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 plurality of business connection servers which perform a transaction with said transaction device, and a network which connects said transaction device to said plurality of business connection servers so that a commercial transaction is performed between said transaction device and said plurality of business connection servers 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 plurality of business connection servers through said network;
(c) determining whether or not the information concerning the business connection obtained in said step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance;
(d) obtaining log information regarding said transaction with respect to the business connection performed between said transaction device and one of said plurality of business connection servers and recording the obtained log information into said portable information recording medium when said step (c) makes a determination that the information concerning the business connection obtained in said step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance;
(e) determining whether or not history of information concerning the transaction performed by the user with respect to at least one business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies a predetermined condition for providing information concerning said predetermined commodity dealt by one business connection, said history of information including at least one of information regarding said at least one business connection, access information regarding said at least one business connection and settlement information regarding said at least one business connection; and
(f) providing information concerning said predetermined commodity determined by said history of information recorded in said portable information recording medium 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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Citations
27 Claims
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1. In an electronic commerce system having a transaction device, a plurality of business connection servers which perform a transaction with said transaction device, and a network which connects said transaction device to said plurality of business connection servers so that a commercial transaction is performed between said transaction device and said plurality of business connection servers 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 plurality of business connection servers through said network; (c) determining whether or not the information concerning the business connection obtained in said step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance; (d) obtaining log information regarding said transaction with respect to the business connection performed between said transaction device and one of said plurality of business connection servers and recording the obtained log information into said portable information recording medium when said step (c) makes a determination that the information concerning the business connection obtained in said step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance; (e) determining whether or not history of information concerning the transaction performed by the user with respect to at least one business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies a predetermined condition for providing information concerning said predetermined commodity dealt by one business connection, said history of information including at least one of information regarding said at least one business connection, access information regarding said at least one business connection and settlement information regarding said at least one business connection; and (f) providing information concerning said predetermined commodity determined by said history of information recorded in said portable information recording medium 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, 24)
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17. An electronic commerce system, comprising:
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a transaction device; a plurality of business connection servers which perform a transaction with said transaction device; and a network for connecting said transaction device to said plurality of business connection servers so as to make it possible to perform a commercial transaction between said transaction device and said plurality of business connection servers; wherein said transaction device includes; a reader/writer which accepts 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 which displays scene 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, commodity information providing a condition used as 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 that the obtained information concerning the business connection is set in said business connection monitoring information, obtains log information concerning the transaction with respect to a business connection performed between said business connection and said transaction device records said log information in said portable information recording medium through said reader/writer, and which determines that history of information concerning the transaction performed by the user with respect to at least one business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies said commodity information providing condition for providing information regarding said predetermined commodity dealt by one business connection, said history including at least one of information regarding said at least one business connection, access information regarding said at least one business connection and settlement information regarding said at least one business connection, displays the information concerning said predetermined commodity determined by said history of information recorded in said portable information recording medium on said display unit. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 25)
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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 which accepts 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 scene 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 as 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 or not the obtained information concerning the business connection is set in said business connection monitoring information 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 or not 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 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 plurality of business connection servers through a network and for providing information concerning a predetermined commodity to a user operating said transaction device; said computer readable program code means comprising; computer readable program code means for causing said transaction device to 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 one of said plurality of business connection servers through said network, computer readable program code means for, when the obtained information concerning the business connection is set as previously prepared business connection monitoring information, obtaining log information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection performed between said business connection and said transaction device and recording the obtained log information in said portable information recording medium, and computer readable program code means for, when history of the information concerning the transaction performed by the user with respect to the business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies a predetermined condition for providing information concerning said predetermined commodity dealt by one business connection, said history of information including at least one of information regarding said at least one business connection, access information regarding said at least one business connection and settlement information regarding said at least one business connection, providing information concerning said predetermined commodity determined by said history of information recorded in said portable information recording medium.
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26. In an electronic commerce system having a transaction device, a plurality of business connection servers which perform a transaction with said transaction device, and a network which connects said transaction device to said plurality of business connection servers so that a commercial transaction is performed between said transaction device and said plurality of business connection servers 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) causing said transaction device to 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 one of said plurality of business connection serves through said network; (c) when the information concerning the business connection obtained in said step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance, obtaining log information concerning transaction with respect to a business connection performed between said transaction device and said one of plurality of business connection servers and recording the obtained log information into said portable information recording medium; (d) when history of information concerning the transaction performed by the user with respect to at least one business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies a predetermined condition for providing information concerning said predetermined commodity dealt by one business connection, said history including at least two of information among information concerning said at least one business connection, information of access to said at least one business connection, and information of settlement concerning said at least one business connection, providing information concerning said predetermined commodity determined by said history of information recorded in said portable information recording medium.
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27. In an electronic commerce system having a transaction device, a plurality of business connection servers for performing a transaction with said transaction device, and a network for connecting said transaction device to said plurality of business connection servers so that a commercial transaction is performed between said transaction device and said plurality of business connection servers 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) causing said transaction device to 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 one of said plurality of business connection servers through said network; (c) when the information concerning the business connection obtained in said step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance, obtaining log information concerning transaction with respect to a business connection performed between said transaction device and said one of plurality of business connection servers and recording the obtained log information into said portable information recording medium; (d) when information concerning the transaction performed by the user with respect to at least one business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies a predetermined first condition for providing information concerning said predetermined commodity dealt by one business connection, providing information concerning said predetermined commodity determined by said history of information recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfying said predetermined first condition; and (e) when history of information concerning the transaction performed by the user with respect to at least one business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies a predetermined second condition for providing information concerning said predetermined commodity dealt by one business connection, said history being at least two of information among information concerning said at least one business connection information of access to said at least one business connection, and information of settlement concerning said at least one business connection, providing information concerning said predetermined commodity determined by said history of information recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfying said predetermined second condition.
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