Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for efficiently downloading music data of one or more pieces of music included in the latest hit chart to a user in transparent form. SOLUTION: This method downloads music data of one or more pieces of music included in the latest hit chart from a server stored with many pieces of music data at a user's request and includes a step for checking whether or not the music data to be downloaded from the server are already stored on a terminal of the user and a step for downloading only the music data which are not stored on the terminal from the server to the terminal.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for easily registering the user of a product. SOLUTION: On a maker side, removable memory M in which prescribed information such as user information is written is issued to the user. Thereafter, when the user purchases the electric appliance 100 of the maker, the removable memory M is mounted on the electric appliance 100 and information regarding the electric appliance 100 is written in the removable memory M. Then, by transferring the information written in the removable memory M to the maker side by using a portable telephone terminal 40 or a home gateway, user registration is performed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for delivering merchandise allowing a consumer to receive merchandise delivery service at a lower price. SOLUTION: Consumers 101-104 request a delivery agent 106 to regularly deliver merchandise at a designated interval with using the Internet 105. The consumer 101-104 can suitably change the interval of delivery of merchandise with using the Internet 105. Delivery of merchandise is done with using a home delivery service and the price of merchandise is lowered by limiting delivery unit. The consumer 101-104 can purchase the merchandise of quantity meeting own consuming amount by adjusting delivery interval.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gateway service system, an equipment service system, a data management server, and a home gateway system capable of enhancing convenience for users. SOLUTION: A gateway service provider 20 obtains and stocks personal data about a user 10 and the apparatus data of apparatuses owned by the user 10 at the registration of a home gateway 11. The gateway service provider 20 provides the information or service based on the information for the client company 40A to receive a value from a client company 40A. The client company 40 or the like can provide commodities, contents, and services for the user 10.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the success rate of tracking a product to be recalled, etc., when the product serial number of a defective product and defective parts or processes are found. SOLUTION: A process definition DB 20 that defines the correspondence between processes and parts used in the processes, a TP (Traced Parts) history DB 40 that stores the correspondence between the product serial number of the product and the TP-IDs of the TP used in the product, and a process management DB 50 that stores for each process the TP-IDs of the TP passing through the process and the time of the passing are prepared. A tracing engine 10 refers to the process definition DB 20 to specify the process in which defective parts were used; refers to the TP history DB 40 to determine the time when the TP used in the product of concern passed through the process; refers to the process management DB 50 to specify the TP-ID of another TP that passed through the process during a time slot under the same circumstances as when the former TP passed through the process; and refers to the TP history DB 40 to determine the product serial number of the product in which the TPs are used. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for distributing merchandise and a computer-readable storage medium on which a program for performing a merchandise distribution method is recorded. SOLUTION: This merchandise buying system via a network includes a server 2 connected to the network 1, a database 5 which is included in the server 2 and stores order table data in each user, a means that is connected to the network 1 and updates the order table data via the network 1, a means for preventing the order table data from being updated after a prescribed date is passed, a means for integrating the quantity of the ordered merchandise of the order table data of all users in each type of the ordered merchandise, when the prescribed date is passed and makes the quantity to be accumulated data, and a means for determining the order table data and the accumulated data of each user to be order data, when the prescribed date is passed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To copy data and the image of the original, which are inputted by image scanning on paper, and to transmit them to a network by using a copying machine for storing the image information on a page by associating it with page identification information, taking out image information corresponding to page identification information from a storage part and copying or printing information on paper. SOLUTION: In a digital composite machine 1, master form printing is to allocate page ID peculiar to the page becoming a master form, to execute page printing with a graphic code showing page ID and to store printing data of the page by associating it with a given page ID. Since the graphic code showing page ID is printed in a prescribed part on paper which is master form- printed, original printing data can be taken out by recognizing the graphic code showing page ID from the scanned data of the master form.