Patent ID: 7711776

Claim:
A data distributing system for transmitting and receiving data between a terminal device and a server via a network, comprising: said server that is configured to: store, for content data, additional data created by at least one user for modifying at least one audio or video characteristic of the content data or new content data obtained as a result of the modification by the at least one user of the content data; and in response to download and/or stream reproduction of said additional data or said new content data from said server by said terminal device, execute settlement processing and/or value point granting processing with respect to said additional data or said new content data; and the terminal device that is configured to: after the settlement processing and/or value point granting processing is executed and the terminal device receives said additional data created by the at least one user or said new content data obtained as a result of the modification by the at least one user of the content data, receive user input from at least one second user to create second additional data for modifying the content data or to create second new content data by modifying the new content data; and transmit the second additional data or the second new content data to the server.