Abstract: An electronic shopping mall in which customers can enjoy shopping including discount negotiations. The mall includes a shopping mall server that manages the electronic shopping mall, and a shop server that manages a virtual shop in the electronic shopping mall. In response to a discount request provided by the customer, the shopping mall server responds as to the discount to be borne by the electronic shopping mall to the customer. When a request for a further-discount which is beyond the discount to be borne by the electronic shopping mall is provided by the customer, the shopping mall server negotiates with the shop server for a discount to be borne by the virtual shop managed by the shop server.

Abstract: A keylock switch and a keylock switch system receive a supply of power from two terminals of the keylock switch, and output key data, affording a small and reasonably-priced keylock switch and keylock switch system, of a drastically expanded field of application of the keylock switch, and improved security in various fields. A keylock switch and a keylock switch system moreover can maintain the function of a conventional lock utilizing metal material. A signal read by read means may be isolated from a power, or a power source, stored in charge storing means to realize both supplying of power and outputting of key data through two terminals. Further, the state inside the keylock switches may be quickly reset to an initial state, to prepare for a next use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an instantaneous settlement apparatus which settles a purchase of a customer at the spot of the purchase using a debit card and informs the customer of an account balance and an account transaction history.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cash home-delivery system and a cash home-delivery method appropriate for cash home-delivery, including: an account manager that manages accounts; a cash home-delivery manager that receives a cash home-delivery request and orders a cash home-delivery if a condition of cash home-delivery is satisfied; a mobile settlement terminal that reads information recorded in a card associated with an account of a user and owned by the user, and accepts authentication information of the user input by an operation of the user, and then, sends a request for a settlement of the cash home-delivery to the account manager via a wireless communication line, and wherein, in response to the request for the settlement sent by the mobile settlement terminal, the account manager executes the settlement of the cash home-delivery by account transfer for transferring an amount of money required for the cash home-delivery.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electronic shopping mall in which customers can enjoy shopping including discount negotiations. The electronic shopping mall has a shopping mall server (sales management/acceptance processing server 101 and discount server 102) that manages the electronic shopping mall and a shop server (shop servers 103A to 103n) that manages a virtual shop in the electronic shopping mall. In response to a discount request provided by the customer, the shopping mall server responds as to the discount to be born by the electronic shopping mall to the customer. When a request for a further-discount which is beyond the discount to be born by the electronic shopping mall is provided by the customer, in response to such request, the shopping mall server negotiates with the shop server for a discount to be born by the virtual shop managed by the shop server.

Abstract: A locker type delivering system according to this invention includes a plurality of merchandise delivering equipment installed at public sites, accepts designation of a place and a time by a customer when the customer orders the merchandise, manages ordering information about the order of the merchandise inclusive of the designation on the basis of an ordering code, and sends the ordering code to the customer. Settling means provided to merchandise delivering equipment acquires ordering information corresponding to the input of the ordering code, and controls the unlocking the door of the corresponding locker by generating a suitable release code when an appropriate amount of money based on this ordering information is received. Therefore, this system can safely accomplish settlement of the charge and delivery of the merchandise to unspecified customers while protecting privacy of the customers.

Abstract: A locker type delivering system according to this invention includes a plurality of merchandise delivering equipment installed at public sites, accepts designation of a place and a time by a customer when the customer orders the merchandise, manages ordering information about the order of the merchandise inclusive of the designation on the basis of an ordering code, and sends the ordering code to the customer. Settling means provided to merchandise delivering equipment acquires ordering information corresponding to the input of the ordering code, and controls the unlocking the door of the corresponding locker by generating a suitable release code when an appropriate amount of money based on this ordering information is received. Therefore, this system can safely accomplish settlement of the charge and delivery of the merchandise to unspecified customers while protecting privacy of the customers.

Abstract: A first keylock switch and a first keylock switch system of this invention receive the supply of power from two terminals provided to the keylock switch, and output key data. Therefore, this invention can accomplish a small and reasonably-priced keylock switch and keylock switch system, drastically expand the field of application of the keylock switch, and improve security in various fields. A second keylock switch and a second keylock switch system of this invention, in particular, can also maintain the function of a conventional lock utilizing metal material. Also, this invention can isolate the signal read by read means from the power or power source stored in charge storing means to realize both supplying of power and outputting of key data through two terminals. Further, the present invention can quickly reset the state inside the keylock switches to an initial state to prepare for the next use.