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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2003
Yohei Nakada, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuya Yokomura, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyuki Morita, Yokohama, JP;
Kunihiro Nomura, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Uematsu, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeyuki Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Nakada, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuya Yokomura, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyuki Morita, Yokohama, JP;
Kunihiro Nomura, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Uematsu, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeyuki Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A payment apparatus according to the present invention comprises an input unit to enter transaction information containing a transaction amount, a storage device to store payment method information containing a usage restriction for each of the payment method, a payment method information extracting apparatus to extract payment method information from the storage device by using the transaction information received from the input unit and selects a payment method to execute the payment according to the payment method information extracted, and a payment execution module to execute, by using the transaction information received from the payment method information extracting apparatus, the payment according to the payment method selected