Patent ID: 6961557

Claim:
An electronic service providing system comprising: a shop-side terminal device, a user-side terminal device, and an electronic service management server connectable with each other, the shop-side terminal device being located in a shop, the user-side terminal device being possessed by a user, the electronic service management server having a customer card database storing an electronic customer card representative of shop-related use points related to a history of purchases made by the user at the shop; means for sending the electronic customer card from the electronic service management server to the user-side terminal device; means provided in the user-side terminal device for indicating the electronic customer card when a purchase is made at the shop; means for sending information of shop-related use points given by the shop in relation to the purchase from the shop-side terminal device to the electronic service management server; means provided in the electronic service management server for adding the shop-related use points given by the shop to the electronic customer card to update the electronic customer card; means provided in the electronic service management server for storing the updated electronic customer card in the customer card database; a negotiable-card management server to which the electronic service management server is connectable, the negotiable-card management server managing a negotiable card for settling an account concerning a purchase, the negotiable card being possessed by the user; a card point conversion table provided in the electronic service management server and determining a rate of trade between shop-related use points given by the shop and negotiable-card-related use points given in response to use of the negotiable card; and means for allowing diversion between the shop-related use points and the negotiable-card-related use points by reference to the card point conversion table.