Patent ID: 7246377

Claim:
A security information mediation apparatus connected between a first terminal at an information contributor and a second terminal at an information recipient, the security information mediation apparatus comprising: a first receiving unit which receives security information from the first terminal, the security information comprising information regarding a design error or bug in a computer program; a first registering unit which registers the security information in a first database; a first transfer unit which receives the security information from the first registering unit and transfers the security information registered by the first registering unit to the second terminal for the information recipient to judge usefulness of the security information; a second receiving unit which receives at least reply information including the usefulness of the security information corresponding to the security information from the second terminal; a second registering unit which registers at least the reply information in a second database; and a second transfer unit which receives at least the reply information from the second registering unit and transfers the reply information to the first terminal, wherein when the information recipient finds that the security information has usefulness, the second receiving unit receives payment information on an information presentation fee to be paid to the information contributor from the second terminal, the second registering unit registers the payment information together with the reply information, and the second transfer unit transfers the payment information together with the reply information to the first terminal.