Patent ID: 6671675
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A checking device included in an accounting device in a client workstation which is used for a user to use information provided via a network by an information provider, said checking device comprising:reception means for receiving the information via the network from the information provider, the information being received in response to a request from the client workstation to the information provider to receive the information, wherein the information received from the information provider includes first data regarding fee information associated with each respective content of the information and second data regarding fee information associated with each respective type of coding process performed in generating the content of the information; input means for inputting third data indicative of money information; and checking means for checking a permission and an inhibition of use of the information received from the information provider according to said first data and said second data received by said reception means and said third data input by said input means, the checking being performed after the reception means receives the information from the information provider.