Patent ID: 7287157

Claim:
A digital content system comprising a client computer, a content server with which an ID of said client computer is registered, and a center server, wherein said content server includes: a first transmitting device for transmitting the ID of said client computer and encrypted address data indicating the address of said content server to said center server; and a second transmitting device for transmitting the encrypted address data to said client computer; said client computer includes a third transmitting device for transmitting the ID of said client computer and the encrypted address data, which has been transmitted from said second transmitting device of said content server, to said center server; and said center server includes: a first decrypting device for decrypting the encrypted address data that has been transmitted from said first transmitting device of said content server; a second decrypting device for decrypting the address data that has been transmitted from said third transmitting device of said client computer; a first determination device for determining whether the address data that has been decrypted by said first decrypting device and the address data that has been decrypted by said second decrypting device agree; a second determination device for determining whether the ID of said client computer that has been transmitted from said first transmitting device of the content server and ID of the client computer that has been transmitted from said third transmitting device of said client computer agree; and a fourth transmitting device for transmitting the address data that has been decrypted by at least one of said first and second decrypting devices to said client computer in response to a determination by both of said first and second determination devices that agreement has been obtained.