Electronic commerce system and method for providing commercial information in electronic commerce system
First Claim
1. In an electronic commerce system having a transaction device, a business connection server for performing a transaction with said transaction device, and a network for connecting said transaction device to said business connection server so that a commercial transaction is performed between said transaction device and said business connection server through said network, an information providing method for providing information concerning a predetermined commodity to a user operating said transaction device, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) making said transaction device accept a portable information recording medium possessed by the user operating said transaction device;
(b) obtaining information concerning a business connection in a transaction between said transaction device and said business connection server through said network;
(c) determining whether the information concerning the business connection obtained in the step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance or not;
(d) obtaining history of information concerning transaction with respect to a business connection performed between said transaction device and said business connection and recording the obtained history into said portable information recording medium when the step (c) makes a determination that the information concerning the business connection obtained in the step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance;
(e) determining whether the history of information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies a predetermined condition; and
(f) providing information concerning said predetermined commodity when the step (e) makes a determination that the history of information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection satisfies the predetermined condition.
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Abstract
Log information concerning an electronic transaction performed between a transaction device and a business connection server through a network is compared with information concerning a predetermined business connection down-loaded from the server, and the log information is recorded in an IC card accepted by the transaction device when the log information is related to the information concerning a predetermined business connection. Predetermined commodity information is provided to a user in accordance with a request by the user of the IC card when the log information stored in the IC card satisfies a predetermined condition.
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23 Claims
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1. In an electronic commerce system having a transaction device, a business connection server for performing a transaction with said transaction device, and a network for connecting said transaction device to said business connection server so that a commercial transaction is performed between said transaction device and said business connection server through said network, an information providing method for providing information concerning a predetermined commodity to a user operating said transaction device, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) making said transaction device accept a portable information recording medium possessed by the user operating said transaction device;
(b) obtaining information concerning a business connection in a transaction between said transaction device and said business connection server through said network;
(c) determining whether the information concerning the business connection obtained in the step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance or not;
(d) obtaining history of information concerning transaction with respect to a business connection performed between said transaction device and said business connection and recording the obtained history into said portable information recording medium when the step (c) makes a determination that the information concerning the business connection obtained in the step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance;
(e) determining whether the history of information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies a predetermined condition; and
(f) providing information concerning said predetermined commodity when the step (e) makes a determination that the history of information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection satisfies the predetermined condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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17. An electronic commerce system comprising:
a transaction device;
a business connection server for performing a transaction with said transaction device; and
a network for connecting said transaction device to said business connection server so as to make it possible to perform a commercial transaction between said transaction device and said business connection server;
whereinsaid transaction device includes;
a reader/writer for accepting a portable information recording medium possessed by a user operating said transaction device to perform data transfer between said reader/writer and said recording medium;
a display unit for displaying scence information sent in through said network; and
a control unit which obtains business connection monitoring information having information concerning a business connection to be monitored, a commodity information providing condition used to be a reference for providing commodity information concerning a predetermined commodity, and information concerning a business connection of a transaction performed through said network, which determines whether the obtained information concerning the business connection is set in said business connection monitoring information or not and obtains history of the information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection performed between said business connection and said transaction device when said obtained information concerning said business connection is set in said business connection monitoring information and records said history in said portable information recording medium through said reader/writer, and which determines whether said history of the information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies said commodity information providing condition or not and displays the information concerning said predetermined commodity on said display unit when it is determined that said history of the information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection satisfies said commodity information providing condition.
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22. An electronic commerce system in which a commercial transaction is performed between a transaction device and a business connection server through a network, so that information concerning a predetermined commodity is provided to a user operating said transaction device, said transaction device comprising:
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a reader/writer for accepting a portable information recording medium possessed by a user operating said transaction device to perform data transfer between said reader/writer and said recording medium;
a display unit for displaying scence information sent in through said network; and
a control unit which obtains business connection monitoring information having information concerning a business connection to be monitored, a commodity information providing condition used to be a reference for providing commodity information concerning a predetermined commodity, and information concerning a business connection of a transaction performed through said network, which determines whether the obtained information concerning the business connection is set in said business connection monitoring information or not and obtains history of the information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection performed between said business connection and said transaction device when said obtained information concerning said business connection is set in said business connection monitoring information and records said history in said portable information recording medium through said reader/writer, and which determines whether said history of the information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies said commodity information providing condition or not and displays the information concerning said predetermined commodity on said display unit when it is determined that said history of the information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection satisfies said commodity information providing condition.
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23. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for performing a commercial transaction between a transaction device and a business connection server through a network and for providing information concerning a predetermined commodity to an user operating said transaction device;
the computer readable program code means in the computer program product comprising;
computer readable program code means for making said transaction device accept a portable information recording medium possessed by a user operating said transaction device;
computer readable program code means for obtaining information concerning a business connection of a transaction performed between said transaction device and said business connection server through said network;
computer readable program code means for determining whether the obtained information concerning the business connection is set as previously prepared business connection monitoring information or not;
computer readable program code means for obtaining history of the information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection performed between said business connection and said transaction device when it is determined that said obtained information concerning said business connection is set as said previously prepared business connection monitoring information and for recording said history in said portable information recording medium;
computer readable program code means for determining whether said history of the information concerning the-transaction with respect to the business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies a predetermined condition or not; and
computer readable program code means for providing information concerning said predetermined commodity when it is determined that said history of the information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection satisfies said predetermined condition.
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