Patent ID: 7593902

Claim:
A communication system comprising: a plurality of server apparatuses programmed to download data to client apparatuses; and a client apparatus interconnected via a network with the plurality of server apparatuses, wherein said client apparatus is programmed to transmit a purchase request for purchasing a content album, said content album including a plurality of content items, said content items being associated with a plurality of license files, wherein each license file includes a unique identifier, a first server apparatus is programmed as a content server to download to said client apparatus in response to the purchase request a first content item, a second server apparatus is programmed as a license server to download to said client apparatus in response to the purchase request a corresponding first license file associated with the first content item, the second server further programmed to execute a charging processing to create charging information, the charging information including a fee associated with all said content items, a third server apparatus is programmed to execute a charging processing as a charging and settlement server to charge the fee for said client apparatus, said third server apparatus executing the charging processing subsequent to the first server downloading to said client apparatus the first content item and the second server downloading to said client apparatus the corresponding first license file, said client apparatus is procirammed to sequentially download a remainder of said plurality of content items and associated license files in response to the third server charging the fee for all of said content items, and said client apparatus is programmed to store the downloaded content items and the downloaded license files and binding each content item to respective corresponding license file.