Patent ID: 6493763
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A terminal device for use by an information provider to provide information, comprising:(a) first receiving means for receiving a request from an information receiver for the information provider to provide the information to the information receiver, the request including a request that additional information different from the requested information be provided together with the information, wherein the additional information is provided by a sponsor; (b) receiving means for receiving the additional information from the sponsor; (c) transmitting means for transmitting the requested information and the additional information to the information receiver; (d) control means for controlling insertion of the additional information within the information transmitted by the transmitting means; and (e) accounting means for charging said sponsor corresponding to insertion of the additional information by the control means, wherein said sponsor sets a limit of a charge that said accounting means can charge to the sponsor for the additional information regardless of a number of times the additional information is inserted in the information by the control means.