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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Rakuten, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Tamagushi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Akashika, Tokyo, JP;
Rakuten, Inc., Setagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object is to provide information more suited to the needs of the user by appropriately controlling timing with which information is provided to the user and the contents of the information. An electronic money server receives log data, identifies a store ID by searching a payment terminal DB by using a payment terminal ID of the log data as a key, checks a breakdown data providing store flag of a store DB (B) by using the store ID as a key, and, if a store is not a store providing the breakdown data, identifies the location of the store by searching a store DB (A) by using the store ID as a key. The electronic money serveracquires e-mail which conforms to the identified location by searching an e-mail (A) DB by using the identified location as a key. For example, it is information on a discount which is offered in a nearby store. The electronic money server creates e-mail (A), acquires an address by searching a user DB by using an electronic money number of the received log data as a key, and sends the created e-mail (A) to a mobile terminal.