An electronic information backup system for safely back up electronic
value information about electronic money and electronic ticket through
communication in a server so as to exclude unauthorized actions when
backup and restoring are performed and for restoring the electronic value
information from the backup in case of emergency such as loss of key
information. In this system, electronic value information is encrypted,
the encrypted electronic value information is registered in an electronic
safe server, and the user receives the registration, presents the
registration to the server to receive the encrypted electronic value
information, and decrypts the electronic value information with
decrypting key data. The decrypting key can be kept in another server.
The electronic value information and the decrypting key can be kept
separately in different servers. It is possible to keep the sequence of
number of the cryptogram to serve as the basic the decrypting key in the
server, and to generate a decrypting key according to a decrypting key
generation algorithm on the terminal side. In case of loss of the
decrypting key, the possessor certificate information is verified and
then the user can receive the decrypting key from the server.