Patent ID: 7464135

Claim:
A point management server, wherein a user can gain rewards by downloading software from a contents server via an information network from a communication terminal, the point management server comprising: a transmission/reception means for receiving a download request of a user from said communication terminal; a download authorization means for authorizing a download from said contents server to said communication terminal; a point addition means for adding points if said communication terminal has completed the download; a point management means for managing the points added by said point addition means and a number of times of use of the contents server by the user; and a log creation means for creating information of the user from the download request received from said communication terminal, wherein said point addition means determines a number of additional points gained by the user on the basis of the information of the user obtained by said log creation means, with reference to a point addition classification table which has a number of points registered according to a time of day, and wherein the number of points registered in said point addition classification table is changed by a service provider according to a type of said communication terminal.