Shopping bag, product settlement system, product settlement method, and program

A product settlement system, comprising:

• a shopping bag with a housing space that can accommodate products by a perimeter wall having a layered structure, the perimeter wall including at least a shield layer made of a material having a radio wave shielding function and an antenna layer disposed inside the shield layer, a wire antenna for scanning product identification information from an RF tag attached to a product accommodated in the housing space being provided in the antenna layer;
• a settlement assistance terminal that is detachably connected to the wire antenna, and is configured to acquire the product identification information from the product accommodated in the housing space via the wire antenna;
• a store server configured to manage store information regarding a store that sales products and product information regarding an individual product;
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• a user terminal that is owned by a customer, and has user identification information of the customer, the user terminal being connected to be able communicate with the settlement assistance terminal and the store server, and being configured to acquire the product identification information from the settlement assistance terminal, acquire the product information associated with the acquired product identification information from the store server, and give an instruction about execution of payment processing of the product based on the acquired product information and user identification information.

A product payment method using a shopping bag with a housing space that can accommodate products by a perimeter wall having a layered structure, the perimeter wall including at least a shield layer made of a material having a radio wave shielding function and a wire antenna disposed inside the shield layer, the wire antenna being configured to scan product identification information from an RF tag attached to a product accommodated in the housing space, a settlement assistance terminal configured to acquire the product identification information from the product accommodated in the housing space via the wire antenna, and a store server configured to manage product information regarding an individual product, the method comprising:

• establishing connection between a user terminal of a customer and the settlement assistance terminal;
• acquiring, by the user terminal, the product identification information acquired from the RF tag of the product accommodated in the housing space by the settlement assistance terminal;
• receiving, by the user terminal, the product information associated with the acquired product identification information from the store server;
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• giving, by the user terminal, an instruction about execution of payment processing based on the product information acquired in the receiving the product information.