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Electronic account settlement apparatus electronic settlement method, storage medium and computer data signal

  • US 20020052846A1
  • Filed: 10/18/2001
  • Published: 05/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An electronic settlement apparatus comprising memory for storing first point data representing points given to a first user onto a storage area of said memory and a processor, wherein said processor obtains, from an outer section, transferor specification data that specifies said first user, transferee specification data that specifies a second user, and transfer amount data representing points to be transferred to said second user from said first user;

  • updates said first point data stored in said memory in such a way that the points given to said first user specified by said obtained transferor specification data are reduced by an amount corresponding to the points shown by said obtained transfer amount data;

    generates second point data representing that the points shown by said obtained transfer amount data are given to said second user and invalidation data representing that the points shown by the corresponding second point data are prohibited from being transferred so as to store the corresponding second point data and the corresponding invalidation data onto the storage area of said memory to be associated with each other;

    generates validation data to cancel the prohibition of the transfer of points shown by the second point data associated with said invalidation data so as to supply said generated validation data to a supply source of said transferor specification data; and

    changes or erases said invalidation data when said validation data supplied to the outer section is supplied to the processor, whereby canceling the prohibition of the transfer of points shown by said invalidation data.

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