Rental authentication system

• US 20060212717A1
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Frontech Limited (Fujitsu Limited), Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Frontech Limited (Fujitsu Limited), Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Takaku, Kazuo, Mutou, Ikuo, Kanai, Nobuhito, Ito, Kimikazu, Wakabayashi, Akira
• Application Number:
  US11/320,844
• Publication Number:
  US 20060212717A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

To provide a technology that prevents a rental for a defrauding purpose by specifying a borrower through biometric authentication and conducting the authentication based on a usage past record of the borrower. Biometric information of a borrower is received from the terminal, a blacklist recorded with biometric information of beware-of persons is referred to, authentication as to whether the biometric information of the borrower matches with the blacklist or not is done, a past record database recoded with the biometric information of the borrowers having usage past records is referred to, there is made the authentication as to whether the biometric information of the borrower who does not match with the blacklist matches with the past record database or not, the terminal is notified of approval or non-approval for a rental operation on the basis of results of the authentication, the past record database is updated if the rental operation is approved.

Claims

1. A rental authentication system including an authentication device and a plurality of terminals that are connected via a network,

the authentication device comprising:

a biometric information receiving module receiving biometric information of a borrower from the terminal;

a first authentication module referring to a blacklist recorded with biometric information of beware-of persons, and authenticating as to whether the biometric information of the borrower matches with the blacklist or not;

a second authentication module referring to a past record database recoded with the biometric information of the borrowers having usage past records, and authenticating as to whether the biometric information of the borrower who does not match with the blacklist, matches with the past record database or not;

a result notifying module notifying the terminal of approval or non-approval for a rental operation on the basis of results of the authentication by the first authentication module and by the second authentication module; and

an update module updating the past record database if the rental operation is approved,

the terminal comprising;

a biometric information reading module reading the biometric information of the borrower;

a biometric information transmitting module transmitting the biometric information to the authentication device; and

a result receiving module receiving the approval or non-approval of the rental operation on the basis of the result of the authentication from the authentication device.

2. A rental authentication system according to claim 1, wherein if the rental operation is unapproved, the update module adds the biometric information of the borrower to the blacklist.

3. A rental authentication system according to claim 1, wherein when the past record database is recorded with the biometric information of the borrower who is in the middle of renting but is not recorded with the biometric information of the borrower who is not in the middle of renting, the result notifying module, as a result of the authentication by the second authentication module, notifies of the non-approval of the rental operation if the biometric information of the borrower matches with the past record database, and notifies of the approval of the rental operation if the biometric information of the borrower does not match with the past record database.

4. A rental authentication system according to claim 1, wherein when the past record database is recorded with the biometric information of the borrower and the usage past record in a way that associates the biometric information and the usage past record with each other,

the result notifying module, as a result of the authentication by the second authentication module, in a case where the biometric information of the borrower matches with the past record database, notifies of the approval for the rental operation if the usage past record associated therewith meets a predetermined condition, and notifies of the non-approval for the rental operation if the usage past record associated therewith does not meet the predetermined condition.

5. A rental authentication system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal comprises:

a storage module stored with identity information of the borrower and the biometric information of the borrower on a borrower-by-borrower basis in away that associates the identity information and the biometric information with each other;

a presenting module presenting, to an operator, the identity information associated with the biometric information read by the biometric information reading module; and

an approval/non-approval input module by which the operator inputs approval or non-approval corresponding to the identity information presented,

wherein if the input to the approval/non-approval input module is the approval, the biometric information transmitting module transmits the biometric information to the authentication device.

6. A rental authentication system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal comprises:

an identity input module by which the operator inputs identity information of the borrower;

a storage module stored with identity information of the borrower and the biometric information of the borrower on a borrower-by-borrower basis in a way that associates the identity information and the biometric information with each other;

a presenting module presenting, to an operator, the identity information associated with the biometric information read by the biometric information reading module; and

an approval/non-approval input module by which the operator inputs approval or non-approval corresponding to the identity information presented,

wherein if the biometric information read by the biometric information reading module is not stored on the storage module, the transmitting module transmits the biometric information and the identity information inputted by the identity input module to the authentication device, and

if the biometric information read by the biometric information reading module is stored on the storage module and if the input by the approval/non-approval input module is approval, the biometric information transmitting module transmits the biometric information to the authentication device.

7. A rental authentication system according to claim 6, wherein the past record information database is stored with the biometric information and the identity information in a way that associates the biometric information and the identity information with each other,

when the biometric information receiving module of the authentication device receives the identity information and the biometric information from the terminal, the second authentication module, after authenticating based on the past record information associated with the received identity information by referring to the past record information database, unless unauthenticated, authenticates based on the past record information associated with the received biometric information.

8. A rental authentication method executed by an authentication device and a plurality of terminals that are connected via a network,

the authentication device executing:

receiving biometric information of a borrower from the terminal;

referring to a blacklist recorded with biometric information of beware-of persons, and authenticating as to whether the biometric information of the borrower matches with the blacklist or not;

referring to a past record database recoded with the biometric information of the borrowers having usage past records, and authenticating as to whether the biometric information of the borrower who does not match with the blacklist, matches with the past record database or not;

notifying the terminal of approval or non-approval for a rental operation on the basis of results of the authentication; and

updating the past record database if the rental operation is approved,

the terminal executing;

reading the biometric information of the borrower;

transmitting the biometric information to the authentication device; and

receiving the approval or non-approval of the rental operation on the basis of the result of the authentication from the authentication device.

9. A rental authentication method according to claim 8, wherein if the rental operation is unapproved, the authentication device adds the biometric information of the borrower to the blacklist.

10. A rental authentication method according to claim 8, wherein when the past record database is recorded with the biometric information of the borrower who is in the middle of renting but is not recorded with the biometric information of the borrower who is not in the middle of renting, the authentication device, as a result of the authentication, notifies of the non-approval of the rental operation if the biometric information of the borrower matches with the past record database, and notifies of the approval of the rental operation if the biometric information of the borrower does not match with the past record database.

11. A rental authentication method according to claim 8, wherein when the past record database is recorded with the biometric information of the borrower and the usage past record in a way that associates the biometric information and the usage past record with each other, the authentication device, as a result of the authentication, in a case where the biometric information of the borrower matches with the past record database, notifies of the approval for the rental operation if the usage past record associated therewith meets a predetermined condition, and notifies of the non-approval for the rental operation if the usage past record associated therewith does not meet the predetermined condition.

12. A rental authentication method according to claim 8, wherein the terminal executes:

referring a storage module stored with identity information of the borrower and the biometric information of the borrower on a borrower-by-borrower basis in a way that associates the identity information and the biometric information with each other, and presenting, to an operator, the identity information associated with the readout biometric information;

receiving an input of approval or non-approval corresponding to the identity information from the operator; and

transmitting, if the input is the approval, the biometric information to the authentication device.

13. A rental authentication method according to claim 8, wherein

the terminal executes:

in the case of referring to a storage module stored with identity information of the borrower and biometric information of the borrower on a borrower-by-borrower basis in a way that associates the identity information and the biometric information with each other, if the storage module is not stored with the readout biometric information,

receiving an input of the identity information of the borrower from an operator; and

transmitting the inputted identity information and the readout biometric information of the borrower to the authentication device, and

the terminal executes;

in the case of referring to the storage module stored with the identity information of the borrower and the biometric information of the borrower on the borrower-by-borrower basis in a way that associates the identity information and the biometric information with each other, if the storage module is stored with the readout biometric information,

presenting the identity information associated with the readout biometric information to the operator;

receiving an input of the approval or non-approval corresponding to the identity information from the operator; and

transmitting, if the input is approval, the readout biometric information to the authentication device.

14. A rental authentication method according to claim 13, wherein the authentication device, when receiving the identity information and the biometric information from the terminal, after authenticating based on the past record information associated with the received identity information by referring to the past record information database, unless unauthenticated, authenticates based on the past record information associated with the received biometric information.

15. An authentication device comprising:

a biometric information receiving module receiving biometric information of a borrower from a terminal;

a first authentication module referring to a blacklist recorded with biometric information of beware-of persons, and authenticating as to whether the biometric information of the borrower matches with the blacklist or not;

a second authentication module referring to a past record database recoded with the biometric information of the borrowers having usage past records, and authenticating as to whether the biometric information of the borrower who does not match with the blacklist, matches with the past record database or not;

a result notifying module notifying the terminal of approval or non-approval for a rental operation on the basis of results of the authentication by the first authentication module and by the second authentication module; and

an update module updating the past record database if the rental operation is approved.

16. An authentication device according to claim 15, wherein if the rental operation is unapproved, the update module adds the biometric information of the borrower to the blacklist.

17. A rental authentication method executed by an authentication device connected to a plurality of terminals via a network,

the authentication device executing:

receiving biometric information of a borrower from the terminal;

referring to a blacklist recorded with biometric information of beware-of persons, and authenticating as to whether the biometric information of the borrower matches with the blacklist or not;

referring to a past record database recoded with the biometric information of the borrowers having usage past records, and authenticating as to whether the biometric information of the borrower who does not match with the blacklist, matches with the past record database or not;

notifying the terminal of approval or non-approval for a rental operation on the basis of results of the authentication; and

updating the past record database if the rental operation is approved.

18. A rental authentication method according to claim 17, wherein if the rental operation is unapproved, the authentication device adds the biometric information of the borrower to the blacklist.

19. A recording medium recorded with a rental authentication program executed by an authentication device connected to a plurality of terminals via a network, the program comprising:

receiving biometric information of a borrower from the terminal;

referring to a blacklist recorded with biometric information of beware-of persons, and authenticating as to whether the biometric information of the borrower matches with the blacklist or not;

referring to a past record database recoded with the biometric information of the borrowers having usage past records, and authenticating as to whether the biometric information of the borrower who does not match with the blacklist, matches with the past record database or not;

notifying the terminal of approval or non-approval for a rental operation on the basis of results of the authentication; and

updating the past record database if the rental operation is approved.

20. A recording medium according to claim 19, wherein if the rental operation is unapproved, the biometric information of the borrower is added to the blacklist.