Patent ID: 7197532

Claim:
An electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method comprising: generating by a server an electronic leaflet by making contents data related to leaflets concerning a plurality of educational organizations into an electronic information through designation of various kinds of selection items set in a web site of the server; organizing said generated electronic leaflet into a predetermined layered structure; storing said structured electronic leaflet in a database; selecting from the database at least one electronic leaflet optimum for various conditions presented by a user; transmitting by the server via an internet to the user the selected electronic leaflet; presenting the selected electronic leaflet on a client terminal to the user; and automatically reproducing on the client terminal the contents contained in a sub-menu prepared in advance in the selected electronic leaflet in response to a request from the user; charging the educational organization according to volume of data at new registration or updating of contents data of an electronic leaflet conducted during the generation of the leaflet, wherein the sub-menu promotes understanding of the contents in the selected electronic leaflet, and at least one optimum electronic leaflet is selected from electronic leaflets according to various conditions provided by the user, where the user specifies the various conditions via selecting various kinds of items related to icons on the web site of said servers, wherein the organizing of said electronic leaflet into the predetermined layered structure comprises generating menu options for the generated electronic leaflet and grouping contents data of the generated leaflet into a respective menu option.