Settlement system and server apparatus

A settlement system in which a virtual shop is opened on a network and a purchaser client purchases a commodity and settles a purchase in said virtual shop, said settlement system comprising:

• image data issuance means for issuing image data including a money amount to the purchaser client;
• reception means for receiving the image data including the money amount from the purchaser client via the network;
• verification means for checking whether or not the image data including the money amount received from said purchaser client via the reception means is that issued image data including the money amount;
• and
• settlement means for allowing said purchaser client to settle an account in a range of said money amount via the image data including the money amount when the verification means verifies that the image data is that issued image data including the money amount.

A settlement system comprising:

• image data issuance means for issuing image data indicating a money amount and including encryption data as a winner prize or a reward prize to a client having made an application via a network;
• reception means for receiving the image data indicating the money amount from the client via the network;
• verification means for checking whether or not the image data indicating the money amount received from said client via the reception means includes said encryption data;
• and
• settlement means for settling an account in a range of said money amount of said image data when the verification means verifies that said encryption data is included.

A server apparatus comprising:

• first image data storage means for storing image data including a money amount to be transmitted to a purchaser client via transmission means on a network;
• second image data storage means for storing image data including a money amount received from the purchaser client via the network;
• verification means for checking whether or not the image data including the money amount stored in the second image data storage means is the image data stored in said first image data storage means and transmitted to said purchaser client;
• and
• settlement means for allowing said purchaser client to settle an account in a range of said money amount by the image data including the money amount when the verification means verifies that the image data is that transmitted image data including the money amount.

A settlement system comprising:

• transmission means for transmitting an image data to a purchaser client via a network;
• reception means for receiving the image data from the purchaser client via the network;
• and
• verification means for checking whether or not said image data received from said purchaser client via the reception means is the image data transmitted via said transmission means,
• wherein a predetermined service is presented to said purchaser client when said verification means verifies that the image data is that transmitted image data.

A settlement system in which a virtual shop is opened on a network and a purchaser client purchases a commodity in said virtual shop and settles the purchase, said settlement system comprising:

• exhibition means for exhibiting an image data clearly indicating that a predetermined service can be received in said virtual shop;
• image data issuance means for issuing said image data to said purchaser client when the purchaser client purchases the commodity in said virtual shop;
• reception means for receiving the image data from the purchaser client via the network;
• and
• verification means for checking whether or not the image data received from said purchaser client via the reception means is that issued image data,
• wherein said purchaser client can receive said predetermined service when said verification means verifies that the image data is that issued image data.

A server apparatus comprising:

• image data storage means for storing image data to be transmitted to a purchaser client via transmission means on a network;
• reception means for receiving image data from said purchaser client via the network;
• verification means for checking whether or not the image data received via the reception means is the image data stored in said image data storage means and transmitted to said purchaser client;
• and
• settlement means for presenting a predetermined service to said purchaser client during settlement when the verification means verifies that the image data is that transmitted image data.