Patent ID: 8447698

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: a terminal apparatus including a first storage device; a distribution apparatus including a second storage device that stores a plurality of pieces of content information, and including a terminal authentication device; a direct local wired connector that interconnects said terminal apparatus and said distribution apparatus; a storage control device that places a content ID stored in said second storage device into purchase information managed for the terminal apparatus and stored in said second storage device after content information associated with said content ID has been selected in response to a request from said terminal apparatus after said terminal apparatus has been authenticated; an access controller that controls access to said content information corresponding to said content ID stored in said second storage device in response to said purchase information, said access controller recording a granting of an access right to the terminal apparatus even if said content information is not successfully transferred to said terminal apparatus; and an accounting setting device that sets an amount of a fee to be imposed on said terminal apparatus in response to said purchase information, wherein said account setting device does not set said amount of said fee to be imposed on said terminal apparatus until after said content information associated with the content ID has been transferred to said terminal apparatus.