Patent ID: 7239873

Claim:
A shared information system for sharing and inheriting information among information terminals, comprising: a device having an interface for communicating various types of information with an information provider, receiving contents specified by the information provider through the interface and information about use of the contents, and storing the contents and the information; a device having an interface for communicating various types of information about an information terminal of a service requester (owner) and an information terminal to be registered for the service requester sharing and inheriting information, receiving a service request, etc. of the service requester through the interface, and storing the information and the service request; a device receiving and storing information specified by the service requester and a condition of information distribution, etc., and a device calculating simplification of a condition of information distribution; and a device receiving and storing information required to make a payment among the information provider, the service requester, and a network operator, performing a settlement between entrepreneurs process, and a device notifying the information provider, the service requester, and the network operator of a payment result.