| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wireless device by which cash payments can be made or by which indicia that provide a virtual cash equivalent can be displayed for use in making cash payments, without problems attendant on handling cash itself. <P>SOLUTION: A virtual cash system, method, and apparatus has an account record containing a record of money amounts associated with a wireless device and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting to the wireless device predetermined information from the account record. Cash amounts can be spent from the account record directly from the wireless device via information derived from the wireless device via a bar code on the display, a short range radio signal, a light beam, or the like. A different security code is generated for each transaction for verification. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
