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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2009
Keina Kanisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Nagatomo, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Kitakaze, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Makino, Tokyo, JP;
Jiro Hotta, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Kami, Tokyo, JP;
Tadanobu Otaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Keina Kanisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Nagatomo, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Kitakaze, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Makino, Tokyo, JP;
Jiro Hotta, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Kami, Tokyo, JP;
Tadanobu Otaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A card ID and a consumption amount of virtual money are transmitted from a game terminal as charging-target terminal apparatus, the card ID being recorded in a card possessed by a user (step S). The server apparatus replaces the card ID with a user ID unique to each user (step S), and specifies a virtual money account managed by the server apparatus in association with the user ID. When the balance of the account is not less than the consumption amount, the consumption amount is subtracted from the balance of the account, and when the balance is less than the consumption amount, the subtraction of the consumption amount is stopped (step S). Transaction result information including information indicating whether the subtraction of consumption amount has succeeded is transmitted to the game terminal () as a response (steps S, S).