SERVICE SYSTEM

• US 20120095921A1
• Filed: 10/17/2011
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Imaging Systems Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Ripplex Inc. (Casio Computer Company Limited)
• Inventors: NAONO, Norihiko, OHNAKA, Kunihiko, OKAZAKI, Mitsutaka
• Granted Patent: US 8,489,508 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload

Abstract

Multiple service servers can store identification tags, which identify each user, after associating the identification tags with the identification tags of other users; and can also store identification data, which uniquely identifies users across multiple service servers, after associating the identification data with an encryption key for each identification datum. A management server device stores as identification data the user address data encrypted by means of an encryption key that has been generated for each identification datum. A gateway server device receives the identification tags from a first service server, receives the other identification tags associated with the first identification tags, receives the encryption keys associated with the other identification tags, and obtains the encrypted data from the management server. The gateway server device then decodes the encrypted information, and commands delivery that uses the obtained address data.

Claims

1. A service system for delivering merchandise which includes a plurality of service servers, a merchandise delivery server device, a management server device, and a gateway server device which can communicate between the plurality of service servers, the merchandise delivery server device and the management server device, wherein:

each service server is capable of associating an identification tag which identifies the user within the service server with an identification tag of another user within the service server and storing the identification tag which identifies the user and the identification tag of another user, and further is capable of associating an encryption key with identification information, the identification information uniquely identifying a user between the plurality of service servers and storing the encryption key with the identification information;

the management device includes a storage device for storing a table which stores an identification information of one user in a first column and encrypted information in a second column, said encrypted information being obtained by encrypting an address of the user identified by the identification information stored in the first column with the encryption key stored in one of the plurality of service servers, the encryption key being associated with the identification information of the user stored in the first column;

the gateway server device includes

a first receiving part which receives first identification tag from a first service server of the plurality of service servers;

a second receiving part which receives identification tags of another users associated with an identification tag for identifying the user of the first identification tag received by the first receiving part in any one of the plurality of service servers;

a third receiving part which receives a command for selecting an identification tag among the identification tags received by the second receiving part;

a fourth receiving part which receives the identification tag and an encryption key if the identification tag and encryption key are associated with the identification tag selected by the command and stored in any one of the plurality of service servers;

a fifth receiving part which receives encrypted information associated with the identification tag received by the fourth receiving part and stored in the management server device from the management server device; and

the merchandise delivery server device includes a delivery command part which commands a merchandise delivery with address information obtained by decrypting the encrypted information received by the fifth receiving part of the gateway server device with the encryption key received by the fourth receiving part of the gateway server device.

2. A management server device which is capable of communicating with a plurality of service servers, each of the plurality of service servers being capable of associating an identification tag which identifies the user within the service server with an identification tag of another user within the service server and storing the identification tag which identifies the user and the identification tag of another user, and further being capable of associating an encryption key for identification information, said each identification information uniquely identifying a user between the plurality of service servers and storing the encryption key with the identification information;

comprising;

a storage device which stores an identification information of one user in a first column and encrypted information in a second column, said encrypted information being obtained by encrypting an address of the user identified by the identification information stored in the first column with the encryption key stored in one of the plurality of service servers, the encryption key being associated with the identification information of the user stored in the first column.

3. The management server device according to claim 2, wherein the encryption key is not stored.

4. The management server device according to claim 2, wherein the service server is capable of associating and storing an identification tag of another user of the service server with one identification tag.

5. A gateway server device comprising:

a first receiving part which receives a first identification tag from a first service server of a plurality of service servers, each of the plurality of service servers being capable of associating an identification tag which identifies the user within the service server with an identification tag of another user within the service server and storing the identification tag which identifies the user and the identification tag of another user, and further being capable of associating an encryption key for identification information, said each identification information uniquely identifying a user between the plurality of service servers and storing the encryption key with the identification information;

a second receiving part which receives identification tags of another users associated with an identification tag for identifying the user of the first identification tag received by the first receiving part in any one of the plurality of service servers;

a third receiving part which receives a command for selecting an identification tag from the identification tags received by the second receiving part;

a fourth receiving part which receives the identification tag and an encryption key if the identification tag and the encryption key are associated with the identification tag selected by the common and stored in any one of the plurality of service servers; and

a fifth receiving part which receives encrypted information generated using the encryption key associated and stored with the identification tag received by the fourth receiving part.

6. The gateway server device according to claim 5 further comprising:

a decryption part which decrypts the received encrypted information using the encryption key associated with the selected identification tag; and

a first sending part which sends decrypted address information.

7. The gateway server device according to claim 5 further comprising:

a sixth receiving part which receives address information via the service server from the user identified by the selected identification tag if an encryption key is not associated and stored with the selected identification tag in the service server;

an encryption part which generates an encryption key and generates encrypted information by encrypting a received address;

a second sending part which generates identification information for identifying a user identified by the selected identification tag and sending the identification information and generated encryption key to the service server together with the selected identification tag; and

a third second part which sends the identification information and the encrypted information to the management server device.

8. The gateway server device according to claim 5 further comprising:

a seventh receiving part which receives information which represents whether receiving encrypted information by the fifth receiving part is acceptable or not from the user identified by the selected identification tag.

9. The gateway server device according to claim 5 further comprising:

a fourth sending part which sends screen information for displaying a first region and a second region, the screen information displaying in the first region the identification tag received by the second receiving so that the identification tag can be dragged to the second region; and

an eighth sending part which sends a command for the third receiving part to receive the identification tag dragged to the second region.

10. The gateway server device according to claim 9 wherein the screen information is information for displaying a third region for displaying information on merchandise and for making dragging information on merchandise to a position at which the displayed identification tag is dragged to in the second region, and the third receiving part includes a ninth receiving part for receiving the command with information on the dragged merchandise.

11. The gateway server device according to claim 5 further comprising a deletion part which deleted the identification tag, the encryption key and the encrypted information, which are received, when a communication session with the first service server is complete.