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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Hideki Akashika, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Hideki Akashika, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Rakuten, Inc., Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a payment module capable of allowing a total amount of money dispersedly recharged for a plurality of kinds of prepaid values to be used for a payment regardless of which of the prepaid values is used for the payment. An IC chip () stores a plurality of kinds of electronic values, and subtracts an amount of money that is equal to or more than a difference between a balance of an electronic value of the plurality of kinds of electronic values that is used for a payment and a payment amount as a total from balances of electronic values of the plurality of kinds of electronic values that are not used for the payment. The IC chip () adds the subtracted amount of money to the balance of the electronic value to be used for the payment, and subtracts the payment amount from the balance after the addition.