Patent ID: 7366687

Claim:
A contribution processing device comprising: a registering unit configured to register user information of a content provider with a user information database, the information including at least information of a credit card of the content provider; authenticating unit configured to authenticate said user information; a receiving unit configured to receive, when said authenticating unit authenticates said user information, personal content data which were personally created by said content provider and display data for displaying a user contribution icon including a contribution button configured to be selected to indicate that a contribution is to be given to the content provider of the personal content data associated with said user contribution icon and given in consideration for sharing by the content provider of the personal content data over a network from a predetermined server; a display control unit configured to control a display screen, said display screen configured to display the contribution icon and the personal content data, simultaneously; a contribution acceptance unit configured to provide an indication of an acceptance of the contribution from a registered user without a subsequent request for information regarding how payment is going to be made; a contribution data creating unit configured to create contribution data that corresponds to a given amount of the contribution after the contribution icon is selected on said content display screen; and a transmitting unit configured to instruct a credit card company of said credit card of said content provider to make a settlement based on said contribution data created by said contribution data creating unit.