WO1994019777A1 - Systeme electronique de controle de fonds - Google Patents

Systeme electronique de controle de fonds Download PDF

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WO1994019777A1
WO1994019777A1 PCT/FI1994/000070 FI9400070W WO9419777A1 WO 1994019777 A1 WO1994019777 A1 WO 1994019777A1 FI 9400070 W FI9400070 W FI 9400070W WO 9419777 A1 WO9419777 A1 WO 9419777A1
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card
prepaid
control device
balance data
prepaid card
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Tero Ilen
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Mikrokit Oy
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/10—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means together with a coded signal, e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data
    • G07F7/1008—Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/0008—General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/30—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices or networks
    • G06Q20/34—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices or networks using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
    • G06Q20/341—Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/0873—Details of the card reader
    • G07F7/088—Details of the card reader the card reader being part of the point of sale [POS] terminal or electronic cash register [ECR] itself
    • G07F7/0886—Details of the card reader the card reader being part of the point of sale [POS] terminal or electronic cash register [ECR] itself the card reader being portable for interacting with a POS or ECR in realizing a payment transaction

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  • the invention relates to an electronic funds control system particularly for so called prepaid cards.
  • the current means of payment comparable to cash include coins, notes, checks, bank bills and other docu ⁇ ments entitling to receipt of payment.
  • Value cards (pre ⁇ paid cards) for use in automatic charging devices are also generally known.
  • electronic payment means it has become apparent that small-value cash transactions would be more advantageous in respect of economy if they were dealt with by a sufficiently widely spread card system based of prepayment, instead of the central bank issuing and holding in circulation an ever increasing number and selection of coins. For some time now, there has been a need and plans for introduction of prepaid cards that could be used nationwide.
  • a national cash transaction service would over- come many of the problems that have been regarded as weaknesses of the electronic cash transaction systems and obstacles to their introduction.
  • the problems include the restriction of service to machines of a specified organization and the locally varying infra- structure, i.e. small number of points of payment.
  • checks can be conducted by methods and algorithms currently known e.g. from bank cards.
  • the drawback of prepaid cards is that they provide the user with insufficient information.
  • the purchasing power loaded on a card for wider use should be easily checkable on location, not only in specific service points. Since the idea of prepaid cards is that they are inexpensive and secure, they cannot be designed to include extra displays or other functions.
  • the object of the present invention is to find a decisive remedy for the above drawback.
  • This is to be achieved with the system according to the invention, which is characterised by comprising a prepaid card provided with logic means for maintaining the balance data on the card and updating it with every transaction and a control device receiving the prepaid card and communicating with it, the current balance data on said prepaid card read through the device being checkable on the display of said device.
  • the primary advantage of the invention is that it provides a way of conducting transactions that is better and simpler than cash, both for the payer and the receiver of the payment and in respect of economy since a need for coins is diminished.
  • Another advantage of the invention is that it can be assumed to spread quickly since the control device is inexpensive to manufacture and therefore available to all and since it does not require that the shops or banks should change their existing systems of payment.
  • Fig. 1 shows a control device for a prepaid card according to the system of the invention on the scale of 1:1
  • Fig. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of a pre ⁇ paid card according to the system of the invention inserted in a control device.
  • the invention relates to an electronic funds control system particularly for prepaid cards, each card comprising logic means and/or memory means.
  • These cards are usually called smart cards, IC cards or chip cards.
  • a card of this kind can be used in cash transactions as it contains up-to-date data about the cardholder's funds.
  • the card is bought at a service point at its nominal value, and it is valid in all shops which have a card reading device and particularly in automates until the purchasing power loaded on the card has been used up.
  • the card may be disposable or re-loadable e.g. at a service point.
  • the system according to the invention com ⁇ prises a control device 1 as shown in Fig. 1, the device receiving the prepaid card and communicating with it e.g.
  • Each prepaid card 5 advantageously has a card-specific identifier known to the cardholder and stored in the card. The identifier is read via mechanical keys 4 of the control device 1 as the card is activated upon checking the balance data.
  • the use of a control device in connection with the card requires that the correct identifier should be fed into the control device via the keyboard 3 of the device. If desired, the same control function can also be included in the terminal receiving the pay- ment. Unauthorized use of prepaid cards can thus be prevented.

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  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
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  • Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
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  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • General Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
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  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention porte sur un système électronique de contrôle destiné en particulier aux cartes prépayées. Le système objet de l'invention comprend une carte prépayée munie de moyens logiques gérant le solde et l'actualisant lors de chaque transaction, ainsi qu'un dispositif de contrôle (1) recevant la carte prépayée et communiquant avec elle, le solde actuel de la carte, lu par le dispositif, pouvant être vérifié sur l'écran (2) dudit dispositif.
PCT/FI1994/000070 1993-02-24 1994-02-23 Systeme electronique de controle de fonds WO1994019777A1 (fr)

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AU61102/94A AU6110294A (en) 1993-02-24 1994-02-23 Electronic funds control system

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FI930828A FI930828A0 (fi) 1993-02-24 1993-02-24 Elektroniskt kontrollsystem foer kontanter
FI930828 1993-02-24

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EP0724238A1 (fr) * 1995-01-24 1996-07-31 Europay International S.A. Dispositif à cartes et système pour transactions sans espèces
EP0803832A2 (fr) * 1996-02-28 1997-10-29 Hitachi, Ltd. Dispositif d'affichage de solde du type étui à carte
EP0798649A3 (fr) * 1996-03-25 1998-08-19 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Dispositif de terminal portable pour une carte à puce, compatible avec une pluralité d'applications
GB2319104B (en) * 1995-12-08 1999-04-21 Hitachi Ltd IC card reader/writer and method of operation thereof
EP0895205A3 (fr) * 1997-07-31 1999-11-24 Fujitsu Limited Lecteur de cartes
US6000607A (en) * 1995-12-08 1999-12-14 Hitachi, Ltd. IC card reader/writer and method of operation thereof
KR100505144B1 (ko) * 1996-09-19 2005-11-08 다이니폰 인사츠 가부시키가이샤 카드홀더
US10891609B2 (en) 2018-06-25 2021-01-12 Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. Transaction card and information displaying method

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US4827111A (en) * 1986-04-08 1989-05-02 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Intelligent-type IC card containing IC circuit and battery

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US4827111A (en) * 1986-04-08 1989-05-02 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Intelligent-type IC card containing IC circuit and battery
US4814591A (en) * 1987-04-13 1989-03-21 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Portable medium

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WO1996023283A2 (fr) * 1995-01-24 1996-08-01 Europay International S.A. Appareil a carte et systeme de transactions financieres electroniques
WO1996023283A3 (fr) * 1995-01-24 1996-10-03 Europay Int Sa Appareil a carte et systeme de transactions financieres electroniques
EP0724238A1 (fr) * 1995-01-24 1996-07-31 Europay International S.A. Dispositif à cartes et système pour transactions sans espèces
US6000607A (en) * 1995-12-08 1999-12-14 Hitachi, Ltd. IC card reader/writer and method of operation thereof
US6016957A (en) * 1995-12-08 2000-01-25 Hitachi, Ltd. IC card reader/writer and method of operation thereof
GB2319104B (en) * 1995-12-08 1999-04-21 Hitachi Ltd IC card reader/writer and method of operation thereof
EP0803832A3 (fr) * 1996-02-28 2000-05-31 Hitachi, Ltd. Dispositif d'affichage de solde du type étui à carte
EP0803832A2 (fr) * 1996-02-28 1997-10-29 Hitachi, Ltd. Dispositif d'affichage de solde du type étui à carte
EP0798649A3 (fr) * 1996-03-25 1998-08-19 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Dispositif de terminal portable pour une carte à puce, compatible avec une pluralité d'applications
KR100505144B1 (ko) * 1996-09-19 2005-11-08 다이니폰 인사츠 가부시키가이샤 카드홀더
EP0895205A3 (fr) * 1997-07-31 1999-11-24 Fujitsu Limited Lecteur de cartes
US6168078B1 (en) 1997-07-31 2001-01-02 Fujitsu Limited Card reader
US10891609B2 (en) 2018-06-25 2021-01-12 Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. Transaction card and information displaying method

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