Membership qualification processing system and method thereof

• US 7,392,196 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2000
• Issued: 06/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kuroda, Toshimitsu, Yagasaki, Isao
• Primary Examiner(s): Borissov; Igor N
• Application Number:
  US09/749,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20010034604A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,735 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/7, 705/10, 705/14, 705/26, 705/27, 705/28, 705/29, 705/500, 705/8, 705/9, 705/16, 705/17, 705/35, 705/39
• US Class Current: 705/319
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A service system stores membership qualification conditions of a plurality of services. The service system selects a service that a user can use from those and displays the selected service. The service system references information of another service of which a user has already become a member and performs a membership qualification of the user on behalf of a server of each service.

Claims

1. A processing system, comprising:

a storing device storing a plurality of membership qualification tables of a plurality of independent services provided by a plurality of respective different organizations in a membership qualification system, each of the plurality of membership qualification tables including qualification criterion information for qualifying membership of a corresponding service and defining a prescribed service of which a user ought to be a member to have a membership qualification for the corresponding service, and identification information of a first service of the plurality of services being included by qualification criterion information for qualifying membership of a second service of the plurality of services for indicating the prescribed service;

a receiving device receiving information of a user for whom membership qualification is performed;

a first determining device determining, in response to the information of the user, whether the user is utilizing the first service when the user requests membership in the second service; and

a second determining device determining that the user has a membership qualification for the second service by referring to the membership qualification table of the second service and checking that the identification information of the first service is included in the qualification criterion information of the second service when the user is utilizing the first service.

2. The processing system as set forth in claim 1,

wherein said storing device stores a plurality of service tables of the services, each of which includes a membership condition of a corresponding service,

wherein said receiving device receives from the user a request to present an available membership service for the user, and

wherein said processing system further comprises:

a selecting device, in response to the request, extracting, from among the plurality of service tables, a first membership condition from a service table of a current service of which the user has become a member, and a second membership condition from at least one service table of at least one other service of which the user is not a member, in response to the request, comparing the first and second membership conditions, and selecting an eligible service of which the user can become a member; and

a presenting device presenting information to the user about the eligible service of which the user can become a member.

3. The processing system as set forth in claim 2, wherein when the user is a member of at least two services, said selecting device totals membership conditions of the at least two services using an AND operation and compares a totaled membership condition with the second membership condition of the service of which the user has not become a member.

4. The processing system as set forth in claim 3,

further comprising a registering device registering common certificate information that is in common with the at least two services, wherein said receiving device receives certificate information of the user, and

wherein, when the certificate information of the user corresponds to the common certificate information, said selecting device obtains the membership conditions of the at least two services based on the certificate information of the user.

5. The processing system as set forth in claim 1,

further comprising a registering device registering certificate information for a service that the user is utilizing,

wherein said receiving device receives identification information of the certificate information of the user, and

wherein when the identification information corresponds to the registered certificate information, said first determining device obtains information about the service that the user is utilizing based on the identification information and determines whether or not the user is utilizing the first service.

6. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for a computer is recorded, said program, when executed by the computer, causing the computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving information of a user for whom membership qualification is performed;

determining whether the user is utilizing a first service in a membership qualification system using membership qualification tables of independent services provided by a plurality of respective different organizations, each of the membership qualification tables including qualification criterion information for qualifying membership of a corresponding service and defining a prescribed service of which a user ought to be a member to have a membership qualification for the corresponding service, when the user requests membership in a second service in the membership qualification system based on the identification information of the first service included in the qualification criterion information for qualifying membership of the second service; and

determining that the user has a membership qualification for the second service by referring to the membership qualification table of the second service and checking that the identification information of the first service is included in the qualification criterion information of the second service when the user is utilizing the first service.

7. A computer-readable recording medium as set forth in claim 6,

wherein by said receiving the computer receives from the user a request to present an available membership service for the user, and

wherein said method further comprises:

extracting, in response to the request, from among a plurality of service tables of the services, each of which includes a first membership condition of a current service of which the user has become a member, and a second membership condition from at least one service table of at least one other service of which the user has not become a member;

comparing the first and second membership conditions;

selecting an eligible service of which the user can become a member; and

presenting information to the user about the eligible service of which the user can become a member.

8. A processing method, comprising:

referencing qualification criterion information for qualifying membership of a first service in a membership qualification system using membership qualification tables of independent services provided by a plurality of respective different organizations, each of the membership qualification tables including qualification criterion information for qualifying membership of a corresponding service and defining a prescribed service of which a user ought to be a member to have a membership qualification for the corresponding service, when a user requests membership in the first service;

receiving information of a user for whom membership qualification is performed;

determining, in response to the information of the user, whether the user is utilizing a second service in the membership qualification system based on the identification information of the second service included in the qualification criterion information;

determining that the user has a membership qualification for the first service by referring to the membership qualification table of the first service and checking that the identification information of the second service is included in the qualification criterion information of the first service when the user is utilizing the second service; and

displaying a qualification result on a screen.

9. The processing method as set forth in claim 8,

wherein said storing includes storing a plurality of service tables of the services, each of the service tables including a membership condition of a corresponding service,

wherein said receiving includes receiving from the user a request to present an available membership service for the user,

wherein said processing method further comprises:

extracting, in response to the request, from among the plurality of service tables, a first membership condition from a service table of a current service of which the user has become a member and a second membership condition from at least one service table of at least one other service of which the user has not become a member;

comparing the first and second membership conditions; and

selecting an eligible service of which the user can become a member, and

wherein said displaying includes displaying information about the eligible service of which the user can become a member on the screen.