SETTLEMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for efficiently performing settlement processing on a network. SOLUTION: This store device is provided with a means for preliminarily storing input form data for inputting settlement information, a means for displaying input form data on a reading display screen according to an instruction from a user, a means for acquiring settlement information inputted according to the displayed input form and a means for transmitting the acquired settlement information through a communication network to a settlement request device. This settlement request device is provided with a means for receiving settlement information transmitted from the store device, a means for transmitting the received settlement information and the settlement processing request information for requesting the settlement information to a settement processer through an exclusive line, a means for receiving settlement result information transmitted from the settlement processor, that is, the settlement result information showing the result of settlement corresponding to the settlement information and the settlement processing request information and a means for transmitting the received settlement result information through a communication network to the store device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI