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Electronic money storing apparatus and IC card control method

  • US 6,032,858 A
  • Filed: 05/29/1997
  • Issued: 03/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electronic money storing apparatus for storing a plurality of electronic money cards holding electronic money comprising:

  • a line controller connected to a communication network for communicating electronic money data, for controlling the communication with the communication network;

    card read/write means for accommodating a plurality of electronic money cards and reading and writing data for the cards; and

    a controller for handling a plurality of transactions in parallel by controlling transmission and reception of the electronic money through said card read/write means and said line controllerm, each transaction being an electronic money transfer between the electronic money cards accommodated in said card read/write means or between an external electronic money card accessed via the communication network and the electronic money card accommodated in said card read/write means,wherein said controller selects at least one from said electronic money cards accommodated in said card read/write means for each transaction and sending a selection request to said card read/write means, andwherein said card read/write means reads and writes the electronic money in the electronic money card in response to the selection request.

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