Transaction information management system, transcaction information anonymizing server, and transaction information management method
First Claim
1. A system for managing transaction information about a commercial transaction made between a purchaser and a merchant, said system comprising:
- obtaining means, provided at said merchant, for obtaining said transaction information;
anonymizing means for generating anonymous transaction information according to said transaction information which has been obtained by said obtaining means, said anonymous transaction information being adapted to protect said purchaser'"'"'s privacy and anonymity; and
storage means for storing said anonymous transaction information which has been generated by said anonymizing means.
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Abstract
A technique is provided for making a good use of the market values of purchase information while guaranteeing customers'"'"' privacy. The system includes: obtaining means, provided at a merchant, for obtaining transaction information; anonymizing means for generating anonymous transaction information that never reveals customers'"'"' identities, according to the transaction information, which has been obtained by the obtaining means; and storage means for storing the anonymous transaction information, which has been generated by the anonymizing means. The present technique is applicable to an electronic payment system employing SET.
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50 Claims
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1. A system for managing transaction information about a commercial transaction made between a purchaser and a merchant, said system comprising:
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obtaining means, provided at said merchant, for obtaining said transaction information;
anonymizing means for generating anonymous transaction information according to said transaction information which has been obtained by said obtaining means, said anonymous transaction information being adapted to protect said purchaser'"'"'s privacy and anonymity; and
storage means for storing said anonymous transaction information which has been generated by said anonymizing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A server for use in a system which manages transaction information about a commercial transaction made between a purchaser and a merchant, said server comprising:
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receiving means for receiving said transaction information from said merchant through a communications network; and
anonymizing means for generating anonymous transaction information according to said transaction information which has been received by said receiving means, said anonymous transaction information being adapted to protect said purchaser'"'"'s privacy and anonymity. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method for managing transaction information about a commercial transaction made between a purchaser and a merchant, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining said transaction information;
generating anonymous transaction information according to the obtained transaction information, said anonymous transaction information being adapted to protect said purchaser'"'"'s privacy and anonymity; and
storing and accumulating the generated anonymous transaction information. - View Dependent Claims (50)
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