Patent ID: 6382505
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
An electronic purse for processing electronic money information stored in an IC card, comprising:an IC card reading and writing unit to read or write information from or into said IC card; an operation control unit to process electronic money information read out by said IC card reading and writing unit; a transmission unit to transmit said electronic money information read out by said IC card reading and writing unit to an external device; a lump sum transmission instruction button to allow a user to input instructions to transmit in a lump, all the electronic money information stored in said IC card; and a lump sum transmission instruction detecting unit to detect an operation of said lump sum transmission instruction button; wherein when said lump sum transmission instruction detecting unit detects said operation of said lump sum transmission instruction button, said operation control unit controls so that all the electronic money information stored in said IC card is transmitted, in a lump, to said external device via said transmission unit.