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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
Takayasu Kon, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Miki Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;
Takayasu Kon, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Miki Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, which includes a holding section to hold a plurality of non-contact type IC cards, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the non-contact type IC cards held in the holding section, a value storing section capable of storing electronic value, and a control section to receive a transaction request concerning the service from the external unit via the external communication antenna and, in response to the transaction request, transfer electronic value between the value storing section and at least one of the plurality of non-contact type IC cards via the card communication antenna.