METHOD OF PROVIDING SERVICES INCLUDING ESSAY PROVIDING AND REVIEW SERVICES BASED ON AUTHENTICATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND SYSTEM THEREFOR

• US 20090089180A1
• Filed: 10/09/2008
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aidan Joungil Cho
• Original Assignee: Collegenius Inc.
• Inventors: Cho, Joungill
• Granted Patent: US 8,060,446 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0855 involving a third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 Transaction verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4012 Verifying personal identification numbers [PIN]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/423 characterised by memory arrangements H04N19/433 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/44 Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/61 in combination with predictive coding

Abstract

Provided are a method and system for providing services based on authentication of college students. According to the present invention, a verification code is transmitted to an email account that is provided by a college, a college student who inputs the same verification code is authenticated, and the authenticated college student provides the services including an essay providing service or an essay review service, based on the verified identity of the college student.

Claims

1. A service providing system based on authentication of college students, the service providing system comprising:

an input unit receiving at least a name of a school which a college student member currently attends and his or her email address issued by the school, from the college student member who wants to be authenticated;

a verification code transmission unit creating and transmitting a first verification code of the college student member to the email address;

an authentication unit receiving a second verification code from the college student member and authenticating the college student member if the second verification code is identical to the first verification code; and

a service providing unit providing a service of the college student member who is authenticated by the authentication unit, to a buyer who requests the service.

2. The service providing system of claim 1, further comprising an email verification unit verifying whether the email address is issued by the school by using the name of the school and the email address which are input through the input unit.

3. The service providing system of claim 1, wherein the input unit further receives an email address of a fellow student of the college student member, from the college student member,

wherein the verification code transmission unit further creates and transmits a third verification code of the fellow student to the email address of the fellow student, and

wherein the authentication unit receives a fourth verification code from the fellow student and authenticates the college student member only if the fourth verification code is identical to the third verification code.

4. The service providing system of claim 1, wherein the service provided through the service providing unit is an essay providing service, and

wherein the service providing unit comprises:

an essay storage unit receiving and storing essays which are written by college student members for entrance examinations;

an essay criteria input unit receiving essay search criteria from the buyer;

an essay search unit extracting essays corresponding to the search criteria input through the essay criteria input unit, from among the essays which are stored in the essay storage unit; and

an essay providing unit providing an essay which is selected by the buyer from among the extracted essays, to the buyer.

5. The service providing system of claim 4, wherein the essay search criteria comprise a score in the entrance examination of the college student member.

6. The service providing system of claim 4, wherein the essay search unit provides abstracts of the extracted essays and information regarding college student members who wrote the extracted essays, which comprises names of schools which the college student members attend, and scores in entrance examinations of the college student members.

7. The service providing system of claim 4, wherein the essay providing unit provides authority to access the essay which is selected by the buyer, for a preset period of time.

8. The service providing system of claim 4, wherein the input unit further receives the essay search criteria comprising a name of a school where the essay of the college student member is submitted.

9. The service providing system of claim 1, wherein the service provided through the service providing unit is an essay review service, and

wherein the service providing unit comprises:

a reviewer search condition input unit receiving reviewer search criteria for a reviewer to provide the essay review service, from the buyer;

a reviewer search unit extracting names of reviewers who are college student members and correspond to the reviewer search criteria, from among college student members who registered themselves as reviewers;

a review request transmission unit transmitting a review request message to a reviewer who is selected by the buyer from among the extracted names of reviewers;

a review acceptance check unit receiving an input regarding review acceptance or refusal in response to the review request message, from the reviewer who the review request message is transmitted to; and

a review service providing unit providing an essay of the buyer to the reviewer who accepted the essay review service so that the reviewer can review the essay.

10. The service providing system of claim 9, wherein the review request transmission unit transmits the review request message comprising information regarding a reply due date for the review acceptance or refusal, a desired review due date, and an expected payment for the essay review service.

11. The service providing system of claim 9, wherein the reviewer search unit provides evaluation on the essay review service, which is received from the buyer who the reviewer has provided the essay review service to.

12. A service providing method based on authentication of college students, the service providing method comprising:

receiving at least a name of a school which a college student member currently attends and his or her email address issued by the school, from the college student member who wants to be authenticated;

creating and transmitting a first verification code of the college student member to the email address;

receiving a second verification code from the college student member and authenticating the college student member if the second verification code is identical to the first verification code; and

providing a service of the college student member who is authenticated by the authentication unit, to a buyer who requests the service.

13. The service providing method of claim 12, further comprising verifying whether the email address is issued by the school by using the name of the school and the email address.

14. The service providing method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an email address of a fellow student of the college student member, from the college student member;

creating and transmitting a third verification code of the fellow student to the email address of the fellow student;

receiving a fourth verification code from the fellow student; and

authenticating the college student member only if the second verification code is identical to the first verification code and the fourth verification code is identical to the third verification code.

15. The service providing method of claim 12, wherein the service is an essay providing service, and

wherein the providing of the service comprises:

receiving and storing essays which are written by college student members for entrance examinations;

receiving essay search criteria from the buyer;

extracting essays corresponding to the search criteria, from among the stored essays; and

providing an essay which is selected by the buyer from among the extracted essays, to the buyer.

16. The service providing method of claim 15, wherein the essay search criteria comprise a score in the entrance examination of the college student member.

17. The service providing method of claim 15, further comprising providing abstracts of the extracted essays and information regarding college student members who wrote the extracted essays, which comprises names of schools which the college student members attend, and scores in entrance examinations of the college student members.

18. The service providing method of claim 15, wherein the providing of the essay comprises providing authority to access the essay which is selected by the buyer, for a preset period of time.

19. The service providing method of claim 15, further comprising receiving the essay search criteria comprising a name of a school where the essay of the college student member is submitted.

20. The service providing method of claim 12, wherein the service provided through the service providing unit is an essay review service, and

wherein the providing of the service comprises:

receiving reviewer search criteria for a reviewer to provide the essay review service, from the buyer;

extracting names of reviewers who are college student members and correspond to the reviewer search criteria, from among college student members who registered themselves as reviewers;

transmitting a review request message to a reviewer who is selected by the buyer from among the extracted names of reviewers;

receiving an input regarding review acceptance or refusal in response to the review request message, from the reviewer who the review request message is transmitted to; and

providing an essay of the buyer to the reviewer who accepted the essay review service so that the reviewer can review the essay.

21. The service providing method of claim 20, wherein the transmitting of the review request message comprises transmitting the review request message comprising information regarding a reply due date for the review acceptance or refusal, a desired review due date, and an expected payment for the essay review service.

22. The service providing method of claim 20, further comprising providing evaluation on the essay review service, which is received from the buyer who the reviewer has provided the essay review service to.

23. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing a service providing method based on authentication of college students, the service providing method comprising:

receiving at least a name of a school which a college student member currently attends and his or her email address issued by the school, from the college student member who wants to be authenticated;

creating and transmitting a first verification code of the college student member to the email address;

receiving a second verification code from the college student member and authenticating the college student member if the second verification code is identical to the first verification code; and

providing a service of the college student member who is authenticated by the authentication unit, to a buyer who requests the service.

24. The computer readable recording medium of claim 23, wherein the service providing method further comprises verifying whether the email address is issued by the school by using the name of the school and the email address.

25. The computer readable recording medium of claim 23, wherein the service providing method further comprises:

receiving an email address of a fellow student of the college student member, from the college student member;

creating and transmitting a third verification code of the fellow student to the email address of the fellow student;

receiving a fourth verification code from the fellow student; and

authenticating the college student member only if the second verification code is identical to the first verification code and the fourth verification code is identical to the third verification code.

26. The computer readable recording medium of claim 23, wherein the service is an essay providing service, and

wherein the providing of the service comprises:

receiving and storing essays which are written by college student members for entrance examinations;

receiving essay search criteria from the buyer;

extracting essays corresponding to the search criteria, from among the stored essays; and

providing an essay which is selected by the buyer from among the extracted essays, to the buyer.

27. The computer readable recording medium of claim 23, wherein the service provided through the service providing unit is an essay review service, and

wherein the providing of the service comprises:

receiving reviewer search criteria for a reviewer to provide the essay review service, from the buyer;

extracting names of reviewers who are college student members and correspond to the reviewer search criteria, from among college student members who registered themselves as reviewers;

transmitting a review request message to a reviewer who is selected by the buyer from among the extracted names of reviewers;

receiving an input regarding review acceptance or refusal in response to the review request message, from the reviewer who the review request message is transmitted to; and

providing an essay of the buyer to the reviewer who accepted the essay review service so that the reviewer can review the essay.