Method of and apparatus for practicing religious faith through the world wide web via purchase of copies of proprietary religious audio and visual works and merchandise

摘要

A computer network system within a virtual environment for delivery of religious works of authorship to subscribing members of a church in exchange for payment includes a number of computers which are networked to each other in a hierarchy to function as a single unit, the hierarchy including a first tier including at least one parent computer performing subscribing member billing tasks and synchronizing and delegating tasks among the number of computers, a second tier including at least one server computer allocating network resources to maximize bandwidth and direct selected works to subscribing members requesting the works; and a third tier including a number of subscribing member computers, each subscribing member computer having system programming containing individual subscribing member identification program and work accessing program. The work accessing program preferably includes a virtual reality representation of a site and an interactive accessing procedure. The site is optionally a house of worship. The interactive accessing procedure preferably includes interacting with one of: a virtual priest and a virtual representation of Our Lord Jesus Christ.