Electronic wallet device and method of using electronic value

• US 20090050689A1
• Filed: 08/19/2008
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sugino, Akinobu, Sako, Yoichiro, Matsumoto, Jun, Takehara, Mitsuru, Kon, Takayasu, Kamada, Yasunori, Fukushima, Takashi, Abe, Miki, Akagi, Tadao
• Application Number:
  US12/229,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20090050689A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0658 e-cash managed locally
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/353 Payments by cards read by M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0866 by active credit-cards adapted therefor G07F7/1008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0886 the card reader being portable for interacting with a POS or ECR in realizing a payment transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

There is provided an electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, including a holding section to hold the non-contact type IC card, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the non-contact type IC card held in the holding section, a value storing section capable of storing electronic value, a charge section to charge the value storing section with electronic value, and a value transfer section to transfer electronic value stored in the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card on condition of success of authentication of an owner of the electronic wallet device by an authentication section when using electronic value by means of the non-contact type IC card.

Claims

1. An electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, comprising:

a holding section to hold the non-contact type IC card;

an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the external unit;

a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the non-contact type IC card held in the holding section;

a value storing section capable of storing electronic value;

a charge section to store in the value storing section the electronic value by communicating with the external unit via the external communication antenna;

an authentication section to perform authentication of an owner of the electronic wallet device; and

a value transfer section to transfer the electronic value stored in the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card via the card communication antenna on condition of success of authentication by the authentication section when using electronic value by means of the non-contact type IC card.

2. The electronic wallet device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication section to receive a transaction request concerning the service from the external unit via the external communication antenna, wherein

the value transfer section transfers the amount of the electronic value specified by the transaction request from the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card.

3. The electronic wallet device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a transfer amount setting section to set the amount of the electronic value to be transferred from the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card, wherein

the value transfer section transfers the amount of the electronic value set by the transfer amount setting section from the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card.

4. The electronic wallet device according to claim 1, wherein

the value transfer section transfers the electronic value stored in the non-contact type IC card inserted in the holding section to the value storing section.

5. The electronic wallet device according to claim 1, wherein

authentication of an owner of the electronic wallet device is performed by the authentication section when transferring the electronic value from the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card, and

authentication of the owner of the non-contact type IC card is not performed when performing a transaction of the electronic value between the external unit and the non-contact type IC card via the electronic wallet device.

6. The electronic wallet device according to claim 1, wherein

at least a portion of the electronic value stored in the non-contact type IC card is specific to a service to which the non-contact type IC card corresponds, and

the electronic value stored in the value storing section is common to a plurality of services.

7. The electronic wallet device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a value use section to use the electronic value stored in the value storing section for the external unit on condition of success of authentication by the authentication section or transmission of owner information of the electronic wallet device to the external unit, when using electronic value for the external unit by means of the electronic wallet device without using the non-contact type IC card.

8. A method of using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card in an electronic wallet device including a holding section to hold the non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the non-contact type IC card held in the holding section, and a value storing section capable of storing an electronic value, the method comprising:

storing in the value storing section the electronic value by communicating with the external unit via the external communication antenna;

performing authentication of an owner of the electronic wallet device; and

transferring the electronic value stored in the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card via the card communication antenna on condition of success of authentication of the owner of the electronic wallet device when using electronic value by means of the non-contact type IC card.