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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Saburo Shiota, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A terminal device includes selection means for comparing a payment amount with a set amount read from a recording medium and for selecting between off-line processing and on-line processing, depending on a result of the comparison, off-line processing means for subtracting the payment amount from the set amount recorded in the recording medium and sending the payment amount to a server device; and on-line processing means for sending the payment amount to the server device and updating the set amount when having received an update value. A server device includes server processing means for receiving the payment amount from a terminal device and subtracting the payment amount from a balance of an account corresponding to the recording medium, and in a case of the on-line processing, sending the update value to the terminal device.