Electronic value transfer device equipped with non-contact ic interface

• US 20060097037A1
• Filed: 06/09/2003
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ken Sakamura, NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), Noboru Koshizuka
• Original Assignee: Ken Sakamura, NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), Noboru Koshizuka
• Inventors: Ishii, Kazuhiko, Aono, Hiroshi, Hongo, Sadayuki, Sakamura, Ken, Mori, Kensaku, Koshizuka, Noboru
• Granted Patent: US 7,416,114 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/06 Private payment circuits, e.g. involving electronic currency used among participants of a common payment scheme
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/229 Hierarchy of users of accounts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity 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 20/352 Contactless payments by cards
• 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

An electronic value transferring device such as a high speed and large capacity computer or mobile terminal device is disclosed that can function as a contactless IC card performing electronic value operations. The device is connectable to an IC card that performs electronic value operations, and includes a microprocessor for transmitting and receiving data to and from the IC card; an interface circuit for providing an IC card interface to allow the IC card to send and receive electronic values to and from other IC cards by radio; an antenna; and the microprocessor having a memory for temporarily storing plural electronic values.

Claims

1. An electronic value transferring device comprising:

an interface that is substantially the same as an interface for a platform for communicating directly between contactless IC cards that perform an electronic value operation; and

a memory for storing a large amount of electronic values.

2. The electronic value transferring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic value transferring device functions as a high speed and large capacity IC card by communicating directly with a contactless IC card.

3. The electronic value transferring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic value transferring device is a computer.

4. The electronic value transferring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic value transferring device is a mobile terminal device.

5. A computer comprising:

an interface that is substantially the same as an interface for a platform for communicating directly between contactless IC cards that perform an electronic value operation.

6. The computer as claimed in claim 5, wherein the computer functions as a high speed and large capacity IC card by communicating directly with a contactless IC card.

7. An electronic value transferring device connectable to an IC card that performs an electronic value operation, comprising:

a microprocessor for transmitting and receiving data to and from the IC card;

an interface circuit for providing an IC card interface to allow the IC card to send and receive an electronic value to and from another IC card by radio;

an antenna; and

the microprocessor having a memory for temporarily storing a plurality of the electronic values.

8. The electronic value transferring device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the electronic value transferring device is a mobile station of a cellular phone system.

9. The electronic value transferring device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the electronic value transferring device is a computer.

10. The electronic value transferring device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the connectable IC card is a contactless IC card.