Patent ID: 7054839

Claim:
A digital content data distribution system for delivering and selling digital content data over a network to a user, the system comprising: means for computing a content fee per unit volume of said digital content data; means for computing a communication fee charged for the delivery of said digital content data over the network; means for integrating said content fee with said communication fee, wherein the integration of said content fee with said communication fee produces a total fee, said means for integrating configured to include the total fee in the digital content data; means for delivering said digital content data to the user over the network wherein said digital content data is reproduced by the user by removing said total fee from said delivered digital content data; and notification means for notifying a management unit of transmission information about said digital content data delivered by said delivery means, wherein said notification means notifies said management unit of, as transmission information about said digital content data delivered by said delivery means, at least one of said content be information, information for identifying a sender, information for identifying a recipient, and a data volume of said digital content data.