitory recording medium on the user device of the end user, and wherein the sales management device further includes a money transfer support unit configured to support transferring, using the processor, part of the sales price to an intermediate seller involving the distribution of the recording medium when the non-transitory recording medium has been sold to the end user.