Electronic money storing apparatus and IC card control method
US6032858A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q20/425
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an electronic money storing apparatus in an electronic money transaction system for transmitting and receiving electronic money between electronic money cards holding electronic money, IC cards are loaded to each of a plurality of IC card read/write unit connected to a controller. Each of the IC cards holds electronic money and transmits and receives electronic money with another IC card in the electronic money transaction system. The controller reads and writes the electronic money of the IC cards loaded to a selected IC card read/write unit and transmits and receives the electronic money between that IC card and an electronic money storing media the external of the electronic money storing apparatus.
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