Electronic service system using main site server and partner site server

• US 7,346,683 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2001
• Issued: 03/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Inoue, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Cardone; Jason
• Assistant Examiner(s): Duong; Thomas
• Application Number:
  US09/960,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20020038367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,367 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-227, 709/229, 709/246, 707/4, 717/113, 715738-739
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

An electronic service system is formed by a main site server system and a partner site server system. The main site server system carries out a remote updating of contents of tie-up pages at the partner site server system, when the authentication between the main site server system and the partner site server system succeeds. The partner site server system maintains tie-up pages related to a partnership between the main site and the partner site, and original pages of the partner site.

Claims

1. An electronic service system comprising:

a first server system configured to provide electronic services as a main site on an Internet for client systems of a plurality of electronic service users; and

a plurality of second server systems configured to provide the electronic services as a partner site of the main site, each second server system being related to a specific operator that makes a partnership contract with an operator of the first server system,

the first server system including;

a first server communication interface unit configured to communicate via the Internet with each second server system or each client system that gains access to the first server system;

a main site page holding unit configured to hold a main site page for providing an electronic service related to a main site content for each client system that gains access to the main site;

a first server authentication processing unit configured to carry out authentication with each second server system; and

an updating unit configured to, when any content of the main site page is updated, cause the first server authentication processing unit to carry out the authentication and then transmit an updated inherited page having a same content as the updated main site page to each second server system in order to carry out a remote updating of an inherited page of each second server system having a same content as the main site page such that an inherited page before updating is overwrote with the updated inherited page or a link for the inherited page before updating is replaced with a link for the updated inherited page in the second server system, each second server system including;

a second server communication interface unit configured to communicate via the Internet with the first server system or each client system that gains access to the second server system;

a second server authentication processing unit configured to carry out authentication with the first server system for the remote updating of the inherited page by the first server system;

an inherited page holding unit configured to hold the inherited page for providing an electronic service related to an inherited content for each client system that gains access to the inherited content of the partner site, the inherited page being updated by the first server system;

an original page holding unit configured to hold an original page of the partner site for providing an electronic service related to an original content for each client system that gains access to the original content of the partner site;

a second server recording unit configured to record a first access log information indicating a log of access from each client system to the inherited page and a second access log information indicating a log of access from each client system to the original page; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first access log information and the second access log information to the first server system,

the first server system further including;

a receiving unit configured to receive the first access log information and the second access log information from each second server system; and

a first sever recording unit configured to record the first access log information and the second access log information for each second sever system.

2. The electronic service system of claim 1, wherein the first server system transmits a content confirmation message for urging a site manager of each second server system to carry out a content confirmation before carrying out the remote updating;

each second server system presents a message for urging the site manager to carry out the content confirmation upon receiving the content confirmation message, and returns an affirmative message indicating an affirmation by the site manager when an input indicating the affirmation is entered from the site manager; and

the updating unit of the first server system carries out the remote updating upon receiving the affirmative message.

3. The electronic service system of claim 1, wherein when a predetermined information among the first access log information and the second access log information is used as a basis of calculation of a partnership handling fee to be charged from an operator of the first server system to an operator of each second server system, each second server system further includes a generating unit configured to generate a certificate for certifying that at least information as the basis of calculation of the partnership handling fee among the first access log information and the second access log information is not altered and attach the certificate to the at least information as the basis of calculation of the partnership handling fee, and the first server system further includes a verifying unit configured to verify that information which the certificate certifies has not been altered according to the certificate.

4. The electronic service system of claim 1, wherein each second server system further includes a notifying unit configured to receive a request made with respect to the inherited page from each client system and notify the request immediately to the first server system, and the first server system further includes a processing unit configured to process the request notified from each second server system.

5. The electronic service system of claim 1, wherein each second server system further includes a second server notifying unit configured to receive a request made with respect to the inherited page from each client system and notify the request immediately to the first server system, the first server system further includes a first server notifying unit configured to notify a command with respect to the request notified from the second server system, to the second server system, and each second server system further includes a processing unit configured to process the command notified from the first server system.

6. An electronic service system comprising:

a first server system configured to provide electronic services as a main site on an Internet for client systems of a plurality of electronic service users; and

a plurality of second server systems configured to provide the electronic services as a partner site of the main site, each second server system being related to a specific operator that makes a partnership contract with an operator of the first server system,

the first server system including;

a first server communication interface unit configured to communicate via the Internet with each second server system or each client system that gains access to the first server system;

a main site page holding unit configured to hold a main site page for providing an electronic service related to a main site content for each client system that gains access to the main site;

a first server authentication processing unit configured to carry out authentication with each second server system; and

an updating unit configured to, when any layout information of the main site page is updated, cause the first server authentication processing unit to carry out the authentication and then transmit an updated layout information of the main site page to each second server system in order to carry out a remote updating of an inherited page of each second server system having the same layout information as the updated layout information of the main site page such that a layout information of the inherited page before updating is overwrote with the updated layout information or a link for the layout information before updating is replaced with a link for the updated layout information in the second server system, each second server system including;

a second server communication interface unit configured to communicate via the Internet with the first server system or each client system that gains access to the second server system;

a second server authentication processing unit configured to carry out authentication with the first server system for the remote updating of the inherited page by the first server system;

an inherited page holding unit configured to hold the inherited page for providing an electronic service related to an inherited content for each client system that gains access to the inherited content of the partner site, the inherited page being updated by the first server system;

an original page holding unit configured to hold an original page of the partner site for providing an electronic service related to an original content for each client system that gains access to the original content of the partner site;

a second server recording unit configured to record a first access log information indicating a log of access from each client system to the inherited page and a second access log information indicating a log of access from each client system to the original page; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first access log information and the second access log information to the first server system, the first server system further including;

a receiving unit configured to receive the first access log information and the second access log information from each second server system; and

a first sever recording unit configured to record the first access log information and the second access log information for each second sever system.

7. The electronic service system of claim 6, wherein the first server system transmits a content confirmation message for urging a site manager of each second server system to carry out a content confirmation before carrying out the remote updating;

each second server system presents a message for urging the site manager to carry out the content confirmation upon receiving the content confirmation message, and returns an affirmative message indicating an affirmation by the site manager when an input indicating the affirmation is entered from the site manager; and

the updating unit of the first server system carries out the remote updating upon receiving the affirmative message.

8. The electronic service system of claim 6, wherein when a predetermined information among the first access log information and the second access log information is used as a basis of calculation of a partnership handling fee to be charged from an operator of the first server system to an operator of each second server system, each second server system further includes a generating unit configured to generate a certificate for certifying that at least information as the basis of calculation of the partnership handling fee among the first access log information and the second access log information is not altered and attach the certificate to the at least information as the basis of calculation of the partnership handling fee, and the first server system further includes a verifying unit configured to verify that information which the certificate certifies has not been altered according to the certificate.

9. The electronic service system of claim 6, wherein each second server system further includes a notifying unit configured to receive a request made with respect to the inherited page from each client system and notify the request immediately to the first server system, and the first server system further includes a processing unit configured to process the request notified from each second server system.

10. The electronic service system of claim 6, wherein each second server system further includes a second server notifying unit configured to receive a request made with respect to the inherited page from each client system and notify the request immediately to the first server system, the first server system further includes a first server notifying unit configured to notify a command with respect to the request notified from the second server system, to the second server system, and each second server system further includes a processing unit configured to process the command notified from the first server system.