Communication system and information processing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHideaki Takahashi, Tatsuo Itabashi
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Abstract
A network transaction server apparatus manages virtual world privilege information that is issued for a transaction that a user has conducted in a virtual world by manipulating a personal computer. A settlement server apparatus manages real world privilege information that is issued for a transaction that the user has conducted in a real world. In response to a request from the personal computer, the settlement server apparatus converts virtual world privilege information that is managed by the network transaction server apparatus into real world privilege information using a prescribed conversion factor.
Claims18
A communication system comprising:
- an IC card including a unique user identifier corresponding to a user;
- a first management apparatus for generating and managing a first type of user information, the first type of user information generated based on a first transaction conducted between the first management apparatus and a first terminal using the user identifier, the first terminal including an IC card interface for receiving the user identifier from the IC card, the user identifier associating the first type of user information with the user;
- a second management apparatus for generating and managing a second type of user information, the second type of user information generated based on a second transaction conducted between the second management apparatus and a second terminal using the user identifier, the second terminal including an IC card interface for receiving the user identifier from the IC card, the user identifier associating the second type of user information with the user;
- wherein the second management apparatus combines the first type of user information with the second type of user information in response to a request from the user to combine the first type of user information and the second type of user information.
An information processing method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a user identifier from an IC card at a first terminal, the first terminal including an IC card interface;
- generating a first type of user information based on a first transaction conducted between the first management apparatus and the first terminal using the user identifier, the user identifier associating the first type of user information with the user;
- receiving the user identifier from the IC card at a second terminal, the second terminal including an IC card interface;
- generating a second type of user information based on a second transaction conducted between the second management apparatus and the second terminal using the user identifier, the user identifier associating the second type of user information with the user;
- combining the first type of user information with the second type of user information in response to a request from the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.