Electronic commerce method, electronic commerce system, certificate terminal, and principal certification method by agent

• US 7,979,357 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2009
• Issued: 07/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Suzuki, Shoji, Murashita, Kimitaka, Shinzaki, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Worjloh; Jalatee
• Application Number:
  US12/491,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20090259593A1
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 705 50- 79, 713/186, 726/2, 726/17, 726/21, 380/255, 380/277
• US Class Current: 705/76
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/367 involving electronic purses or money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3821 Electronic credentials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/38215 Use of certificates or encrypted proofs of transaction rights
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3829 involving key management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

In order to prevent without fail the abuse of certificate information which are exchanged on a network, an orderer inputs the certificate information to a certificate terminal when placing an order for a commodity, the certificate terminal encrypts the certificate information to send it to an order receiver and holds the certificate information and a decryption key. A deliveryman, at the time of commodity delivery, inputs the encrypted certificate information to the certificate terminal, and the orderer inputs data of terminal certification to the certificate terminal. The certificate terminal, when it certifies by the data that the orderer is the valid owner of the certificate terminal, decrypts the encrypted certificate information input by the deliveryman, by the decryption key in the certificate terminal, verifies decrypted certificate information with the certificate information in the certificate terminal, and the deliveryman hands over the commodity to the orderer when the certificate information match.

Claims

1. A terminal that is connected to a received order holding section as an order receiver via a network, places an order for a commodity, and certifies, upon reception of the commodity, an orderer and an agent entrusted by the orderer, the terminal comprising:

biometric information input means for inputting biometric information, the biometric information input means including;

means for inputting a first orderer biometric information for identifying the orderer upon the placing the order for the commodity,

means for inputting a second orderer biometric information for identifying the orderer and a first agent biometric information for identifying the agent when the orderer entrusts the agent with the reception of the commodity, and

means for inputting a second agent biometric information for identifying the agent upon delivery of the commodity;

output interface means for sending the first orderer biometric information together with an order form of the commodity to the received order holding section via the network;

biometric information holding means for holding the second orderer biometric information by relating the second orderer biometric information to the first agent biometric information;

agent biometric information holding means for holding the first agent biometric information by relating the first agent biometric information to the second orderer biometric information;

input interface means for inputting the first orderer biometric information held in the received order holding section upon delivery of the commodity;

biometric certification means for certifying, upon reception of the commodity, an orderer and an agent, the biometric certification means including;

means for verifying the first agent biometric information held in the agent biometric information holding means with the second agent biometric information inputted by the biometric information input means,

means for verifying, when the first agent biometric information and the second agent biometric information match, the first orderer biometric information inputted by the input interface means with the second orderer biometric information held in the biometric information holding means being related to the first agent biometric information, and

means for notifying, when the first orderer biometric information and the second orderer biometric information match, the agent and a person in charge of delivery of the commodity of the match;

encrypting means for encrypting the first orderer biometric information inputted by the biometric information input means when placing the order for the commodity; and

decryption key holding means for holding a decryption key for decrypting the encrypted first orderer biometric information encrypted by the encrypting means, wherein

the output interface means is configured to send the first orderer biometric information encrypted by the encrypting means to the received order holding section,

the input interface means is configured to input the encrypted first orderer biometric information held in the received order holding section, and

the terminal further comprises;

a decryption means for decrypting the encrypted first orderer biometric information inputted by the input interface means, when the first agent biometric information and the second agent biometric information match as a result of comparison by the biometric certification means, using the decryption key retained in the decryption key holding means;

encryption key creation means for generating the encryption key and the decryption key for decrypting encrypted information encrypted with the encryption key every time an order is placed for the commodity; and

decryption key deletion means for deleting the decryption key held in the decryption key holding means once the comparison by the biometric certification means is completed upon the delivery of the commodity.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the biometric certification means determines that the comparison is unmatched when the first orderer biometric information is identical to the second orderer biometric information.

3. A computer-readable medium having an electronic commerce program recorded thereon, the electronic commerce program, upon being executed on a terminal that is connected to received order holding section as an order receiver via a network, makes a computer embody a function to certify, upon reception of a commodity, an orderer and an agent entrusted by the orderer, the electronic commerce program being executed by the computer to make the computer to function as:

biometric information input means for inputting biometric information, the biometric information input means including;

means for inputting a first orderer biometric information for identifying the orderer upon the placing the order for the commodity,

means for inputting a second orderer biometric information for identifying the orderer and a first agent biometric information for identifying the agent when the orderer entrusts the agent with the reception of the commodity, and

means for inputting a second agent biometric information for identifying the agent upon delivery of the commodity;

output interface means for sending the first orderer biometric information together with an order form of the commodity to the received order holding section via the network;

biometric information holding means for holding the second orderer biometric information by relating the second orderer biometric information to the first agent biometric information;

agent biometric information holding means for holding the first agent biometric information by relating the first agent biometric information to the second orderer biometric information;

input interface means for inputting the first orderer biometric information held in the received order holding section upon delivery of the commodity;

biometric certification means for certifying, upon reception of the commodity, an orderer and an agent, the biometric certification means including;

means for verifying the first agent biometric information held in the agent biometric information holding means with the second agent biometric information inputted by the biometric information input means,

means for verifying, when the first orderer biometric information and the second orderer biometric information match, the first orderer biometric information inputted by the input interface means with the second orderer biometric information held in the biometric information holding means, and

means for notifying, when the first orderer biometric information and the second orderer biometric information match, the agent and a person in charge of delivery of the commodity of the match;

encrypting means for encrypting the first orderer biometric information inputted by the biometric information input means when placing the order for the commodity;

decryption means for decrypting the encrypted first orderer biometric information inputted by the input interface means, when the first agent biometric information and the second agent biometric information match as a result of comparison by the biometric certification means, using a decryption key held in a decryption key holding means;

encryption key creation means for generating the encryption key and the decryption key for decrypting encrypted information encrypted with the encryption key every time an order is placed for the commodity; and

decryption key deletion means for deleting the decryption key retained in the decryption key holding means once the comparison by the biometric certification means is completed upon the delivery of the commodity.

4. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 3 having an electronic commerce program recorded thereon, the program being further executed by the computer to make the computer to function such that the biometric certification means determines that the comparison is unmatched when the first orderer biometric information is identical to the second orderer biometric information.