Patent ID: 7106471

Claim:
An information distribution system including a distribution server which distributes predetermined distribution information, and a distribution terminal which receives the distribution information distributed from the distribution server and outputs the distribution information from user interface means in a predetermined output form, wherein the distribution information includes an object information element which is an object of the distribution and an objective of the output, and a control information element which controls the user interface means so as to return response information to the distribution server, the response information being generated by a user in response to the distributed object information element that corresponds to an advertisement with a questionnaire, and the distribution terminal includes user interface control means for controlling the user interface means in accordance with a content of the control information element so as to return the response information to the distribution server, and medium output means for outputting the object information element of the received distribution information in the form of recording on a predetermined recording medium, wherein the distribution terminal includes medium consumption amount monitoring means for monitoring consumption amount of the recording medium consumed for recording of the object information element so as to inform the distribution server of consumption amount information indicative of the consumption amount, and wherein the consumption amount of the recording medium as monitored by the medium consumption amount monitoring mean corresponds to only prints and outputs of an advertisement with a questionnaire and not any other types of prints and outputs.