DIGITAL BROADCAST SHOPPING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: MONTA, HIROKI, KAWABATA, MINORU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.01.2008
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Provided is a digital broadcast shopping system which permits a party contributing to the digital broadcast shopping system to receive a consideration for its contribution to the digital broadcast shopping system. Thus is provided the digital broadcast shopping system wherein a receiver manufacturer can also receive a consideration for its contribution to the digital broadcast shopping system. The digital broadcast shopping system includes: a digital broadcast receiver operative to send out purchaser-issued information; a receiver manufacturer-side processor operative to receive the purchaser-issued information and to send out billing information on a receiver usage charge; and a product distributor-side processor operative to receive the purchaser-issued information and the billing information on the receiver usage charge and to perform a payment procedure for the receiver usage charge.