Patent ID: 6604679
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A payment management method for collating transactions utilizing a system which includes an IC card for storing transaction history information in accordance with a transaction utilizing the IC card and transaction discrimination information for discriminating said transaction in coordination therein, and a server for managing said IC card and payment accompanied by the transaction utilizing said IC card, said method comprising the steps of:storing transaction discrimination information for discriminating transactions at each transaction in said IC card, and storing transaction discrimination information for discriminating each transaction and information indicating contents of each transaction in the server of a card company; reading out card discrimination information for discriminating said IC card and said transaction history information from said IC card; reading out transaction history information corresponding to said card discrimination information read out of a recording portion of a card company apparatus; collating aid transaction history information read out of said IC card and transaction history information stored in said server for each of said transaction discrimination information; and outputting he result of the collating.