Information processing server, information processing method, information processing program product, recording medium on which information processing program product is recorded, portable terminal, information processing method executed by handheld computer, program product for portable terminal, and recording medium on which program product for portable terminal is recorded

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to transfer value, the balance of which is managed by a server, to a terminal that does not have online connection function. An electronic money serverrecords the balance of a value in a state in which the balance is related to an electronic money cardor a portable terminal. An off-line payment terminalis not provided with communication network connection function and cannot communicate with the electronic money serverdirectly. On the other hand, the portable terminalcan connect to the electronic money servervia the Internet. Thus, the off-line payment terminalconnects to the electronic money serverby using the portable terminalas a relay device by using the communication network connection function of the portable terminalat the time of payment. In this way, the electronic money servercan connect to the off-line payment terminaland make payment by using the value of the account of the portable terminal