Patent ID: 6552254
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: G06Q,G10H

Abstract:
A contents supply method by which regular contents and sample contents are supplied from a server to a client via a communication network, the regular contents comprising data of a music piece in reproducible form, the sample contents comprising data of part of the music piece in reproducible form, said contents supply method comprising:a first step of causing said server to prompt a user of said client to select the music piece reproducible on the basis of the regular contents or the sample contents and to make a request for supply of the regular contents or the sample contents; a second step of causing said server to receive the request for supply of the regular contents or the sample contents of the music piece selected by the user which is transmitted to said server by said client in response to prompting via said first step; and a third step of causing said server to transmit the sample contents to said client if said second step has received the request for supply of the sample contents, or transmitting the regular contents to said client if said second step has received the request for supply of the regular contents; wherein the regular contents transmitted to said client via said third step are transmitted by said server along with additional information unique to the regular contents via a communication line; and wherein the sample contents transmitted to said client via said third step are transmitted by said server without the additional information via the communication line.