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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
Kenji Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeyuki Ito, Zushi, JP;
Yutaka Takami, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Inoue, Fujisawa, JP;
Koichi Yoneta, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuharu Inamitsu, Chigasaki, JP;
Masaru Ohki, Tokorozawa, JP;
Other;
Abstract
Premium point services offered by different retailers require each user to possess a plurality of cards for dealing with different applications. An electronic pocketbook system made of a display device and an IC card is provided to store diverse kinds of application information such as amount information and point information into a single IC card. Portions of the application information to be displayed are stored in a predetermined format into a predetermined area inside the IC card. This allows the same program of the display device to display various kinds of application information successively using a common program, and without having to an application specific program.