Patent ID: 6708878
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G06Q,G07B,G07F

Abstract:
A service providing system comprising:a storage medium storing identification information for identifying said storage medium and service information for providing services to a user associated with said storage medium; a service providing terminal for providing a service by reading said service information from said storage medium through communication with said storage medium; and a management device connected with said service providing terminal via a network, for managing said storage medium, wherein said management device creates a pre-authorized user-related service management instruction for altering said service information stored in said storage medium and distributes said service management instruction to said service providing terminal, when receiving said service management instruction from said management device, said service providing terminal stores the received service management instruction so as to have a correspondence relationship with the identification information of said storage medium, and when communicating with said storage medium, said service providing terminal reads the identification information of said storage medium and executes the received service management instruction to alter said service information stored in said storage medium if said service providing terminal holds the received service management instruction corresponding to the identification information of said storage medium.