Abstract: A technology is provided for timely reporting on vehicle positions to a control center without unnecessary spending on communication costs. The positions of a plurality of moving bodies which are being managed are detected. Determinations are made on whether or not the positions of these moving bodies are within specified multi-stage distance ranges. As a result of this determination, when the position of the moving body enters into a distance range for one of the stages, the position of this moving body is wirelessly reported to a control center.

Abstract: An electronic-money collecting system is capable of returning a lost IC card used as an ‘electronic purse’ to a legitimate owner or an issuing institution with a high degree of efficiency. When a lost IC card containing data representing electronic money is found, the finder inserts the card into a public terminal, and information read from the card is transmitted to a card center by way of a communication line. At the center, a storage unit containing identification and contact data is searched for owner contact data, and the owner of the lost IC card is notified of the implementation of processing to collect the IC card. Also, a finder is given reward money recorded in a found IC card or, when an attempt made by a finder to illegally draw money, information on the finder is recorded, allowing abuse of a found IC card to be detected early.

Abstract: A transaction intermediate service providing technique for intermediating a transaction between transaction requesting parties through a financial institution based on credit information. An intermediate server receives condition information including the credit information and desired level information from a transaction requesting party for registration in a database. The server matches article attributes and essential condition information between transaction requesting parties based on the received information with reference to the database. Then, the server determines the transaction establishment possibility by comparing a priority or a weighting factor assigned to the priority in the desired level information between the transaction requesting parties to find a matching degree, and determining based on the matching degree the possibility that a transaction is established between both parties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic-money collecting system capable of returning a lost IC card used as an ‘electronic purse’ to the owner of the lost IC card or an institution issuing the lost IC card with a high degree of efficiency without giving a troublesome load to the lost-IC-card finder or the institution issuing the IC card. When a lost IC card in which money data representing the amount of electronic money is stored is found, the found IC card is entered to a terminal installed at places such as a banking organ or a public institution. At that time, information read out from the IC card is transmitted to a center apparatus by way of a communication line. At the center apparatus, a storage unit is searched for information on the legitimate owner of the IC card such as information for contacting the owner.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a technology for timely reporting on vehicle positions to a control center without unnecessary spending on communication costs. The positions of a plurality of moving bodies which are being managed are detected. Determinations are made on whether or not the positions of these moving bodies are within specified multi-stage distance ranges (S100 to S200 to S500). As a result of this determination, when the position of the moving body enters into a distance range for one of the stages, the position of this moving body is wirelessly reported to a control center 200 (S600).

Abstract: An electronic-money collecting system is capable of returning a lost IC card used as an ‘electronic purse’ to the owner of the lost IC card or an institution issuing the lost IC card with a high degree of efficiency without imposing a burden on the lost-IC-card finder or the institution issuing the IC card. When a lost IC card in which money data representing the amount of electronic money stored on the card is found, the found IC card is inserted into a terminal installed at places, such as a banking organization or a public institution. At that time, information read out from the IC card is transmitted to a center by way of a communication line. At the center, a storage unit is searched for information on the legitimate owner of the IC card. owner. The owner of the lost IC card is then notified.

Abstract: An electronic-money collecting system is capable of returning a lost IC card used as an `electronic purse` to the owner of the lost IC card or an institution issuing the lost IC card with a high degree of efficiency without imposing a burden on the lost-IC-card finder or the institution issuing the IC card. When a lost IC card in which money data representing the amount of electronic money stored on the card is found, the found IC card is inserted into a terminal installed at places, such as a banking organization or a public institution. At that time, information read out from the IC card is transmitted to a center by way of a communication line. At the center, a storage unit is searched for information on the legitimate owner of the IC card, such as information for contacting the owner. The owner of the lost IC card is then notified of the implementation of processing to collect the IC card by telephone, through the post or through an electronic mail using a communication means.