Service providing system
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsMasaya Umemura, Yukihide Inagaki, Isao Takita, Tsutomu Hara
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Abstract
A system for providing a service through a non-contact communication unit such as a wireless communication unit is disclosed. Specifically, an electronic ticket is communicated between a so-called mobile terminal and the non-contact communication unit equipped in a ticket examiner. The ticket examiner comprises a stocker for storing magnetized slips, roll paper or plastic slips, and a shaper for cutting the magnetized slip or the roll paper into a proper size. The ticket examiner confirms the validity of the electronic ticket for issuing a ticket.
Claims13
A service providing apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus through a network, comprising:
- communication means for communicating with a terminal carried by a person who is going to receive a service;
- transfer means for transferring information for guaranteeing a compensation for a service provided through said communication means to said information processing apparatus through said network;
- and
- providing means for providing a service based on information acquired from said information processing apparatus.
A service providing system having a ticket examiner and an information processing apparatus interconnected through a network for providing a service in compensation for a price, wherein:
- said ticket examiner comprises:
- communication means provided on a surface of said ticket examiner and based on a non-contact or electromagnetic contact scheme, or conduction of an electric signal;
- and
- means for collecting information on means for settling a service provided through any of said communication means from information stored in a medium communicated through said communication means,
- said information processing apparatus comprises:
- means connected to a financial institution through said network for decrypting said information on the settling means to a plain text, evaluating the validity of said information on the settling means, making a settlement based on said evaluation through said financial institution and said communication means, and selecting a service to be provided and preparing for providing the service after the settlement, and
- said ticket examiner further comprises:
- person sensing means equipped therein;
- and
- means for recognizing based on a person sensed by said person detecting means and the communication medium sensed by said communication means that a user who should receive a service exists at said ticket examiner.
A method of providing a service, comprising the steps of:
- guiding a person who is going to receive a service to a service providing apparatus;
- requesting the person for guarantee information for guaranteeing a compensation for a provided service, said compensation possessed by the person who is going to receive a service using communication means;
- transmitting said received guarantee information to an information processing apparatus possessed by a service provider through a network for referring to said service provider for said guarantee information;
- and
- providing the service to the person who is going to receive the service based on a result of the reference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.