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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Hideo Oneda, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An IC card has a built-in integrated circuit including a processor and a memory. The memory stores therein purchase history information having purchase results recorded on a genre-to-genre basis and premium information having premium values defined in accordance with the purchase results on a genre-to-genre basis. A service processing unit refers to the purchase history information of the IC card on the basis of the genre of a purchased commodity to acquire purchase results. The service processing unit further refers to the premium information of the IC card on the basis of the acquired purchase results to acquire corresponding premium values, thereby providing discount services or points in conformity with the acquired premium values.
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