Electronic money system and electronic money terminal
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1. An electronic money system comprising:
- an electronic money terminal for updating the amount of electronic money in a portable electronic device that stores a value of the electronic money, said electronic money terminal comprising recording means for recording the updating of the electronic money; and
a management section to which an update record for the updating of the amount of the electronic money is communicated through a communication line;
wherein said electronic money terminal further comprises;
communicating means for batch communicating a plurality of update records recorded in said recording means to said management section; and
terminating means for terminating the communication to said management section indistinguishably from a case in which the communication to said management section is completed within a predetermined period when the communication is not completed within the predetermined period.
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Abstract
An electronic money system terminates communication to a management center indistinguishably from a case in which the communication to the management center is completed within a predetermined period when it is impossible to complete the communication to the management center within the predetermined period. By switching an operation mode, a predetermined portable terminal is used instead of a communication line to upload and download data. When it is impossible to obtain data required for processing through the communication line, processing is performed based on data possessed up until that time.
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22 Claims
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1. An electronic money system comprising:
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an electronic money terminal for updating the amount of electronic money in a portable electronic device that stores a value of the electronic money, said electronic money terminal comprising recording means for recording the updating of the electronic money; and
a management section to which an update record for the updating of the amount of the electronic money is communicated through a communication line;
wherein said electronic money terminal further comprises;
communicating means for batch communicating a plurality of update records recorded in said recording means to said management section; and
terminating means for terminating the communication to said management section indistinguishably from a case in which the communication to said management section is completed within a predetermined period when the communication is not completed within the predetermined period.
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2. An electronic money transaction processing method comprising:
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a recording step of recording the updating of the amount of electronic money in a recording unit of an electronic money terminal;
a communicating step of batch communicating a plurality of update records recorded in said recording unit to a management section through a communication line; and
a terminating step of terminating the communication to said management section indistinguishably from a case in which the communication is completed within a predetermined period when the communication to said management section is not completed within the predetermined period. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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5. An electronic money terminal comprising:
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updating means for updating the amount of electronic money recorded in a portable electronic device;
communicating means for communicating the updating of the amount of the electronic money to a management section through a communication line; and
switching means for switching between the communication of the updating of the amount of the electronic money through the communication line and the recording of the updating of the electronic money in a portable electronic money terminal.
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6. An electronic money terminal comprising:
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updating means for updating the amount of electronic money recorded in a portable electronic device;
communicating means for communicating the updating of the amount of the electronic money to a management section through a communication line;
obtaining means for obtaining, through the communication line, at least the data required for electronic money processing; and
switching means for switching between the obtaining of the data through the communication line and the obtaining of the data required for electronic money processing using a portable electronic money terminal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. An electronic money transaction processing method comprising:
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a determining step of comparing a payment amount with the amount of credited electronic money and determining whether the amount of the credited electronic money is sufficient to pay the payment amount; and
a menu providing step of providing, when it is determined in said determining step that the payment amount exceeds the credited amount, a menu allowing execution and cancellation of the payment transaction using the electronic money.
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10. An electronic money transaction processing method comprising:
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a determining step of comparing a payment amount with the amount of credited electronic money and determining whether the amount of the credited electronic money is sufficient to pay the payment amount;
a setting step of setting, when it is determined in said determining step that the payment amount exceeds the credited amount, an amount to be paid using the electronic money in accordance with payment terms; and
an updating step of subtracting the amount to be paid using the electronic money, which has been set in said setting step, from the credited amount. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. An electronic money transaction processing method comprising:
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a first instructing step of instructing a portable electronic device that stores a value of electronic money to update the amount of the electronic money; and
a communicating step of communicating, in response to communication from said portable electronic device that the updating is completed, the updating of the electronic money to a management section for managing the updating of the electronic money. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. An electronic money transaction processing method comprising:
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an updating step of updating the amount of electronic money stored in a portable electronic device that stores a value of the electronic money;
a communicating step of communicating the updating of the electronic money to a management section; and
a canceling step of canceling, by a predetermined operation, the updating of the amount of the electronic money and the communication of the updating of the electronic money to said management section. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An electronic money transaction processing method comprising:
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an updating step of subtracting part of a payment amount from a portable electronic device that stores a value of electronic money and updating the amount of the electronic money stored in said portable electronic device; and
a communicating step of communicating the partially-paid amount to an external unit or subtracting the amount partially paid using the electronic money from the payment amount and communicating the outstanding amount to the external unit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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