Patent ID: 8291085

Claim:
A value information transfer system for transferring value information, comprising: a transfer source communication device; a transfer destination communication device; and a transfer management server operable to manage transfer of the value information, wherein the value information held by the transfer source communication device is transferred to the transfer destination communication device, wherein the transfer source communication device is connected via a network to the transfer management server, wherein the transfer source communication device includes a transfer request acceptor operable to accept a transfer request for requesting part or all of the value information held by the transfer source communication device to be transferred to the transfer destination communication device, a transfer request information transmitter operable to transmit the request, which is accepted by the transfer request acceptor, as transfer request information to the transfer management server via the network, and a command executor operable to execute at least one command, which is generated by the transfer management server, for transferring the value information from the transfer source communication device to the transfer destination communication device, wherein the transfer management server includes a command generator operable to generate said at least one command in response to the transfer request information from the transfer source communication device, said at least one command including a reduction command to reduce the value information held by the transfer source communication device by an amount of the value information to be transferred from the transfer source communication device to the transfer destination communication device and an increase command to increase the value information held by the destination source communication device by an amount of the value information to be transferred from the transfer source communication device to the transfer destination communication device, and a command transmitter operable to transmit the reduction command and the increase command generated by the command generator to the transfer source communication device via the network, and wherein the transfer destination communication device includes a command receiver operable to receive the increase command, which is generated by the command generator of the transfer management server, from the transfer source communication device using wireless communication when the transfer destination communication device exists in a communicable range in which the transfer destination communication device can perform wireless communication with the transfer source communication device, and a value information increasing unit operable to increase, in response to the increase command, value information held by the transfer destination communication device by an amount of the value information to be transferred from the transfer source communication device to the transfer destination communication device.