ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT BY PORTABLE TELEPHONE SET AND RELAY SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relay credit and settlement information by utilizing a portable telephone set owned by an individual in Internet sales. SOLUTION: A buyer 1 connects the portable telephone set 10 to a personal computer 50 by a cable 20, and the credit inquiry of the buyer 1, order reception and settlement are performed in making a purchase in the Internet sales. Credit information and a purchase price and directly transmitted to a relay center 30 via a portable telephone network 41 or other public line networks 42 and 43. The center 30 relays received data to an external institution 30-1 for performing credit inquiry and settlement and confirms authentication and non- authentication.