Patent ID: 7051924

Claim:
A value holding apparatus operable to process a payment for use of a transport facility requested from a request apparatus, said value holding apparatus comprising: a zone recording unit operable to record information indicating a first zone in which a fare adjustment is unnecessary; a location information receiving unit operable to receive, from the request apparatus, first location information that indicates a first location where the use of the transport facility ends; a receiving unit operable to receive request information indicating a request for payment from the request apparatus; a storage unit operable to store second location information that indicates a second location where the use of the transport facility starts; an obtaining unit operable to obtain a second zone in which the transport facility is used, by using the first location information and the second location information; a judging unit operable to judge whether the second zone is included in the first zone, and to judge that the request information is invalid when the second zone is included in the first zone; and a rejecting unit operable to reject the request information when the request information is judged to be invalid by said judging unit.