Electronic commerce information processing system and method

• US 20030061486A1
• Filed: 11/13/2002
• Published: 03/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NIFTY Corp. (Nojima Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NIFTY Corp. (Nojima Corporation)
• Inventors: Watabe, Yuki, Shibuya, Akio
• Granted Patent: US 7,483,863 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/02 involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3676 Balancing accounts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3821 Electronic credentials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3829 involving key management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40975 using encryption therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

This invention provides a novel processing technique from customer authentication to order price claim in online sales of commodities and the like. First, upon receiving a customer authentication request from a shop computer, a first key is generated and transmitted to a customer terminal. Upon receiving the first key and authentication information for that customer, a legitimacy confirmation of the key and authentication processing are performed, and if both of the processing results are affirmative, a second key is generated and transmitted to the shop computer with an order identification number. In a case where the second key and shop authentication information are received from the shop computer, the legitimacy confirmation of the key, authentication processing of the shop, and credit processing of the customer are performed. If results of the aforementioned three processings are affirmative, content of the order is registered, and information indicating the registration of the order and so on is transmitted to the shop computer. After that, upon receiving an order price claim request from the shop computer, sales determination for the order is registered and the order price claim processing is carried out.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

authentication confirming means for generating a first key and transmitting said first key to a customer terminal upon receiving information of said customer terminal, shop information, and at least identification information of an order by the customer, which are related to a customer authentication request; and

customer authentication means for performing a legitimacy confirmation processing upon receiving said first key from said customer terminal, and an authentication processing for said customer upon receiving authentication information of said customer from said customer terminal, and for generating a second key and transmitting said second key and said identification information of said order by said customer to said shop computer if a result of said legitimacy confirmation processing of said first key and a result of said authentication processing for said customer are affirmative.

2. The computer system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said authentication confirming means carries out an authentication processing for the shop or a confirmation processing for the shop by using the received shop information.

3. The computer system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said authentication confirming means further receives content information of said order by said customer, and preliminarily registers said content information of said order by said customer.

4. The computer system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said authentication confirming means transmits a notice to the effect that the customer authentication is carried out, with said first key to said customer terminal.

5. The computer system as set forth in claim 4, wherein said customer authentication means transmits a message to prompt to input said authentication information of said customer to said customer terminal and receives said authentication information of said customer from said customer terminal that responded to said message after said first key is received from said customer terminal that responded to said notice to the effect that the customer authentication is carried out.

6. The computer system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said authentication confirming means transmits a message to prompt to input said authentication information of said customer, with said first key to said customer terminal.

7. The computer system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said customer authentication means further carries out a processing for confirming system usage qualification for said customer, and generates a second key and transmits said second key and said identification information of said order by said customer to said shop computer if a result of said processing for confirming said system usage qualification is additionally affirmative.

8. The computer system as set forth in claim 7, wherein said processing for confirming said system usage qualification is a processing for confirming whether said customer holds a predetermined status of membership qualification and can use a predetermined settlement system.

9. The computer system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

credit processing means for carrying out a legitimacy confirmation processing of said second key, an authentication processing for said shop, and a credit processing of said customer by using said customer information registered in advance, upon receiving said second key, authentication information of said shop, and content information of said order by said customer from said shop computer, and for registering said content information of said order by said customer if results of said legitimacy confirming processing of said second key, said authentication processing for said shop, and said credit processing of said customer are affirmative.

10. The computer system as set forth in claim 9, wherein said credit processing means transmits information indicating whether or not said content information of said order by said customer and said identification information of said order by said customer.

11. The computer system as set forth in claim 9, wherein said credit processing means transmits registration identification information in said credit processing means if said results of said legitimacy confirmation processing of said second key, said authentication processing for said shop, and said credit processing of said customer are affirmative.

12. The computer system as set forth in claim 9, wherein said credit processing means transmits E-mail including at least a portion of said content information of said order by said customer to said customer if said results of said legitimacy confirmation processing of said second key, said authentication processing for said shop, and said credit processing of said customer are affirmative.

13. The computer system as set forth in claim 9, wherein said authentication confirming means further receives content information of said order by said customer, and preliminarily registers said content information of said order by said customer, and said credit processing means carries out a processing for comparing and confirming said content information of said order by said customer, which is received from said shop computer, with the preliminary registered information.

14. The computer system as set forth in claim 10, further comprising:

claim processing means for confirming legitimacy of said identification information of said order by said customer upon receiving said identification information of said order by said customer, which relates to an order price claim request, from said shop computer, and for registering sales determination for said order by said customer into a storage device and performing an order price claim processing if the legitimacy was confirmed.

15. The computer system as set forth in claim 11, further comprising:

claim processing means for confirming legitimacy of registration identification information upon receiving said registration identification information relating to an order price claim request from said shop computer, and for registering sales determination for said order by said customer into a storage device and performing an order price change processing if the legitimacy was confirmed.

16. The computer system as set forth in claim 14, wherein said claim processing means receives authentication information of said shop, which relates to said order price claim request, and carries out an authentication processing for said shop.

17. The computer system as set forth in claim 15, wherein said claim processing means transmits a notice to the effect that said order price claim was failed, to said shop computer, if the legitimacy of said identification information of said order by said customer or said registration identification information was not confirmed, and transmits a notice to the effect that said order price claim succeeded, to the shop computer, if said order price claim processing succeeded.

18. A computer system, comprising:

authentication confirming means for generating a key, and transmitting said key to a customer terminal upon receiving information of said customer terminal and shop information, which are related to a customer authentication request; and

customer authentication means for carrying out a legitimacy confirming processing of said key upon receiving said key from said customer terminal, carrying out an authentication processing for the customer upon receiving authentication information of said customer from said customer terminal, and transmitting information indicating that a result of said authentication processing is affirmative, to a shop computer, if results of said legitimacy confirmation processing of said key and said authentication processing for said customer are affirmative.

19. The computer system as set forth in claim 18, wherein said authentication confirming means carries out an authentication processing for the shop or a confirmation processing of the shop by using the received shop information.

20. The computer system as set forth in claim 18, wherein said customer authentication means further carries out a processing for confirming system usage qualification for the customer, and transmits information indicating that the customer can use a system to said shop computer, if a result of said processing for confirming said system usage qualification is additionally affirmative.

21. The computer system as set forth in claim 18, wherein said authentication confirming means receives at least identification information for identifying an order by said customer, and said customer authentication means transmits said identification information for identifying said order by said customer with said information indicating that a result of said authentication processing for said customer is affirmative.

22. An electronic commerce information processing method, comprising:

an authentication confirming step of generating a first key and transmitting said first key to a customer terminal upon receiving information of said customer terminal, shop information, and at least identification information of an order by the customer, which are related to a customer authentication request; and

a customer authentication step of performing a legitimacy confirmation processing of said first key upon receiving said first key from said customer terminal, performing an authentication processing for said customer upon receiving authentication information of said customer from said customer terminal, and generating a second key and transmitting said second key and said identification information of said order by said customer to a shop computer, if results of said legitimacy confirmation processing of said first key and said authentication processing for said customer are affirmative.

23. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 22, wherein in said authentication confirming step, an authentication processing for the shop or a confirmation processing for the shop by using the received shop information is carried out.

24. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 22, wherein in said authentication confirming step, content information of said order by said customer is further received, and said content information of said order by said customer is preliminarily registered.

25. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 22, wherein in said authentication confirming step, a notice to the effect that the customer authentication is carried out is transmitted with said first key to said customer terminal.

26. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 25, wherein in said customer authentication step, a message to prompt to input said authentication information of said customer is transmitted to said customer terminal, and said authentication information of said customer is received from said customer terminal that responded to said message after said first key is received from said customer terminal that responded to said notice to the effect that the customer authentication is carried out.

27. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 22, wherein in said authentication confirming step, a message to prompt to input said authentication information of said customer is transmitted with said first key to said customer terminal.

28. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 22, wherein in said customer authentication step, a processing for confirming system usage qualification for said customer is further carried out, and a second key is generated, and said second key and said identification information of said order by said customer are transmitted to said shop computer, if a result of said processing for confirming said system usage qualification is additionally affirmative.

29. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 28, wherein said processing for confirming said system usage qualification is a processing for confirming whether said customer holds a predetermined status of membership qualification and can use a predetermined settlement system.

30. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 22, further comprising:

a credit processing step of carrying out a legitimacy confirmation processing of said second key, an authentication processing for said shop, and a credit processing of said customer by using said customer information registered in advance, upon receiving said second key, authentication information of said shop, and content information of said order by said customer from said shop computer, and registering said content information of said order by said customer if results of said legitimacy confirming processing of said second key, said authentication processing for said shop, and said credit processing of said customer are affirmative.

31. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 30, wherein in said credit processing step, information indicating whether or not said content information of said order by said customer and said identification information of said order by said customer are transmitted.

32. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 30, wherein in said credit processing step, registration identification information in said credit processing step is transmitted, if said results of said legitimacy confirmation processing of said second key, said authentication processing for said shop, and said credit processing of said customer are affirmative.

33. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 30, wherein in said credit processing step, E-mail including at least a portion of said content information of said order by said customer is transmitted to said customer, if said results of said legitimacy confirmation processing of said second key, said authentication processing for said shop, and said credit processing of said customer are affirmative.

34. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 30, wherein in said authentication confirming step, content information of said order by said customer is further received, and said content information of said order by said customer is preliminarily registered, and in said credit processing step, a processing for comparing and confirming said content information of said order by said customer, which is received from said shop computer, with the preliminary registered information is carried out.

35. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 31, further comprising:

a claim processing step of confirming legitimacy of said identification information of said order by said customer upon receiving said identification information of said order by said customer, which relates to an order price claim request, from said shop computer, and registering sales determination for said order by said customer into a storage device and performing an order price claim processing if the legitimacy was confirmed.

36. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 32, further comprising:

a claim processing step of confirming legitimacy of registration identification information upon receiving said registration identification information relating to an order price claim request from said shop computer, and registering sales determination for said order by said customer into a storage device and performing an order price change processing if the legitimacy was confirmed.

37. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 35, wherein in said claim processing step, authentication information of said shop, which relates to said order price claim request, is received, and an authentication processing for said shop is carried out.

38. The electronic commerce information processing method as set forth in claim 36, wherein in said claim processing step, a notice to the effect that said order price claim was failed is transmitted to said shop computer, if the legitimacy of said identification information of said order by said customer or said registration identification information was not confirmed, and a notice to the effect that said order price claim succeeded is transmitted to the shop computer, if said order price claim processing succeeded.

39. An authentication processing method, comprising:

an authentication confirming step of generating a key and transmitting said key to a customer terminal upon receiving information of said customer terminal and shop information, which are related to a customer authentication request; and

a customer authentication step of carrying out a legitimacy confirmation processing of said key upon receiving said key from said customer terminal, carrying out an authentication processing for said customer upon receiving authentication information for said customer from said customer terminal, and transmitting information indicating that a result of said authentication processing for the customer is affirmative, to a shop computer, if results of said legitimacy confirmation processing of said key and said authentication processing for said customer are affirmative.

40. The authentication processing method as set forth in claim 39, wherein in said authentication confirming step, an authentication processing for the shop or a confirmation processing of the shop by using the received shop information is carried out.

41. The authentication processing method as set forth in claim 39, wherein in said customer authentication step, a processing for confirming system usage qualification for the customer is further carried out, and information indicating that the customer can use a system is transmitted to said shop computer, if a result of said processing for confirming said system usage qualification is additionally affirmative.

42. The authentication processing method as set forth in claim 39, wherein in said authentication confirming step, at least identification information for identifying an order by said customer is received, and in said customer authentication step, said identification information for identifying said order by said customer is transmitted with said information indicating that a result of said authentication processing for said customer is affirmative.

43. A program embodied on a medium for causing a computer to execute an information processing for electronic commerce, said program comprising:

generating a first key and transmitting said first key to a customer terminal upon receiving information of said customer terminal, shop information, and at least identification information of an order by the customer, which are related to a customer authentication request; and

performing a legitimacy confirmation processing of said first key upon receiving said first key from said customer terminal, performing an authentication processing for said customer upon receiving authentication information of said customer from said customer terminal, and generating a second key and transmitting said second key and said identification information of said order by said customer to a shop computer, if results of said legitimacy confirmation processing of said first key and said authentication processing for said customer are affirmative.

44. A program embodied on a medium for causing a computer to execute an authentication processing, said program comprising:

generating a key and transmitting said key to a customer terminal upon receiving information of said customer terminal and shop information, which are related to a customer authentication request; and

carrying out a legitimacy confirmation processing of said key upon receiving said key from said customer terminal, carrying out an authentication processing for said customer upon receiving authentication information for said customer from said customer terminal, and transmitting information indicating that a result of said authentication processing for the customer is affirmative, to a shop computer, if results of said legitimacy confirmation processing of said key and said authentication processing for said customer are affirmative.

45. A settlement applying method in online sales, comprising the steps of:

transmitting order information to a shop server;

responding to a settlement request upon receiving said settlement request for the order from said shop server;

transmitting a response for confirming an execution of authentication with a key information to a settlement server upon receiving information for causing to confirm the execution of the authentication, which includes said key information and corresponds to the response to said settlement request; and

transmitting a pre-registered identification information and password to said settlement server upon receiving an authentication request from said settlement server.

46. A settlement applying method in online sales, comprising the steps of:

transmitting order information to a shop server;

responding to a settlement request upon receiving said settlement request for the order from said shop server; and

transmitting a pre-registered identification information and password with a key information to a settlement server upon receiving an authentication request which includes said key information and corresponds to the response to said settlement request.