Patent ID: 6938098

Claim:
A network system which comprises a server, and a plurality of terminals connected to said server via a network, and is configured to provide a predetermined service to said terminals via said network from said server, wherein, said server comprises: request receiving means for receiving a request for the service transmitted by each of said plurality of terminals via said network; information transmitting means for transmitting information corresponding to the service to be provided to each terminal which has transmitted the request for the service received by said request receiving means via said network; incentive offering means, responsive to the reception of said request, for offering a predetermined incentive to each terminal which has transmitted the request for the service received by said request receiving means; requests count means for counting the number of said terminals each of which has transmitted the request for the service received by said request receiving means; and incentive modifying means for modifying a content of the incentive to be offered by said incentive offering means in accordance with the number of said terminals counted by said requests count means, each of said terminals comprises: request transmission means for transmitting the request for the service to said server for providing the service via said network; and information receiving means for receiving the information corresponding to the service to be provided, which is transmitted by said information transmission means via said network.