Patent ID: 7346544
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A site computer connected through a network to a first vendor computer of a first vendor, a second vendor computer of a second vendor and a user computer used by a general user, the site computer comprising said site computer comprising a processor, said processor comprising a transmitting section for transmitting item list information for displaying an item list on one screen to the user computer, wherein the item list information shows at least one first item dealt by the first vendor, the first vendor belonging to a first country, and the name of the first country, and at least one second item dealt by the second vendor, the second vendor belonging to a second country different than the first country, and the name of the second country, the first and second items being copyrighted, whereby the user computer displays an item list based on the item list information; and a receiving section for receiving, from the user computer, simultaneous designation of the first and second items displayed on the item list and dealt by the first and second vendors; a second transmitting section for instructing a first vendor computer to send out the first item and a second vendor computer to send out the second item based on the simultaneous designation of the first and second items, whereby the first vendor computer communicates with a computer belonging to a first trustee of a copyright relating to the first item to execute the procedure for payment of a royalty, the first trustee of the copyright belonging to the first country, and the second vendor computer communicates with a computer belonging to a second trustee of a copyright relating to the second item to execute the procedure for payment of a royalty, the second trustee of the copyright belonging to the second country.