Transaction management system and method

A transaction processing method for a transaction management system which processes transactions using settlement cards each containing individual control information for at least identifying a card holder, the transaction processing method comprising the steps of:

• executing a predetermined transaction process based on individual control information that is input at the transaction and transaction information for the transaction;
• judging based on the transaction information whether or not the transaction satisfies at least one count-up condition indicating a predetermined range of transaction type;
• when the transaction meets the at least one count-up condition, adding a numerical value to numerical information indicative of the number of transactions satisfying the at least one count-up condition by the individual control number;
• determining whether or not a numerical value represented by the added numerical information is within a range specified by an extraction condition defined by a conditional formula specifying a predetermined range of numerical values;
• and
• extracting individual control information corresponding to the added numerical information determined to be within the range, and outputting card holder information corresponding to the extracted individual control information.

A transaction processing method, comprising the steps of:

• processing transactions based on individual control information inputted using a settlement card and transaction information input during a transaction;
• determining whether or not the transaction matches at least one specified type of transaction and reach a specified number of transactions;
• and
• extracting information relative to the individual control information based on the determination,
• wherein each of the settlement card contains individual control information for at least identifying a card holder, and the step of processing transactions includes the step of executing a predetermined transaction process based on the individual control information that is input at each of the transactions and transaction information for the transaction, and
• wherein the determining step includes the steps of:
• judging based on the transaction information whether or not the transaction satisfies at least one count-up condition indicating a predetermined range of transaction type;
• when the transaction meets the at least one count-up condition, adding a numerical value to numerical information indicative of the number of transactions satisfying the at least one count-up condition by the individual control number;
• and
• determining whether or not a numerical value represented by the added numerical information is within a range specified by an extraction condition defined by a conditional formula specifying a predetermined range of numerical values.