Patent ID: 6999190
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A printing system for printing information received by a user via the Internet, comprising: an information sending apparatus operable to provide information via the Internet; a terminal unit for receiving said information provided by said information sending apparatus and operable to print said information with a printer; and a printing managing apparatus operable to obtain a printing cost for printing said information by said printer and to compensate a user for said printing cost, said printing managing apparatus compensating a user for said printing cost by charging said printing cost to said information sending apparatus, and said printing managing apparatus charging said printing cost to said information sending apparatus by means of a point having substantially the same value as said printing cost, said point being usable on the Internet; wherein said printing managing apparatus comprising: a statistics database for storing the number of printing request of said information form said terminal unit and the number of purchases of advertised objects by said information.