Patent ID: 6687706
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A content providing system comprising a content provider server connected between a network and a provider terminal, and user terminals connected to said network, wherein said content provider server comprises:a content managing table for storing contents along with content titles in correspondence with management identification numbers; a content managing section for managing said content managing table; a user information managing table for storing status keys showing access statuses of said content titles stored in said content managing table accessed by said user terminals in correspondence with user identification numbers thereof; a user information managing section for managing said user information managing table so as to set a respective one of said status keys when one of said user terminals accesses one said content titles stored in said content managing table; and a content displaying section for displaying a content title list on the display unit of said one of said user terminals in accordance with the status keys belonging to the user identification number of said one of said user terminals.