Rakuten, Inc.

Yutaka Jinno

Hideki Akashika

Kazumasa Miyazawa

Yoshito Naganuma

A portable terminal, a terminal function management system, and a terminal function management method that can prevent electronic money fraud by another person after loss or theft and readily and accurately determine the electronic money balance to be guaranteed are provided. In a portable terminal, a lock function that imposes restrictions on access to a chip storage unit that stores a value balance is enabled. It is thereby possible to prevent electronic money fraud by another person after the loss or theft of the portable terminal. Further, in the portable terminal, a value balance acquired after the lock function is enabled and before the lock function is released is stored in an electronic money server. It is thereby possible to readily and accurately determine the electronic money balance to be guaranteed which is stored the chip storage unit at the time when the loss or theft is found.

Portable terminal, terminal function management system, terminal function management method, terminal function management program, and computer-readable recording medium upon which said program has been recorded

A mobile terminal inputs a sound effect output from a communication device through a microphone in response to completion of access to an IC module, and determines whether a sound pattern of the input sound effect indicates a preset sound pattern. When it is determined that the sound pattern of the input sound effect indicates the preset sound pattern, the mobile terminal displays provision information on a location where the communication device exists, on the display device that is display-controlled by the mobile terminal.

Information processing method, mobile device, and information processing program

Example embodiments enable a server-side value stored in an electronic money server to be transmitted automatically to a mobile terminal prior to payment. This enables payments when a payment terminal only processes payments based on the terminal-side value balance. An asynchronous payment terminal emits ultrasonic waves indicating that the payment terminal is not compatible with payment processes on the basis of a server-side balance. If the mobile terminal determines that the volume of the detected ultrasonic waves corresponds to a received ultrasonic wave pattern that appears while the mobile terminal is near the ultrasonic wave emission source, the mobile terminal transmits a value shift request to an electronic money server that then subtracts a predetermined amount from the server-side value balance, and transmits amount change information which increases the terminal-side value balance by that predetermined amount. An IC module then updates (increases) the terminal-side value balance.

Electronic money system, electronic value transfer method, mobile terminal, method for controlling mobile terminal, program product, and recording medium on which program product is recorded

A mobile terminal inputs a sound effect output from a communication device through a microphone in response to completion of access to an IC module, and determines whether a sound pattern of the input sound effect indicates a preset sound pattern. When it is determined that the sound pattern of the input sound effect indicates the preset sound pattern, the mobile terminal transmits specific information to a specific destination.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka Jinno