Electronic wallet management system, electronic wallet device, electronic wallet management unit, and terminal station
US7024390B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 7, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q20/367
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention solves the inconvenience that a customer would experience when his/her electronic wallet was lost or broken down. A backup condition testing means tests predefined backup conditions to determine whether to make a backup, when an electronic wallet device communicates with any other device to transfer monetary data. When the backup condition testing means has determined to make a backup, a backup data sending means sends a predetermined set of backup data collected from the electronic wallet device. A backup data management means receives the backup data from the backup data sending means and saves the received data into its backup database. In this way, the proposed system automatically saves backup data of the electronic wallet device when any backup condition is met. This mechanism permits the customer to have an alternative electronic wallet device to be promptly issued when his/her electronic wallet device is lost.
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