Method of providing services including essay providing and review services based on authentication of college students, and system therefor

• US 8,060,446 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2008
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aidan Joungil Cho
• Original Assignee: Collegenius Inc.
• Inventors: Cho, Joungill
• Primary Examiner(s): Fischer; Andrew J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Casey; Alexis
• Application Number:
  US12/248,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20090089180A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 705/64
• US Class Current: 705/64
• 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 method based on authentication of college students operated in a server system, the service providing method comprising:

receiving by a device at least a name of a school from a member who wants to be authenticated as a college student who attends the school and has an email address issued by the school, in an input unit;

receiving by said device, an email address of a fellow student of the school, from the member, in the input unit;

verifying whether the email address is issued by the school by using the name of the school and the email address;

creating and transmitting by said device a first verification code of the member to the email address, in a verification code transmission unit;

creating and transmitting by said device, a third verification code of the fellow student to the email address of the fellow student, in the verification code transmission unit;

receiving by said device a second verification code from the member and a fourth verification code from the fellow student, and transforming by said device a status of the member to be an authenticated college student if the value of the second verification code and the value of the fourth verification code is identical to the value of the third verification code, in an authentication unit; and

providing by a web application server, a service of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student by the authentication unit, to a buyer who requests the service, in a service providing unit;

wherein the providing of the service comprises;

receiving and storing an essay which is written by the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student, for an entrance examination;

receiving an essay search criteria from the buyer wherein the essay search criteria comprises a score in the entrance examination of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student;

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

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

2. The service providing method of claim 1, further comprising providing abstract of the extracted essay and information regarding the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student, who wrote the extracted essay, which comprises the name of the school attended by the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student, and a score in an entrance examination of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student.

3. The service providing method of claim 1, 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.

4. The service providing method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the essay search criteria comprising a name of a school where the essay of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student, is submitted.

5. The service providing method of claim 1,

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 corresponding to the reviewer search criteria, from a plurality of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student, 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.

6. The service providing method of claim 5, 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.

7. The service providing method of claim 5, 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.

8. A service providing method based on authentication of college students operated in a server system, the service providing method comprising:

receiving by a device, at least a name of a school from a member who wants to be authenticated as a college student who attends the school and has an email address issued by the school, in an input unit;

receiving by said device, an email address of a fellow student of the school, from the member, in the input unit;

creating and transmitting by said device, a first verification code of the member to the email address, in a verification code transmission unit;

creating and transmitting by said device, a third verification code of the fellow student to the email address of the fellow student, in the verification code transmission unit;

receiving by said device, a second verification code from the member and a fourth verification code from the fellow student, and transforming by said device a status of the member to be an authenticated college student if the value of the second verification code is identical to the value of the first verification code and the value of the fourth verification code is identical to the value of the third verification code, in an authentication unit; and

providing by a web application server, a service of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student by the authentication unit, to a buyer who requests the service, in a service providing unit,

wherein the service is an essay providing service, and

wherein the providing of the service comprises;

receiving and storing an essay which is written by the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student, for an entrance examination;

receiving an essay search criteria from the buyer;

receiving the essay search criteria comprising a name of a school where the essay of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student, is submitted;

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

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

providing abstract of the extracted essay and information regarding the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student, who wrote the extracted essay, which comprises the name of the school attended by the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student, and a score in an entrance examination of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student,

wherein the essay search criteria comprise a score in the entrance examination of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student,

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.

9. A service providing method based on authentication of college students operated in a server system, the service providing method comprising:

receiving by a device, at least a name of a school from a member who wants to be authenticated as a college student who attends the school and has an email address issued by the school, in an input unit;

receiving by said device, an email address of a fellow student of the school, from the member, in the input unit;

creating and transmitting by said device, a first verification code of the member to the email address, in a verification code transmission unit;

creating and transmitting by said device, a third verification code of the fellow student to the email address of the fellow student, in the verification code transmission unit;

receiving by said device, a second verification code from the member and a fourth verification code from the fellow student, and transforming by said device a status of the member to be an authenticated college student if the value of the second verification code is identical to the value of the first verification code and the value of the fourth verification code is identical to the value of the third verification code, in an authentication unit; and

providing by a web application server, a service of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student by the authentication unit, to a buyer who requests the service, in a service providing unit,

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 corresponding to the reviewer search criteria, from a plurality of the member whose status has been transformed to be an authenticated college student, 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;

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

providing evaluation on the essay review service, which is received from the buyer who the reviewer has provided the essay review service to,

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.