SALES TRANSACTION SYSTEM IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK, SALES TRANSACTION METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND SERVER FOR SALES TRANSACTION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an m-commerce system requiring no transfer of the information concerning a customer.;SOLUTION: This m-commerce system 100 stores a virtual bank account for each customer joined in the system. The account shows the payability of the customer. This system also stores information on customers and sellers joined to the system. This system receives the inquiry for payability sent by a seller through a mobile communication network. In reply to this inquiry, the m-commerce system 100 checks whether the customer is payable to a purchased product or not. When the payability is judged, a commercial server 12 transmits a sales message including all details of the transaction concerned. In reply to this sales message, the m-commerce system 100 starts data processing. During this processing, the money is paid to the account of the seller and subtracted from the account of the customer, and statistical and necessary databases are renewed.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2002,JPO