Method of electronic settlement with a mobile terminal
First Claim
1. A method of electronic settlement comprising:
- setting a system in which commodity information display units installed at sites for payment, a sales control server for controlling the display units, a server for controlling mobile terminals each incorporating therein an electronic camera or an artificial retina chip, and an authentication server for authenticating the mobile terminals, are connected through a network, and also in which the authentication server and the sales control server are connected to each other through a dedicated communication line and wherein electronic settlement is performed by using the mobile terminals, said method comprising the steps of;
photographing by a mobile terminal commodity information including characters which are displayed on the display unit;
transmitting photographed image data taken by the mobile terminal via the mobile terminal server to the authentication server;
authenticating the mobile terminal and restoring the image data to the commodity information including characters at the authentication server; and
transmitting authenticated personal information and the commodity information via the dedicated communication line from the authentication server to the sales control server.
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Abstract
An electronic settlement system with extremely high security based on the use of a mobile terminal with an electronic camera therein. Display units for commodity information provided at a place for payment with cash, a sales control server for managing the display units, a server for controlling the mobile terminals, and an authentication server authorizing the mobile terminals are connected to each other through the Internet, and the authentication server and the sales control server are connected to each other through a dedicated communication line. The commodity information comprising characters and displayed on the display unit are photographed with the mobile terminal, the image data is transmitted via the mobile terminal server to the authentication server, the authentication server authenticates the mobile terminal and reproduces the image data to the character commodity information, and the authenticated personal information and the commodity information are transmitted via the dedicated communication line to the sales control server.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of electronic settlement comprising:
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setting a system in which commodity information display units installed at sites for payment, a sales control server for controlling the display units, a server for controlling mobile terminals each incorporating therein an electronic camera or an artificial retina chip, and an authentication server for authenticating the mobile terminals, are connected through a network, and also in which the authentication server and the sales control server are connected to each other through a dedicated communication line and wherein electronic settlement is performed by using the mobile terminals, said method comprising the steps of; photographing by a mobile terminal commodity information including characters which are displayed on the display unit; transmitting photographed image data taken by the mobile terminal via the mobile terminal server to the authentication server; authenticating the mobile terminal and restoring the image data to the commodity information including characters at the authentication server; and transmitting authenticated personal information and the commodity information via the dedicated communication line from the authentication server to the sales control server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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