Patent ID: 6769609
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G06K,G07F

Abstract:
A portable-card-unit processing apparatus for processing data representing electronic money, defined as an electronic symbol of currency, in a storage section (17a) of a card unit (17) when the card unit (17) is attached to said apparatus, comprising:a first communicating section (23, 243) for communicating with the card unit (17); a connecting section (14) for being detachably and directly connected to an external apparatus (15); a second communicating section (24, 244) for communicating with the external apparatus (15) through said connecting section (14); a display section (13) for displaying the electronic money read out from the storage section (17a) of the card section (17) through said first communicating section (23, 243); a save storage section (30) for holding transaction history information that are stored in the storage section (17a) of the card unit (17); and a control section (20) including: a connection determining section (244) for determining, based on a connection information signal from said connecting section (14), whether or not the external apparatus (15) is connected to said connecting section (14); a first control section, for controlling said first communicating section (23, 243) and said second communicating section (24, 244) 50 as to transfer data between the card unit (17) and the external apparatus (15) if said connection determining section (244) determines that the external apparatus (15) is connected to said connecting section (14), and a second control section, for controlling said first communicating section (23, 243) and said display section (13) so as to read balance information on said electronic money from the storage section (17a) of the card unit (17) and to display said balance information on said display section (13), and for controlling said first communicating section (23, 243) so as to read said transaction history information from the storage section (17a) of the card unit (17) and to store said transaction history information into said save storage section (30), when the card unit (17) is attached to said apparatus while said connection determining section (244) determined that the external apparatus (15) is not connected to said connecting section (14).