Relay server, relaying method and payment system
First Claim
1. A relay server to be installed in a payment system made up of a user terminal being able to be connected to a network and used to take a payment procedure for a transaction on said network between a shop and a user using said shop, a shop server connected to said network and used to produce payment information including amounts to be paid by said user in said transaction, a payment server connected to said network and used to perform payment processing for said transaction between said user and said shop and a wallet server connected to said network and having authentication information of said user required for said payment processing to be performed by said payment server and making a request of said payment server through said shop for said payment processing, wherein said relay server comprises a redirecting section which transfers, when having received procedure requesting information to prompt said shop to take said payment procedure from said user terminal, said procedure requesting information to said shop server and, when having received said payment information from said shop server having acquired said procedure requesting information, transfers said payment information to said wallet server.
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Abstract
A relay server to be installed in a payment system which is suitably used in a specially designed terminal having limited communication functions such as a portable telephone.
The relay server is provided in the payment system including a user terminal to take payment procedures through a network, a shop server to produce payment information containing amounts to be paid by a user, a payment server to perform payment processing through the network and a wallet server to maintain authentication information of the user and to request the payment server to take payment procedures. The relay server has a redirecting section used to transfer, when receiving procedure request information from the terminal, the information to the shop server and, when receiving the payment information from the shop server having acquired the request information, to transfer the payment information to the wallet server.
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16 Claims
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1. A relay server to be installed in a payment system made up of a user terminal being able to be connected to a network and used to take a payment procedure for a transaction on said network between a shop and a user using said shop, a shop server connected to said network and used to produce payment information including amounts to be paid by said user in said transaction, a payment server connected to said network and used to perform payment processing for said transaction between said user and said shop and a wallet server connected to said network and having authentication information of said user required for said payment processing to be performed by said payment server and making a request of said payment server through said shop for said payment processing,
wherein said relay server comprises a redirecting section which transfers, when having received procedure requesting information to prompt said shop to take said payment procedure from said user terminal, said procedure requesting information to said shop server and, when having received said payment information from said shop server having acquired said procedure requesting information, transfers said payment information to said wallet server.
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15. A method for relaying communication between a user terminal and a wallet server which is employed in a payment system made up of a user terminal being able to be connected to a network and used to take a payment procedure for a transaction on said network between a shop and a user using said shop, a shop server connected to said network and used to produce payment information including amounts to be paid by said user in said transaction, a payment server connected to said network and used to perform payment processing for said transaction between said user and said shop and a wallet server connected to said network and having authentication information of said user required for said payment processing to be performed by said payment server and making a request of said payment server through said shop for said payment processing, and
wherein said method for relaying comprises a step of transferring said payment information transmitted from said shop server to said wallet server and a step of transferring payment processing request transmitted from said user terminal to make a request of said payment server for said payment processing to said wallet server.
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16. A payment system comprising:
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a user terminal being able to be connected to a network and used to take a payment procedure for a transaction on said network between a shop and a user using said shop;
a shop server connected to said network and used to produce payment information including amounts to be paid by said user in said transaction;
a payment server connected to said network and used to perform payment processing for said transaction between said user and said shop;
a wallet server connected to said network and having authentication information of said user required for said payment processing to be performed by said payment server and making a request of said payment server through said shop for said payment processing; and
a redirecting section used to transfer, when said payment information is received from said shop server, said payment information to said wallet server and, when a payment processing request to make a request of said payment server for said payment processing is received from said user terminal, said request to said wallet server.
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