| 摘要 |
<p>A gift certificate is judged if it is genuine more reliably to prevent the gift certificate from being used fraudulently. A gift certificate provided with an electronic circuit chip where specific identification data is stored in a nonrewritable area is used. When a distribution managing center (5) receives an issue register request including identification data about the electronic circuit chip from an issue procedure terminal (2), the distribution managing center (5) registers the issue of a gift certificate specified by the identification data in a database. When the distribution managing center (5) receives a receipt register request including identification data about the electronic circuit chip from a receipt procedure terminal (3), the distribution managing center (5) checks whether or not the issue of the gift certificate specified by the identification data is registered in the database and, only if registered, and updates the registered contents about the gift certificate in the database from the contents to the effect that the gift certificate has been issued to the contents to the effect that the gift certificate has been received. The result of the updating is reported to the receipt procedure terminal (3).</p> |
