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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
May. 29, 1997
Sekio Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuo Oka, Kawasaki, JP;
Masao Fujiwara, Kawasaki, JP;
Michihiro Miyasaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuji Morita, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Yamashita, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuka Egashira, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A service system in an online shopping mall established through a network realizes an improvement of a service to a customer by not having to carry a magnetic card and shortening a time from issuing points to redeeming points. To attain the objects of the system, a points issuing unit issues points corresponding to the purchase amount of a customer. A points storage device stores the number of points accumulated by the customer. A points redeeming unit reduces a purchase amount of the customer as points to be redeemed. A points issue ratio and a points redeeming ratio can be set for each shop forming part of the online shopping mall.