Patent ID: 7913276

Claim:
A data-providing system comprising: a first data-transmitting unit configured to transmit a continuous stream of content data that includes multimedia content groups having program data and auxiliary data items including pricing, equivalent conditions and available cue positions in a time-code of the program data; a control unit configured to assemble new data in accordance with the pricing, equivalent conditions, available cue positions, user profile data, and data items obtained by dividing the program data; a second data-transmitting unit configured to select the auxiliary data items to be inserted into the program data in accordance with the new data, and configured to transmit another continuous stream of content data that includes multimedia content groups having the program data and the selected auxiliary data items; and a charge-settling unit configured to tabulate and transmit charge-settlement data, and configured to tabulate and transmit a plurality of payment shares to be paid to content suppliers, the charge-settlement data and payment shares being based on the program data transmitted and the auxiliary data selected.