Certification system, certification apparatus, and certification method
First Claim
1. A certification system including a certification apparatus and a portable terminal apparatus, wherein said certification apparatus comprises:
- registration means for registering personal information certified to a user;
storage means for storing personal identification information inherent to said user;
request reception means for receiving presented personal identification information sent from said portable terminal apparatus, and a personal information certification request requesting certification of said personal information of said user;
judgment means for judging whether said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information or not; and
information sending means for sending certification information certifying said personal information of said user in response to said personal information certification request to said portable terminal apparatus when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a judgment of said judgment means, and wherein said portable terminal apparatus comprises;
input means for entering said presented personal identification information;
request sending means for sending said presented personal identification information and said personal information certification request to said certification apparatus; and
information reception means for receiving said certification information sent from said certification apparatus as a result of sending said presented personal identification information and said personal information certification request to said certification apparatus.
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Abstract
A certification apparatus stores personal information certified to a user to register the user. When a user presented password sent from a portable telephone coincides with a password stored as a part of the personal information and the user who is operating the portable telephone is specified to be the same person as the registered user, adult certification data certifying the user being an adult on the basis of the personal information is sent to the portable telephone. Consequently, it becomes possible to make a portable terminal acquire certification information certifying personal information, and to prevent unfair use of the certification information by a third party almost surely. Thereby, a certification system capable of preventing unfair use by the third party almost surely can be achieved.
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31 Claims
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1. A certification system including a certification apparatus and a portable terminal apparatus,
wherein said certification apparatus comprises: -
registration means for registering personal information certified to a user;
storage means for storing personal identification information inherent to said user;
request reception means for receiving presented personal identification information sent from said portable terminal apparatus, and a personal information certification request requesting certification of said personal information of said user;
judgment means for judging whether said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information or not; and
information sending means for sending certification information certifying said personal information of said user in response to said personal information certification request to said portable terminal apparatus when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a judgment of said judgment means, and wherein said portable terminal apparatus comprises;
input means for entering said presented personal identification information;
request sending means for sending said presented personal identification information and said personal information certification request to said certification apparatus; and
information reception means for receiving said certification information sent from said certification apparatus as a result of sending said presented personal identification information and said personal information certification request to said certification apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A certification apparatus, comprising:
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registration means for registering personal information certified to a user;
storage means for storing personal identification information inherent to said user;
request reception means for receiving a personal information certification request requesting certification of presented personal identification information sent from a portable terminal apparatus and said personal information of said user;
judgment means for judging whether said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information or not; and
information sending means for sending certification information certifying said personal information of said user to said portable terminal apparatus in response to said personal information certification request when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a judgment of said judgment means. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A certification method comprising:
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a registration step of registering personal information certified to a user;
a storage step of storing personal identification information inherent to said user;
a request reception step of receiving presented personal identification information sent from a portable terminal apparatus and a personal information certification request requesting certification of said personal information of said user;
a judgment step of judging whether said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information or not; and
an information sending step of sending certification information certifying said personal information of said user in response to said personal information certification request to said portable terminal apparatus when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a judgment at said judgment step. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A certification program for making a certification apparatus execute, said certification program comprising:
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a registration step of registering personal information certified to a user;
a storage step of storing personal identification information inherent to said user;
a request reception step of receiving presented personal identification information sent from a portable terminal apparatus and a personal information certification request requesting certification of said personal information of said user;
a judgment step of judging whether said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information or not;
an information sending step of sending certification information certifying said personal information of said user in response to said personal information certification request to said portable terminal apparatus when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a judgment at said judgment step. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A certification program storage medium for making a certification apparatus execute a certification program, said certification program comprising:
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a registration step of registering personal information certified to a user;
a storage step of storing personal identification information inherent to said user;
a request reception step of receiving presented personal identification information sent from a portable terminal apparatus and a personal information certification request requesting certification of said personal information of said user;
a judgment step of judging whether said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information or not;
an information sending step of sending certification information certifying said personal information of said user in response to said personal information certification request to said portable terminal apparatus when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a judgment at said judgment step. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A portable terminal apparatus comprising:
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input means for entering presented personal identification information;
request sending means for sending said presented personal identification information and a personal information certification request requesting certification of personal information of a user to a certification apparatus which registers said personal information certified to said user and stores personal identification information inherent to said user; and
information reception means for receiving certification information sent from said certification apparatus at a time when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a comparison of said personal identification information with said presented personal identification information, said certification information certifying said personal information of said user in response to said personal information certification request. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A certification information acquirement method comprising:
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an input step of entering presented personal identification information;
a request sending step of sending said presented personal identification information and a personal information certification request requesting certification of personal information of a user to a certification apparatus which registers said personal information certified to said user and stores personal identification information inherent to said user; and
an information reception step of receiving certification information sent from said certification apparatus at a time when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a comparison of said personal identification information with said presented personal identification information, said certification information certifying said personal information of said user in response to said personal information certification request. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A certification information acquirement program for making a portable terminal apparatus execute, said certification information acquirement program comprising:
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an input step of entering presented personal identification information;
a request sending step of sending said presented personal identification information and a personal information certification request requesting certification of personal information of a user to a certification apparatus which registers said personal information certified to said user and stores personal identification information inherent to said user; and
an information reception step of receiving certification information sent from said certification apparatus at a time when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a comparison of said personal identification information with said presented personal identification information, said certification information certifying said personal information of said user in response to said personal information certification request. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A certification information acquirement program storage medium for making a portable terminal apparatus execute a certification information acquirement program, said certification information acquirement program comprising:
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an input step of entering presented personal identification information;
a request sending step of sending said presented personal identification information and a personal information certification request requesting certification of personal information of a user to a certification apparatus which registers said personal information certified to said user and stores personal identification information inherent to said user; and
an information reception step of receiving certification information sent from said certification apparatus at a time when said personal identification information coincides with said presented personal identification information as a result of a comparison of said personal identification information with said presented personal identification information, said certification information certifying said personal information of said user in response to said personal information certification request. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A commodity vending apparatus comprising:
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certification information reception means for receiving certification information certifying personal information of a user in response to a personal information certification request sent from a portable terminal apparatus after acquirement of said personal information certification request from a certification apparatus by said portable terminal apparatus when personal identification information coincides with presented personal identification information, said portable terminal apparatus registering said personal information certified to said user and having sent said presented personal identification information and said personal information certification request requesting certification of said personal information of said user to said certification apparatus storing said personal identification information inherent to said user; and
purchase permission judgment means for judging whether said commodity vending apparatus should permit purchase of a prescribed commodity or not on a basis of said certification information.
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29. A commodity vending method comprising:
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a certification information reception step of receiving certification information certifying personal information of a user in response to a personal information certification request sent from a portable terminal apparatus after acquirement of said personal information certification request from a certification apparatus by said portable terminal apparatus when personal identification information coincides with presented personal identification information, said portable terminal apparatus registering said personal information certified to said user and having sent said presented personal identification information and said personal information certification request requesting certification of said personal information of said user to said certification apparatus storing said personal identification information inherent to said user; and
a purchase permission judgment step of judging whether said commodity vending apparatus should permit purchase of a prescribed commodity or not on a basis of said certification information.
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30. A commodity vending program for making a commodity vending apparatus execute, said commodity vending program comprising:
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a certification information reception step of receiving certification information certifying personal information of a user in response to a personal information certification request sent from a portable terminal apparatus after acquirement of said personal information certification request from a certification apparatus by said portable terminal apparatus when personal identification information coincides with presented personal identification information, said portable terminal apparatus registering said personal information certified to said user and having sent said presented personal identification information and said personal information certification request requesting certification of said personal information of said user to said certification apparatus storing said personal identification information inherent to said user; and
a purchase permission judgment step of judging whether said commodity vending apparatus should permit purchase of a prescribed commodity or not on a basis of said certification information.
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31. A commodity vending program storage medium for making a commodity vending program execute, said commodity vending program comprising:
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a certification information reception step of receiving certification information certifying personal information of a user in response to a personal information certification request sent from a portable terminal apparatus after acquirement of said personal information certification request from a certification apparatus by said portable terminal apparatus when personal identification information coincides with presented personal identification information, said portable terminal apparatus registering said personal information certified to said user and having sent said presented personal identification information and said personal information certification request requesting certification of said personal information of said user to said certification apparatus storing said personal identification information inherent to said user; and
a purchase permission judgment step of judging whether said commodity vending apparatus should permit purchase of a prescribed commodity or not on a basis of said certification information.
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