Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Keiyo Engineering Co., Ltd.

Masaaki Hiroya

Shigeyuki Itoh

Hiroshi Asao

Naomi Sato

Makoto Ijichi

Atsushi Ito

Kenji Matsumoto

Akira Kanehira

Khotaro Yamashita

Misuzu Nakano

Koichi Sano

Akira Muramatsu

Hiroyuki Takagi

Kunihiro Nomura

Akihiro Kawaoka

Takeshi Teramura

Masayuki Saito

Yoshiaki Kawatsura

Keiichi Yamada

An electronic-money collecting system is capable of returning a lost IC card used as an 'electronic purse' to a legitimate owner or an issuing institution with a high degree of efficiency. When a lost IC card containing data representing electronic money is found, the finder inserts the card into a public terminal, and information read from the card is transmitted to a card center by way of a communication line. At the center, a storage unit containing identification and contact data is searched for owner contact data, and the owner of the lost IC card is notified of the implementation of processing to collect the IC card. Also, a finder is given reward money recorded in a found IC card or, when an attempt made by a finder to illegally draw money, information on the finder is recorded, allowing abuse of a found IC card to be detected early.

Electronic-money rewarding system for lost and found IC card

An electronic money storage apparatus includes that an amount of remittance p is determined on a remitting side and a receiving side. A remitting apparatus obtains a remitter's transaction fee x and an amount y to be stored in a transaction fee storage area. The remitting apparatus obtains a sum of p and x, i.e., p&plus;x from an electronic money storage area, divides the sum into an amount y to be stored on the remitting side and an amount remained p&plus;x&minus;y, stores y in a transaction fee storage area, and sends p&plus;x &minus;y to the receiving side. A receiving apparatus obtains a receiver's transaction fee z and an amount u to be stored in a transaction fee storage area, receives p&plus;x&minus;y, divides p&plus;x&minus;y into u to be stored on the receiving side and p&minus;z, stores u in a transaction fee storage area, and stores remaining electronic money p&minus;z in an electronic money storage area, thereby the transaction fee can be collected while retaining anonymity between the remitter and the receiver and usability of electronic money in the processing of electronic money by use of an IC card or the like.

Electronic money processing method having a transaction fee collecting function and an electronic money storage apparatus for the same

An electronic-money collecting system is capable of returning a lost IC card used as an 'electronic purse' to the owner of the lost IC card or an institution issuing the lost IC card with a high degree of efficiency without imposing a burden on the lost-IC-card finder or the institution issuing the IC card. When a lost IC card in which money data representing the amount of electronic money stored on the card is found, the found IC card is inserted into a terminal installed at places, such as a banking organization or a public institution. At that time, information read out from the IC card is transmitted to a center by way of a communication line. At the center, a storage unit is searched for information on the legitimate owner of the IC card. owner. The owner of the lost IC card is then notified.

A transaction-oriented electronic accommodation system includes an IC card storing electronic monetary information and an identification number, an IC card read/write unit for reading and/or writing information in/from the IC card, a key control unit for controlling locking and unlocking of a door of the article receiving/housing unit, an identification number storing unit for storing identification number of the IC card, an amount-of-money information storing unit for storing amount-of-money information, a collating unit for collating the identification number stored in the identification number storing unit with the identification number read out from the IC card, and a line control unit for transferring the electronic monetary information via transmission line. For utilizing the article receiving/housing unit, the IC card is inserted, whereby the article receiving/housing unit is locked. For taking out article from the article receiving/housing unit, the IC card is inserted, whereby the article receiving/housing unit is unlocked with the accounting being settled. Cashless transaction can be realized.

Transaction-oriented electronic accommodation system

Electronic money sending system

A system comprises an electronic ticket vending and refunding device retained by a ticket publisher, a terminal device having a data input device, a data display device, and a data transmission and reception device, etc. which are operated by a purchaser, and en electronic ticket storage device retained by the purchaser, and the vending and refunding device and the terminal device are connected by a communication line such as a telephone line, and the storage device and the terminal device can be connected in contact or non-contact, and transmission and reception of data between the vending and refunding device and the storage device are executed by electronic money and an electronic ticket which are electronically signed, and a trouble of sending and receiving of an electronic ticket and electronic money is prevented by recording the transaction history as required.

Electronic ticket vending system and method thereof

A multi-language compatible service offering/receiving system. A service server and a service client are connected to a translation rule managing server is connected for managing translation rules for translating information expressing forms by way of an intermediate expression form. Upon sending of information from the service server to the service client, the service server translates a specific language contained in the data to be sent out into a language of the intermediate expression by referencing the translation rules. The service client translates the intermediate expression into specific expression by using the translation rules for displaying the data resulting from the translation. When the translation rules are unavailable in the service server and the service client, the translation rule is acquired from the translation rule managing server.

Communication service system employing translation rules for

For each media information element constituting a display screen image in a multimedia system, main data and attribute data are stored in a storage. After the user copies a media information element from a screen layout to another screen layout, until an attribute of the media information element is altered in either one of the layouts, the main data and/or the attribute data of the media information element is not copied in the storage of the system. Moreover, when the user varies an attribute of a media information element in one of the layouts, only attribute data of the media information element is changed in the storage. The media information includes music pieces and voices in addition to characters and graphic images.

Method of controlling information in multimedia system

A processor is provided for determining the layout of a branch of a bank or the like. On the basis of the determined layout, the processor further determines a moving route of a transaction processing apparatus to be moved. The transaction processing apparatus is moved to a predetermined position along the determined moving route. In that case, the transaction processing apparatus recognizes its own position and at the same time controls a driving mechanism so that the transaction processing apparatus is moved along the moving route. The driving mechanism is incorporated in the transaction processing apparatus.

Transaction processing system and method

The content of a banking transaction inputted through a terminal of specifying the transaction is executed if the transaction has sufficient related financial evidence (for example balance). In turn, in the case that there is no financial evidence or insufficient financial evidence, (for example, where the cash is selected as a transaction financial source and the cash is not deposited yet or a balance of the deposit selected as a financial source is lacking) an execution of the transaction is temporarily halted and the content of the halted transaction is stored in a file of halted transactions. Data relating to a transaction financial source is stored in a file of halted transactions; the information is checked when the balance of the account is renewed by a deposit or transfer, that is when it changes, and with respect to such checking execution of the halted transaction is judged as to whether it can now be carried out. Thereby, when the financial resources relating to a halted execution are changed and judged to now be sufficient, the halted transaction is automatically executed. In view of this fact, it is then possible to specify the transaction without having any financial evidence.

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Yokohama, Japan

Masaaki Hiroya