Electronic value transfer device equipped with non-contact IC interface

• US 7,416,114 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2003
• Issued: 08/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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: Sakamura, Ken, Koshizuka, Noboru, Aono, Hiroshi, Ishii, Kazuhiko, Mori, Kensaku, Hongo, Sadayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hess; Daniel A
• Application Number:
  US10/516,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20060097037A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,905 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/380, 713/182, 455/558
• 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 connectable to an IC card that performs an electronic value operation, comprising:

a microprocessor for wired 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 receive an electronic value from an external server by radio;

an antenna; and

the microprocessor having a memory for temporarily storing a plurality of the electronic values and transferring the stored electronic values to another external IC card.

2. The electronic value transferring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic value transferring device is a mobile station of a cellular phone system.

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 connectable IC card is a contactless IC card.

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

a microprocessor configured to perform wired to transmission and reception of data to and from the IC card;

an interface circuit configured to provide an IC card interface to allow the IC card to receive an electronic value from an external server by radio; and

an antenna,

wherein the microprocessor includes a memory configured to temporarily store a plurality of the electronic values and to transfer the stored electronic values to another external IC card.

6. The electronic value transferring device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the electronic value transferring device is a mobile station of a cellular phone system.

7. The electronic value transferring device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the electronic value transferring device is a computer.

8. The electronic value transferring device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the connectable IC card is a contactless IC card.