Patent ID: 7343344

Claim:
A method of electronically settling a purchase price to be paid by a purchaser in a store in an electronic payment system comprising a mobile station held and operated by said purchaser, a personal information input terminal in the store, and a payment center, the method: at the personal information input terminal: notifying the payment center, by the store personal information input terminal through a public mobile communication network, of the purchase price, a mobile subscriber number of the mobile station held by the purchaser, and personal information for identifying the purchaser to request payment processing; at the payment center: comparing the personal information notified by the store personal information input terminal with personal information stored in the payment center to determine whether the purchaser is eligible for the electronic payment; and if the purchaser is qualified for the electronic payment, notifying the mobile station held and operated by the purchaser of the purchase price with the mobile subscriber number through the public mobile communication network to request the purchaser to verify the purchase price; at the mobile station: when the purchase price is verified, notifying the payment center of the fact; notifying a home location register over the public mobile communication network by the payment center of the purchase price to request update of accounting information in order to collect the verified purchase price together with a charge for the mobile station; and notifying the store by the payment center that the electronic payment has been completed after the request for update of the accounting information.