Information providing system

A server 2 scrambles received pay information in an internal scrambler 23 and then transmits the result to a terminal 3 which sent a request. A second charge managing portion 223 determines charge for the pay information for billing a contractor who manages the server 2, based on a coefficient of charge outputted from a terminal managing portion 25. The coefficient of charge is determined based on attributes of the terminal which uses pay information, the number of the terminals which use the pay information, attributes of users who use the terminals, etc. The charge of use can thereby be obtained according to a degree of actual use at a users' side.