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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2008
Hiroaki Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When an electronic money card is set to a reader/writer, an introducing site connection unit is activated to connect a user terminal to an introducing site. The introducing site connection unit stores manufacturer information and transmits an electronic money function unit ID and the manufacturer information read from the electronic money card to the introducing site. An introducing server connects the user terminal to an affiliated store server through the introducing site, and the affiliated store server transmits purchase information to the introducing server when a user purchases. The introducing server calculates a commission amount from the purchase information and transmits the calculated amount together with the electronic money function unit ID and the manufacturer information to a distributing server. The distributing server distributes the commission amount to the electronic money function unit ID and the manufacturer information based on a predetermined distribution ratio.