| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further reduce communication costs and to report the user of a stolen credit card to the police, etc., by preventing a shop clerk, etc., operating an authentication terminal from being in a dangerous state in a credit card authentication system using a radio communication network. SOLUTION: In this credit card authentication system in which many portable credit card authentication terminals 1 are connected to a central data processing center 4 by a public radio communication network of a packet communication method and can perform on-line authentication processing, the central data processing center 4 is provided with a routing information storing part 42f, and the storing part 42f performs routing processing. The center 4 is also provided with a terminal information storing part 42a and the storing part 42a collectively manages terminal information. The center 4 is further provided with a stolen credit card use reporting means 45 and the reporting means 45 can immediately report to the police and a security company. |
