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Payment apparatus and method, and money assignment apparatus and method

US7299976B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 2003
Grant dateNov 27, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q20/102
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A payment apparatus according to the present invention comprises an input unit to enter transaction information containing a transaction amount, a storage device to store payment method information containing a usage restriction for each of the payment method, a payment method information extracting apparatus to extract payment method information from the storage device by using the transaction information received from the input unit and selects a payment method to execute the payment according to the payment method information extracted, and a payment execution module to execute, by using the transaction information received from the payment method information extracting apparatus, the payment according to the payment method selected

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