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Log information concerning an electronic transaction performed between a transaction device and a business connection server through a network is compared with information concerning a predetermined business connection down-loaded from the server, and the log information is recorded in an IC card ac

Log information concerning an electronic transaction performed between a transaction device and a business connection server through a network is compared with information concerning a predetermined business connection down-loaded from the server, and the log information is recorded in an IC card accepted by the transaction device when the log information is related to the information concerning a predetermined business connection. Predetermined commodity information is provided to a user in accordance with a request by the user of the IC card when the log information stored in the IC card satisfies a predetermined condition.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] In an electronic commerce system having a transaction device, a plurality of business connection servers which perform a transaction with said transaction device, and a network which connects said transaction device to said plurality of business connection servers so that

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] In an electronic commerce system having a transaction device, a plurality of business connection servers which perform a transaction with said transaction device, and a network which connects said transaction device to said plurality of business connection servers so that a commercial transaction is performed between said transaction device and said plurality of business connection servers through said network, an information providing method for providing information concerning a predetermined commodity to a user operating said transaction device, said method comprising the steps of:(a) making said transaction device accept a portable information recording medium possessed by the user operating said transaction device;(b) obtaining information concerning a business connection in a transaction between said transaction device and said plurality of business connection servers through said network;(c) determining whether or not the information concerning the business connection obtained in said step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance;(d) obtaining log information regarding said transaction with respect to the business connection performed between said transaction device and one of said plurality of business connection servers and recording the obtained log information into said portable information recording medium when said step (c) makes a determination that the information concerning the business connection obtained in said step (b) is set as business connection monitoring information prepared in advance;(e) determining whether or not history of information concerning the transaction performed by the user with respect to at least one business connection recorded in said portable information recording medium satisfies a predetermined condition for providing information concerning said predetermined commodity dealt by one business connection, said history of information including at least one of information regarding said at least one business connection, access information regarding said at least one business connection and settlement information regarding said at least one business connection; and(f) providing information concerning said predetermined commodity determined by said history of information recorded in said portable information recording medium when the step (e) makes a determination that the history of information concerning the transaction with respect to the business connection satisfies the predetermined condition.