Patent ID: 7610392

Claim:
A computer system comprising: a plurality of user computers each capable of being loaded with a recording medium having a unique recording medium ID; a verification server connected with the user computers via a network, the verification server including a user database provided with the unique recording medium IDs; and at least one content server connected to the verification server via a network and having a content database associated therewith; wherein the verification server is programmed to: require the recording medium ID from the user computers when the user computers request data associated with a desired content server and for verifying the request based on information recorded in the user database; establish communications between the user computers and the desired content server when the request is verified; request user status information from the user computers representing data of partway-through games and data stored in at least one of the recording medium and the user computer from the user computers and for transmitting the user status information to the desired content server; and receive information corresponding to the user status information from the content database of the desired content server and for transmitting content information from the desired content server to the user computers to thereby provide the content requested by the user computers and upgrading or debugging programs based on the user status information of individual user computers.