JP2002083226A - Internet connection system using portable storage medium, service providing method, communication terminal, and admission management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an internet connection system, using a portable storage medium allowing a person to easily use an information service over the Internet by a communication terminal using a portable storage medium. SOLUTION: When the portable storage medium 1 is inserted to the communication terminal 2, information necessary for connection authorization to an ISP 4, as well as the access point stored in the portable storage medium 1 is read, and the connection request is transmitted to the access point by automatic transmission. When an internet connection server 41 authorizes the connection of the communication terminal 2, the communication terminal 2 transmits the URL information of a content server 61 read from the portable storage medium 1 and the information necessary for the connection authorization to an APC 6. The content server 61 authorizes the user of the communication terminal 2 to the APC 6, and transmits a service menu to the communication terminal 2, when the authorization of the user is confirmed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an Internet connection system using a portable recording medium, and a service providing method for easily using an information service on the Internet by a communication terminal using the portable recording medium. , A communication terminal, and an entrance management system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an information server provided on the Internet provided by a CP (Contents Provider) provides a user with a public network and an ISP (Internet Service Provide).
There is an Internet information service that accesses via an Internet connection server provided by r) and obtains information recorded in the information server. In the information server provided by the CP, in addition to the CP itself, companies and individuals publish information called a home page described in a language such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) by renting the information server. The location of information on the Internet is URL
(Uniform Resource Locator), which is expressed by an address on the Internet, and a user who receives information connects a terminal such as a computer terminal that can connect to the Internet to an Internet connection server operated by the ISP, and the Internet connection server. The server accesses the information server using a protocol such as HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).

[0003]

However, a conventional communication system in which a user connects a computer terminal to an Internet connection server operated by an ISP through a public line network and uses an information service provided by a CP on the Internet. Then, other than the communication charges when using the public line network,
The two independent charges, the connection charge when using the Internet connection server operated by the ISP and the service charge for the information service provided by the CP, cannot be collected at once, and the user must pay separately. There was a problem that had to be. Furthermore, a ticket reservation service has been proposed as one of the information services, but no information service system using a fee payment method other than bank transfer has been proposed for fee collection, which is very inconvenient for users. Met. In addition, there is a problem that a contract must be made with the ISP in order to use the information service provided by the CP. In addition, it is necessary for the user to prepare a computer terminal capable of communicating with the server provided by the ISP or the CP, and there is a problem that not everyone can use the information service on the Internet from everywhere. . In this way, conventional Internet information services are free and convenient for everyone,
There was a problem that it could not be used from anywhere.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has an Internet connection system using a portable recording medium that enables an information service on the Internet to be used by a communication terminal using the portable recording medium. The purpose is to provide. More specifically, it is possible to record necessary information in advance on a portable recording medium, and to pay all fees collectively without the user being aware of the server provided by the ISP or CP. An object of the present invention is to provide an Internet connection system using a portable recording medium, a service providing method, a communication terminal, and an entrance management system.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a service providing system on the Internet and a public service network based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user. An Internet connection system for providing a connection service with a communication terminal of the type described above, wherein the communication terminal performs user authentication by using a user identification number read from a portable recording medium and transmitted. An authentication unit for setting the terminal in a state where the terminal can be connected to the Internet, and a connection unit for connecting the communication terminal with a service providing system indicated by the address information on the Internet according to address information specified based on information from the communication terminal. Management means for managing information for billing the service providing system for the Internet connection cost of the communication terminal. The features. With the above configuration,
The user can use the information service provided by the CP without making a contract for billing / paying with the ISP.

According to the present invention, in the above Internet connection system, the authentication means assigns an identification number for authenticating a portable recording medium carried by the user to one set unit including at least one user. The assignment of at least one user and the distinction of at least one user included in the set unit are performed by the service providing system using a password that is associated with an identification number for authenticating the user and individually assigned to the user. It is characterized by. With the above configuration, it is possible to manage users collectively by one ID, and to clarify the correspondence between the password of the Internet connection system, the identification number of the service providing system, and the password, thereby enabling individual use. In the event of a user's fraud, the user can be specified by the identification number and password of the service providing system.

According to the present invention, in the above Internet connection system, the authentication means assigns only one identification number for authenticating the user to one set unit including at least one user, and The authentication is performed using one password assigned to one. With the above configuration, the security management of individual users can depend on the management by the identification number and password of the service providing system side instead of the identification number and password of the Internet connection system side. This makes it possible to efficiently use the capacity of the recording unit for the identification number and the password and to facilitate the management of the user.

According to the present invention, in the Internet connection system, the authentication means manages the identification number of the user in the Internet connection system as the same identification number as the identification number for authenticating the user in the service providing system. It is characterized by.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned Internet connection system, the connection means according to the address information recorded in the Internet connection system in advance in association with the identification number of the user, the service providing system indicated by the address information on the Internet. A communication terminal is connected to the communication terminal.

[0010] The present invention is a service providing system connected to a communication terminal on a public line network via an Internet connection system based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user. Means for authenticating a user of a communication terminal connected via the Internet connection system, means for providing a predetermined service to a user who has been successfully authenticated, and a service for the user. And a means for presenting the total cost by adding the cost incurred by the use of the Internet connection system to the cost incurred by the use of the Internet connection system, and a means for performing a total cost settlement process.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned service providing system, the means for performing the settlement process includes at least one of a transfer to a financial institution, a payment by a credit card, a payment by a credit call, and a payment by a prepaid card. It is characterized by further comprising means for presenting two and allowing the user to select one of them. With the above configuration, there are two service charges other than the communication charge when the user uses the public line network, that is, the connection charge when using the Internet connection server operated by the ISP and the service charge for the information service provided by the CP. Independent fees can be paid in a lump.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned service providing system, the service to be provided is that the event ticket reservation / event
If the service is a sales service, the system further includes a means for notifying the data in response to a request for ticket reservation / sales data from the entrance management system for the event.

[0013] The present invention is an entrance management system for managing users entering an event venue by using information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by the user. Means for requesting reservation / sales data of the user, authenticating the user and confirming the reservation data by the data notified from the service providing system and the information read from the portable recording medium owned by the user; Means for outputting the reserved data.

The present invention is a communication terminal connected to a service providing system on the Internet via an Internet connection system, based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user. When the medium is set at a predetermined position, the identification number of the user is transmitted to the Internet connection system recorded on the portable recording medium, and means for connecting to the Internet connection system is provided. Means for transmitting the user's identification number to the service providing system, manually input by the user or recorded on a portable recording medium, and connecting to the service providing system. I do.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned communication terminal, the communication terminal further comprises means for transmitting address information on the Internet of the service providing system recorded on a portable recording medium via an Internet connection system. It is characterized by having. With the above configuration, the user
It is possible to use information services on the Internet without preparing a computer terminal capable of communicating with a server provided by an SP or CP.

The present invention is an Internet connection method for connecting a service providing system on the Internet and a communication terminal on a public network based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user, The communication terminal authenticates the user using the identification number of the user read out from the portable recording medium and sends it out so that the communication terminal can be connected to the Internet. In accordance with the specified address information, the method includes a process of connecting the service providing system indicated by the address information on the Internet and the communication terminal.

The present invention is a service providing method for providing a service to a communication terminal on a public network via an Internet connection system based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user, A process of authenticating a user of a communication terminal connected via an Internet connection system, a process of providing a predetermined service to a user who has been successfully authenticated, and a process of providing a service to the user. And a process of presenting the amount of the cost obtained by adding the cost generated by using the Internet connection system to the cost generated by using the Internet connection system.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, an information service system of the present invention will be described as an example of an information service on the Internet, such as a ticket reservation / sales service such as a concert and an entrance management system on the day of the concert. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a portable recording medium in which information for accessing the ticket reservation / sales system described in the present embodiment is recorded in advance. The portable recording medium 1 can be used in combination with any of (a) a bank transfer, (b) a credit card number, (c) a credit card, and (d) a prepaid card, or in combination with information according to a fee payment method such as an information service. used. Reference numeral 2 denotes a communication terminal that can use the portable recording medium 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes ISDN (Integr
ated Services Digital Network). Reference numeral 4 denotes an ISP that provides an Internet connection server (corresponding to an Internet connection system in [Claims]). Reference numeral 5 denotes the Internet through a computer network using connectionless communication. Reference numeral 6 denotes APC (Appl.
Communication Center), which is an information center provided on the Internet 5 by a service provider (CP) and includes a content server that provides a ticket reservation / sales service (corresponding to a service providing system in (claims)) It is. Reference numeral 7 denotes an APC-contracted bank that contracts with the APC 6 and that collectively manages ticket charges, call charges, and other charges in the APC 6, and is connected to the APC 6 online. Reference numeral 8 denotes an entrance management system for performing entrance management of a concert or the like based on sold ticket information. Reference numeral 9 denotes a credit card company that collects fees when a user pays a ticket fee, a call fee, and other fees by a credit card. Reference numeral 10 indicates that the user has a ticket fee,
When paying a call charge and other charges by credit call, it is a credit call management center that collects charges, and is arranged in the public network 3. Reference numeral 11 denotes a prepaid card center that collects a ticket fee, a call fee, and other fees when the user pays the fee by a prepaid card, and is connected to the communication terminal 2 via the public network 3. You.

The portable recording medium 1 is a recording medium represented by an IC card, for example, in which the contents shown in FIG. 2 are recorded in advance, and the recorded contents are transmitted from the communication terminal 2 to the ISP.
4 and the APC 6 to access the ticket reservation / sales system. Here, the “access point” means that the communication terminal 2 that has recognized the portable recording medium 1
This is a telephone number on the public line network 3 for connecting to the ISP 4 through a dial-up IP (Internet Protocol) connection. “Network ID” is the portable recording medium 1
Communication terminal 2 that recognizes the dial-up I
This is an ID number used by the ISP 4 for user authentication when making a P connection. Similarly, the “network password” indicates that the communication terminal 2 that has recognized the portable recording medium 1
4 is a password used by the ISP 4 to authenticate a user when making a dial-up IP connection to the ISP 4. "APC U
The "RL" indicates the location of the APC 6 on the Internet 5 by using an HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer) including an FQDN (fully qualified domain name) symbolically representing a computer name.
Protocol) or other character string.
The “card ID” is an ID number used by the APC 6 for user authentication when the communication terminal 2 in which the portable recording medium 1 is inserted accesses the APC 6. Note that among the items shown in FIG. 2, the “network password” may be manually input in consideration of security. Also, "APC
6 URL is not on the portable recording medium 1 but on the ISP
The information may be recorded in advance in a gateway included in the Internet connection server 41 provided on the server 4 in correspondence with the card ID, and may be referred to when a user accesses. Also,
The “network ID” and the “card ID” may be the same ID (common ID) for efficient management. Also, when the communication terminal 2 with the portable recording medium 1 inserted therein accesses the APC 6 together with the card ID, the APC 6
The card password used for user authentication is not recorded on the portable recording medium 1 in order to prevent the theft of the portable recording medium 1 and is always manually input by the user from the communication terminal 2. Further, as the portable recording medium 1, in addition to an IC card, a magnetic card, a mobile phone or a mobile terminal having a built-in IC chip, or the like can be used depending on the communication terminal 2 side.

FIG. 3 shows an IC card public telephone which can use an IC card for the portable recording medium 1 as an example of the communication terminal 2. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 71 denotes a card insertion slot for inserting an IC card inserted into an IC card public telephone, a credit call card for paying a fee, or a prepaid card. The card insertion slot 71 has a portable recording medium reading device function, and reads data recorded on inserted cards and sends the data to the public network 3 or data received from the public network 3. Can be written to the inserted cards. Reference numeral 72 denotes a handset of an IC card public telephone. Reference numeral 73 denotes an operation unit for inputting a telephone number when making a call and performing an operation for receiving an information service, and includes a “direction key” for moving a cursor and an “enter key” for determining an input. "Function keys. Similarly, reference numeral 74 denotes a display unit for displaying the operation contents when making a telephone call and the operation contents when receiving an information service, and a message from the APC 6 when using the information service is also displayed here. You. In addition, various operation contents displayed on the display unit 74 may be simultaneously transmitted to the user through the receiver 72 by voice guidance. Although an IC card public telephone has been described as an example of the communication terminal 2, the communication terminal 2 may be a magnetic card telephone, a device capable of reading a portable recording medium such as an IC card or a magnetic card, and a computer. It may be based on a combination of devices such as terminals or mobile terminals. Further, information communication between the portable recording medium 1 and the communication terminal 2 may be either a contact type or a non-contact type.

Further, the ISP 4 is provided with an Internet connection server 41, a user database 42, and an ISP billing center 43. The Internet connection server 41 authenticates the user based on the ISP user's network ID and network password, converts the communication mode of the public line network 3 into the communication mode of the Internet 4, and sets the communication mode between the communication terminal 2 and the APC 6. Communication. In the user database 42, a network ID and a network password of the ISP user are recorded in association with each other in advance. Also, the ISP user's network ID and network password and a card ID to be described later
Or, information for associating a card password may be recorded. The ISP charging center 43 manages the user's ISP usage time when performing meter-based charging for ISP usage. Further, the APC 6 is provided with a content server 61 and a member database 62. The content server 61 authenticates the user using the APC user's card ID and card password,
Performs information processing in sales. Member database 62
Indicates that an APC user's card ID and card password are associated with each other in advance and recorded. Also, the above ISP
Information for associating the user's network ID or network password with the card ID or card password may be recorded. Further, the member database 62 records date and time data and location data on tickets and data on fee payment. Internet connection server 4
1, the ISP charging center 43, and the content server 61
May be realized by dedicated hardware, respectively, may be configured by a memory and a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and may load a program for realizing the function of each of the above-described devices into the memory. The function may be realized by executing the function. The user database 42 and the member database 62
Is a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, a flash memory, or a RAM (Random
ccess Memory), or a computer-readable and writable recording medium using a combination thereof.

FIG. 4 shows an example of an entrance management system 8 using an IC card for the portable recording medium 1. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 80 denotes an IC card. Reference numeral 81 indicates A
Download the ticket information sold from PC6,
An entrance management server that performs entrance management of concerts and the like based on the information. The entrance management server performs ticket expense confirmation, card ID authentication, and seat management. Code 8
Reference numeral 2 denotes an IC card reader / writer for reading and writing an IC card 80 brought by the user, which sends the read information (such as an ID number) to the entrance management server 81 and receives information (for example, information from the entrance management server 81). The designated seat number or the like is written in the portable recording medium 1. Reference numeral 83 denotes a receipt printer for printing information (for example, a designated seat number or the like) for the user of the ticket authenticated by the entrance management server 81. Reference numeral 84 denotes a portable recording medium reading device to be lent to a user at a venue such as a concert.
The designated seat number and the like recorded in 0 can be confirmed. Code 85
Is a receipt (paper) printed by the receipt printer 83, so that the user can confirm the designated seat number and the like. Similarly to the communication terminal 2, the information communication between the IC card 80 and the IC card reader / writer 82 or the portable recording medium reading device 84 may be either a contact type or a non-contact type.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a method of managing users managed by the user database 41 in the ISP 4 and a procedure for connecting the communication terminal 2 to the ISP 4 via the public network 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method for managing the user's network ID and network password recorded in the user database 41.
As shown in FIG. 5, the management of the user's network ID and network password is as follows: (a) The network ID and network password are managed for each user (for each card). (B) One network ID such as a corporate ID and a network password for each individual user are managed. (C) One network ID such as a corporate ID and one network password corresponding to the network ID are managed. There are three cases. Regarding the charge management of the information service charge, in the case of (a), it is possible to individually charge the charge for each user or each portable recording medium.
In the case of (b), a collective fee can be charged to a corporation or the like to which one network ID is assigned, and individual authentication using a network password is possible for individual users in the corporation. Network password and AP
By clarifying the correspondence between the card ID and the card password in C6, it is possible to grasp the Internet use status of individual users in the corporation.
In the case of (c), it is possible to collectively charge a corporation or the like assigned one network ID. In this case, it is possible to make the use of the capacity of the user database 41 more efficient and to facilitate the corporate management by relying on the management of the individual user's use of the Internet by the card ID and the card password in the APC 6. It is. Furthermore, regarding the security management of the use of the Internet, in the case of (a), individual authentication for unauthorized use is possible for each user or each portable recording medium.
In the case of (b), individual authentication using a network password is possible for individual users in a corporation or the like to which one network ID is assigned. In the case of (c), since the individual authentication of the individual user depends on the individual authentication using the card ID and the card password in the APC 6, it is possible to efficiently use the capacity of the user database 41 and to facilitate the management of the corporation. It is.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure for connecting to the APC 6 when the URL of the APC 6 is recorded on the portable recording medium 1. First, when the portable recording medium 1 is inserted into the communication terminal 2, the communication terminal 2 accesses the access point recorded on the portable recording medium 1, information necessary for connection to the ISP 4, and the content server 61 of the APC 6.
And sends a connection request to the access point by automatic transmission (step S1). The Internet connection server 41 that has received the connection request sends an authentication request for the ISP 4 to the communication terminal 2 (step S2). The communication terminal 2 that has received the authentication request automatically sends the network ID and the network password read from the portable recording medium 1 to the Internet connection server 41 (step S3). Here, the network password is used for the portable recording medium 1 in consideration of security.
May be transmitted manually without recording. The Internet connection server 41 that has received the network ID and the network password queries the user database 42 for the network ID and the network password, and executes user authentication (step S4). If the authentication is confirmed, the IS
The counting of the ISP connection time by the P charging center 43 is started (step S5). In the case where the charge for the use of the ISP is a flat-rate system, the ISP connection time need not be measured. At the same time, when the authentication is executed, a connection permission to the Internet connection server 41 is sent to the communication terminal 2 (step S6). The communication terminal 2 that has received the permission to connect to the Internet connection server 41 reads the content server 6 of the APC 6 from the portable recording medium 1.
The first URL is transmitted to the APC 6 on the Internet 5 via the Internet connection server 41 (step S7). The content server 61 that has received the information request by the URL sends an authentication request for the APC 6 to the communication terminal 2 via the Internet connection server 41 (step S8). Communication terminal 2 that has received the authentication request
Sends out a card ID and a card password for accessing the content server 61 by manual input by the user (step S9). Here, as the card ID, a card ID previously recorded on a portable recording medium may be automatically transmitted. In addition, the card ID may be the same as the network ID to simplify management. In that case, card ID
, The same ID as the network ID read from the portable recording medium is automatically transmitted. The content server 61 that has received the card ID and the card password queries the member database 62 for the card ID and the card password, and executes user authentication (step S10). When the authentication is confirmed, a service menu for use of the content server 61 is transmitted to the communication terminal 2 and displayed on, for example, the display unit 74 of the IC card public telephone shown in FIG. 3 (step S11). An example of a service menu in the ticket reservation / sales system provided by the APC 6 will be described later.

FIG. 7 shows the contents server 61 of the APC 6.
FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating a connection procedure to the APC 6 when the URL of the APC 6 is recorded in a gateway included in the Internet connection server 41 provided in the ISP 4. In the operation described in FIG. 7, it is assumed that the card ID is the same as the network ID. From step S1 in which the communication terminal 2 recognizes the portable recording medium 1 and sends a connection request to the access point by automatic transmission, the authentication is confirmed in the Internet connection server 41,
The operation up to step S5, at which the ISP charging center 43 starts measuring the ISP connection time, is the same as the operation described with reference to FIG. 6, and a description thereof will be omitted. When the authentication of the user is confirmed in the Internet connection server 41, the URL of the content server 61 of the APC 6 previously recorded corresponding to the network ID (= card ID) transmitted from the communication terminal 2 is obtained from the gateway. The communication terminal 2 and the APC 6
The automatic connection is made (step S21). The content server 61 requested for automatic connection sends the AP to the communication terminal 2.
An authentication request for C6 is sent (step S8). Thereafter, the operation from step S9, in which the communication terminal 2 sends the card password to the content server 61, to step S11, in which the authentication is confirmed and the service menu for using the content server 61 is transmitted to the communication terminal 2, are as follows. Since the operation is the same as that described with reference to FIG. 6, the description is omitted here.

Next, a procedure from the payment of the information service fee including the ticket fee to the activation of the ticket in the content server 61 of the APC 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, the breakdown of the fee is a service fee including a ticket fee and an ISP4 connection fee. Validation of a ticket refers to updating data relating to payment of a fee for ticket data recorded in the member database 62 (see FIG. 1) of the APC 6 and making the ticket usable. In addition, the ISP that charges the user
The connection fee of No. 4 is a predetermined amount between the APC 6 and the ISP 4, and is set to a relatively large amount so as not to cause a loss on the ISP 4 side when the connection fee of the ISP 4 described later is collected. The difference between the actual connection fee and the connection fee paid by the user is treated as the service fee of the APC 6. In addition, the following four methods are prepared for payment of the information service fee. (A) Method by bank transfer (b) Method by credit card (c) Method by credit call (d) Method by prepaid card (e) Method by coin and / or bill insertion In the above, (a), (b) , (C):
This is a post-payment payment method in which the ticket is valid when the user pays the fee at a later date and the fee is collected in the APC 6. The method according to (d) is a simultaneous payment method in which the user is charged in real time and the ticket is valid when the payment of the fee according to the number of prepaid cards is confirmed. Further, the method according to (e) is a payment method for compensating for the shortage when the fee is insufficient in the payment according to the method (d). In the case of (a), the communication fee for connection to the ISP 4 is paid by a coin or a telephone card, and in the methods (b) to (e), the communication fee is combined with the ticket fee and the ISP connection fee, respectively. Credit cards, credit calls, prepaid cards, coins, and / or
Or pay by bills.

FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating a ticket validation procedure of the APC 6 when the fee is paid by bank transfer. In FIG. 8, when a ticket purchase request is transmitted from the communication terminal 2 to the content server 61 (step S32), the content server 61
The communication terminal 2 is notified of the billing amount including the service fee including the ticket fee and the ISP connection fee, the payment method selection information, and the like (step S33). Communication terminal 2
Notifies the payment method (bank transfer) selected by the user and performs a procedure for the content server 61 (step S34). Then, the communication terminal 2 ends the line connection to the ISP 4 and the network connection to the APC 6 (step S35). At a later date, the content server 61
Confirms payment by bank transfer from the user (step S50), and validates the ticket for the user (step S55). In the above description, the payment by bank transfer and the confirmation processing have been described as later processing, but each processing may be processed in real time by online processing.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating a ticket validation procedure of the APC 6 when the fee is paid by a credit card. In FIG. 9, the communication terminal 2
Sends a ticket purchase request to the content server 61 (step S32), the content server 61 sends the communication terminal 2 a billing amount including a service fee including a ticket fee and an ISP connection fee, and payment. Notification of method selection information and the like is performed (step S33). The communication terminal 2 notifies the payment method (credit card payment) selected by the user and performs a procedure for the content server 61 (step S34). And the communication terminal 2
Terminates the line connection to the ISP 4 and the network connection to the APC 6 (step S35). At a later date, the content server 61 charges the credit card company
A payment inquiry is made (step S51), and when the charge is paid from the credit card company to the APC 6 (step S52), the ticket for the user is validated (step S55). In the above description, the billing process and the payment process to the credit card company have been described as later processes, but each process may be performed in real time by online processing.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a ticket validation procedure of the APC 6 when the fee is paid by credit call. In FIG. 10, first, in the case of a credit call, information such as the card number of the credit call and the telephone number of the call destination is notified from the communication terminal 2 to the credit call management center 10, and the credit call is started (step S30). ). Next, when a ticket purchase request is transmitted from the communication terminal 2 to the content server 61 (step S32), the service fee including the ticket fee and the ISP connection fee is transmitted from the content server 61 to the communication terminal 2. Notification of the added billing amount, selection information of the payment method, and the like is performed (step S33). Communication terminal 2
Is the payment method selected by the user (credit call payment)
And a procedure for the content server 61 is performed (step S34). At the same time, the communication terminal 2 notifies the credit call management center 10 of the billed amount including the ticket fee, the service fee, and the like (step S36).
Then, the communication terminal 2 establishes a line connection to the ISP 4 and an AP.
At the same time when the network connection to C6 is terminated, the termination of the call is notified to the credit call management center 10 (step S37). At a later date, the content server 61
The credit call management center 10 is inquired about billing / payment (step S53). When the credit call management center 10 pays the fee to the APC 6 (step S54), the ticket for the user is validated (step S54). Step S55).

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram for explaining a ticket validation procedure of the APC 6 when the fee is paid by a prepaid card. In FIG. 11, first, in the case of a prepaid card call, the start of the prepaid card call is notified from the communication terminal 2 to the prepaid card center 11 (step S31). In the case of this fee payment method, the communication terminal 2 communicates with the APC 6 using one information channel of the ISDN, and communicates with the prepaid card center 11 for fee-related data using the other information channel. When the prepaid card call is started, a ticket purchase request is sent from the communication terminal 2 to the content server 61 (step S32).
Then, the content server 61 notifies the communication terminal 2 of the billing amount including the service fee including the ticket fee and the ISP connection fee, the payment method selection information, and the like (step S33). The communication terminal 2 notifies the payment method (prepaid card payment) selected by the user and performs a procedure for the content server 61 (step S34). At the same time, the remaining balance of the card is confirmed from the communication terminal 2 to the prepaid card center 11 by the prepaid card frequency (step S38). Prepaid Card Center 11
Responds to the confirmation of the balance from the communication terminal 2 about the balance by managing the cumulative frequency for the prepaid card (step S39).

Next, the communication terminal 2 is connected to the content server 6
1 is notified of the balance of the prepaid card (step S4).
0). Here, if the balance is insufficient, the content server 61 terminates the reservation of the ticket, inserts the second and subsequent prepaid cards to make the total balance equal to or more than the billed amount, and / or coins and / or coins. An option of inserting the bill and making the total equal to or more than the billed amount is displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal 2 (for example, the display unit 74 of the IC public telephone shown in FIG. 3), and the user is made to select. When the balance of the prepaid card is equal to or greater than the billing amount, the content server 61 requests the communication terminal 2 to input a payment amount including the ticket fee and the service fee and a content number for the ticket reservation / sales service (step). S41). Here, the content number refers to a case where the APC 6 has declared to the prepaid card center 11 that an information service is to be performed using a payment method using a prepaid card.
This is a discrimination number of the information service provided by the prepaid card center 11 to the APC 6. Prepaid Card Center 1
1 specifies what the payment is for by this number. The communication terminal 2 requested to input the payment amount and the content number simultaneously notifies the payment amount and the content number to the content server 61 and the prepaid card center 11 by the user's input operation (step S42). The content server 61 confirms that the payment operation using the prepaid card has been completed by notifying the payment amount and the content number, and validates the ticket (step S43). Then, the communication terminal 2
At the same time that the line connection to P4 and the network connection to APC 6 are completed, the end of the call is notified to the prepaid card center (step S44).

In the above description, the credit call management center 10 and the prepaid card center 11 are described as communicating with the APC 6 via the public line network 3, but the respective centers are shown in FIG. In the configuration diagram, communication with the APC 6 directly via the Internet 5 may be performed. A ticket validation procedure of the APC 6 in this case will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 12 shows a case in which the fee is paid by a credit call, and the credit management center 10
6 is a sequence diagram illustrating a ticket validation procedure of the APC 6 when communicating with the APC 6; FIG. In FIG. 12, first,
In the case of a credit call, information such as the card number of the credit call and the telephone number of the called party is notified from the communication terminal 2 to the credit call management center 10, and the credit call is started (step S100). Next, the communication terminal 2
Is transmitted from the content server 61 to the content server 61 (step S101), the content server 61 sends the communication terminal 2 a billing amount including a service fee including a ticket fee and an ISP connection fee, and payment. Notification of method selection information and the like is performed (step S102). The communication terminal 2 notifies the payment method (credit call payment) selected by the user and performs a procedure for the content server 61 (step S103). At the same time, according to the payment method (credit call payment) notified from the communication terminal 2, the content server 61 notifies the credit call management center 10 of the billing amount including the ticket fee, the service fee, and the like (step S104). Then, the communication terminal 2 terminates the line connection to the ISP 4 and the network connection to the APC 6, and at the same time notifies the credit call management center 10 of the end of the call (step S10).
5). At a later date, the content server 61 inquires of the credit call management center 10 about billing / payment (step S106), and when the credit call management center 10 pays the fee to the APC 6 (step S10).
7), validate the ticket for the user (step S108). In the above description, communication between the communication terminal 2 and the credit call management center 10 is performed via the public network 3, and all other communication is performed via the Internet 5.

FIG. 13 shows a case where the payment method is a prepaid card and the prepaid card center 11 communicates with the APC 6 via the Internet 5.
FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating a ticket validation procedure of the PC 6. In FIG. 13, first, in the case of a prepaid card call, the communication terminal 2 sends the prepaid card center 11
Is notified of the start of the prepaid card call (step S110). When a prepaid card call starts,
When the ticket purchase request is sent from the communication terminal 2 to the content server 61 (step S111), the content server 61 sends the communication terminal 2 a service fee including a ticket fee and an ISP connection fee. Amount and
Notification of payment method selection information and the like is performed (step S1).
12). The communication terminal 2 notifies the payment method (prepaid card payment) selected by the user and performs a procedure for the content server 61 (step S113). At the same time, the remaining balance of the card is confirmed from the prepaid card frequency to the prepaid card center 11 from the communication terminal 2 (step S114). Prepaid Card Center 11
Responds to the communication terminal 2 about the balance from the communication terminal 2 to the communication terminal 2 about the balance by managing the accumulated frequency for the prepaid card (step S115). At the same time, the prepaid card center 11 sends the content server 61
A reply is made to the prepaid card for the balance due to the cumulative frequency management (step S116).

Here, if the balance is not enough, the content server 61 terminates the reservation of the ticket, inserts the second or subsequent prepaid card and makes the total balance equal to or more than the billed amount, And / or inserting a bill to make the sum equal to or greater than the billed amount, the communication terminal 2
(For example, the display unit 7 of the IC public telephone shown in FIG. 3)
Displayed in 4) to allow the user to select. If the balance of the prepaid card is equal to or greater than the billed amount, the content server 61
Requests the communication terminal 2 to input a payment amount including the ticket fee and the service fee and a content number for the ticket reservation / sales service (step S11).
7). Here, the content number refers to the information service provided by the prepaid card center 11 to the prepaid card center 11 when the APC 6 declares that the prepaid card center 11 provides an information service using a payment method using a prepaid card. The identification number. The prepaid card center 11 specifies, based on this number, what the payment is for. The communication terminal 2 requested to input the payment amount and the content number notifies the content server 61 of the payment amount and the content number by the user's input operation (step S118). The content server 61 notified of the payment amount and the content number,
The prepaid card center 11 inquires of billing / payment (step S119). When the prepaid card center 11 pays the fee to the content server 61 (step S120), the ticket for the user is validated (step S120). Step S121). Then, the communication terminal 2 terminates the line connection to the ISP 4 and the network connection to the APC 6, and at the same time notifies the prepaid card center of the end of the call (step S121).
In the above description, communication between the communication terminal 2 and the prepaid card center 11 is performed via the public line network 3, and all other communication is performed via the Internet 5. Further, in this case, since the fee is collected from the prepaid card center by the APC 6, the connection fee collection procedure of the ISP 4 described later with reference to FIGS.
No charge collection procedure for 1 is performed.

Next, referring to FIG. 14 to FIG. 25, an example of an operation screen of the communication terminal 2 will be described. Will be described. The communication terminal 2 is an IC card public telephone shown in FIG. 3, and FIGS. 14 to 25 show the contents of the display unit 74. The display is realized by reading from the ROM in the telephone or by reading data transmitted via the Internet and held in the RAM in the telephone. When a user inserts an IC card into an IC card public telephone, the telephone recognizes the IC card and uses authentication information such as a card ID and a card password for accessing the APC 6 when using the ticket reservation / sales system. The screen shown in FIG. 14 for prompting the user to input is displayed. However, in a system in which a network password for ISP4 connection is manually input, a screen for inputting a network password for ISP connection is displayed before this. Also, card ID
In the system for automatically sending out, the input screen requires only the card password. When the user inputs the requested ID and password and the authentication is completed normally, FIG.
The screen shown in is displayed. FIG. 15 is a screen for selecting a ticket extraction method of the ticket reservation / sales system. In FIG. 15, for example, the method of extracting a ticket is selected by (1) date of a concert or the like, (2) singer name, or (3) genre name. The selection is made by moving the cursor 100 to a desired item by a “direction key” (not shown) assigned to the function key of the operation unit of the IC card public telephone, and determining the input similarly assigned to the function key. Is executed by pressing an "enter key" (not shown). The selection may be made by typing the number on the selection screen using the number button on the operation unit 73.

Next, when "2. Extract by singer name" is selected on the screen of FIG. 15, a screen shown in FIG. 16, which is a singer name extraction condition selection screen, is displayed. Also, the 50 sounds are from "A line" to "W line", and cannot fit on the screen. Accordingly, a selection menu for selecting a page is also displayed on the screen displaying information that does not fit on the screen as described above. In the screen of FIG. 16, similarly to FIG. 15, when "3. sa line" is selected using the cursor 100, a screen shown in FIG. 17, which is a singer name selection screen, is displayed. FIG. 17 shows a list of singer names starting with “sa line” selected in FIG. When "1. Taro Sato" is selected using the cursor 100 on the screen in FIG. 17, a screen shown in FIG. 18, which is a concert date and time selection screen, is displayed. FIG. 18 shows a list of dates and locations of upcoming concerts of “Taro Sato”. On the screen of FIG. 18, using the cursor 100, “2.8 / 15 (Tue) PM6: 0
When "0 XYZ concert hall" is selected, the communication terminal 2 queries the vacant seat information of the concert corresponding to the APC 6, and the screen shown in FIG. 19 is displayed. FIG. 19 shows a screen for inputting the vacant seat status of the concert and the desired number of tickets corresponding thereto. When the desired number of tickets is input on the screen in FIG. 19, the screen shown in FIG. 20, which is the final screen for ticket reservation, is displayed. FIG. 20 shows the name of the singer, the date and time of the concert, the location, the billed amount including the service fee including the ticket fee and the ISP connection fee, the content number required for the payment of the prepaid card, and the like. Ask for final confirmation. In the screen of FIG. 20, “ente
"r key" (not shown)
The screen shown in FIG. 21 requesting the selection of the payment method is displayed.

If "1. Bank transfer" is selected on the screen shown in FIG. 21, a screen shown in FIG. 22 is displayed.
On the screen shown in FIG. 22, information such as notes on bank transfer due dates and transfer destinations is displayed. If Figure 2
When "2. Credit card" is selected on the screen shown in FIG. 1, the screen shown in FIG. 23 is displayed. In the case of payment by credit card, if the credit card number is already registered in the member database 62, the screen shown in FIG. If the credit number has not been registered in the member database 62, the screen shown in FIG. 23B requesting the input of the credit card number is displayed. When the credit card number is input, a screen shown in FIG. If Figure 2
When "3. Credit call" is selected on the screen shown in 1,
The screen shown in FIG. 24 is displayed. In the case of payment by credit call, it takes several days to process the payment because the payment is processed at the same time as the normal payment of the call charge. Therefore, the payment of the fee may not be completed by the day of the concert, and at that time, the screen (a) of FIG. 24 is displayed. If there are enough days to pay the fee, (b) of FIG.
A screen is displayed, requesting the user's final confirmation. When the final confirmation is performed, the screen shown in FIG. If "4. Prepaid card" is selected on the screen shown in FIG.
The screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. In the prepaid card payment method, the payment method is a simultaneous payment method in which the ticket becomes valid when the payment of the prepaid card is confirmed by the frequency of the prepaid card, so the balance of the prepaid card is insufficient In this case, the screen shown in FIG. 25A is displayed. When the balance is sufficient from the beginning, or when the balance exceeds the billed amount due to insertion of the second and subsequent prepaid cards and insertion of coins and bills, a screen (b) of FIG. 25 is displayed and the prepaid card is displayed. The center 11 requests input of a content number and a payment amount for specifying what the payment is for. When the content number and the payment amount are input, a screen shown in FIG. 25 (c) for displaying a message for the fee deduction is displayed.

Next, the APC will be described with reference to FIGS.
The collection procedure in which the ISP 4 collects the connection usage fee from 6 will be described. FIG. 26 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure for collecting the connection fee of the ISP 4 when the ISP connection fee is based on the usage-based charging. When the selection of the ticket by the user is completed, the ticket fee and the ISP are transmitted from the content server 61 to the communication terminal 2.
When notification of the billing amount including the service charge including the connection fee and the selection information of the payment method is performed (step S6).
1) The communication terminal 2 notifies the payment method selected by the user and performs a procedure for the content server 61 (step S62). And the communication terminal 2 is an ISP
4 and the network connection to the APC 6 are terminated (step S63). When the line connection to the ISP 4 is completed, the ISP charging center 43 finishes measuring the ISP connection time (step S64), and
Update the record of the connection time for (step S6)
5). At a later date, the ISP 4 calculates the ISP connection fee based on the metered system from the total ISP connection time of each member and
A request is made to C6 (step S66), and APC6 is
From the fees collected by any of the procedures described in FIG. 10 to FIG. 10, the amount charged to the ISP 4 is paid as the ISP connection actual fee (step S69).

FIG. 27 is a sequence diagram for explaining the connection fee collection procedure of the ISP 4 when the ISP connection fee is based on the flat-rate charging. The selection of the ticket by the user is completed, and the ticket fee and the I
When the billing amount including the service fee including the SP connection fee and the payment method selection information are notified (step S6)
1) The communication terminal 2 notifies the payment method selected by the user and performs a procedure for the content server 61 (step S62). And the communication terminal 2 is an ISP
4 and the network connection to the APC 6 are terminated (step S63). Here, since the connection fee to the ISP 4 is a flat-rate fee, the ISP charging center 43
The SP connection time was not measured. At a later date, the APC 6 sets the amount collected in advance with the ISP 4 from the fee collected by the procedure described in any of FIGS.
The payment is made as the SP connection fixed charge (step S70).

FIG. 28 shows that the ISP connection fee is a pay-as-you-go fee.
FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating a connection fee collection procedure of the ISP 4 in the case of paying a prepaid card. When the selection of the ticket by the user is completed and the content server 61 notifies the communication terminal 2 of the billing amount including the service fee including the ticket fee and the ISP connection fee and the selection information of the payment method. (Step S61), communication terminal 2
Notifies the payment method selected by the user and performs a procedure for the content server 61 (step S62).
Then, the communication terminal 2 establishes a line connection to the ISP 4 and an AP.
The connection of the network to C6 is terminated (step S6).
3). When the line connection to the ISP 4 is completed, the ISP charging center 43 stops measuring the ISP connection time (step S64), and updates the record of the connection time for the corresponding network ID (step S65). At a later date, ISP4
From the total ISP connection time of each member, I
The SP connection fee is calculated and billed to the APC 6 (step S66). Upon receiving the request, the APC 6 requests the prepaid card center 11 to pay the fee collected by the prepaid card center 11 according to the procedure described in FIG. 11, including the ticket fee and other service fees (step S67). . When the fee is collected from the prepaid card center 11 (step S68), the APC
6 pays the amount charged to the ISP 4 from the collected charges as the ISP connection actual charge (step S6).
9).

FIG. 29 shows that the ISP connection fee is a fixed fee.
FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating a connection fee collection procedure of the ISP 4 in the case of paying a prepaid card. When the selection of the ticket by the user is completed and the content server 61 notifies the communication terminal 2 of the billing amount including the service fee including the ticket fee and the ISP connection fee, the payment method selection information, and the like ( Step S61), the communication terminal 2
The payment method selected by the user is notified, and the procedure for the content server 61 is performed (step S62). Then, the communication terminal 2 connects the line to the ISP 4 and the APC 6
To terminate the network connection (step S6)
3). Here, since the connection fee to the ISP 4 is a flat-rate fee, the ISP charging center 43 does not time the ISP connection time. At a later date, the APC 6 requests the prepaid card center 11 to pay a fee including the ticket fee and other service fees collected by the prepaid card center 11 according to the procedure described in FIG. 11 (step S67). When the fee is collected from the prepaid card center 11 (step S68), the APC
6 pays, as an ISP connection flat-rate, an amount determined in advance with the ISP 4 from the collected charges (step S7).
0).

Next, referring to FIG. 30, the portable recording medium 1 will be described.
A procedure for issuing a ticket by the entrance management system 8 using an IC card will be described. FIG. 30 is a sequence diagram illustrating a ticket issuing procedure of the entrance management system 8.
First, the entrance management server 81 downloads the member database 62 of the APC 6 onto the entrance management server 81 (Step S81). Next, at the venue on the day of the concert, the card ID recorded on the IC card 80 owned by the user is read from the IC card reader / writer 82 (step S82), and the user inputs the card password (step S83). ). The entrance management server having obtained the user information authenticates the member based on the member data in the member database, and at the same time, makes an inquiry about the ticket data (step S83). When the authentication is normal and the inquiry of the ticket data is completed, the information of the inquiry result (for example, the seat designation number or the like) is written to the IC card 80 via the IC card reader / writer 82 (step S84). The user checks the written information using the portable recording medium reading device 84 described with reference to FIG. If there is no portable recording medium reader 84, the information of the inquiry result (for example, the seat designation number) may be printed on the receipt 85 by the receipt printer 83 (step S85). The user checks the information printed on the receipt 85. It should be noted that the member database for user authentication and ticket data inquiry may be directly referred to the APC 6 online without downloading from the APC 6. The entrance management system 8 may be installed not only at the venue on the day of the concert but also at a store such as a convenience store and connected to the APC 6 online to issue a ticket. In this case, the receipt 85 printed by the receipt printer 83 functions as a ticket (paper). Further, the ticket data may be written on the IC card 80 and confirmed at the venue using the portable recording medium reading device 84.

In this embodiment, an APC that reserves and sells tickets as an information service provided by the CP
The information service provided by the CP is not limited to this, and any service, product, or information that requires pre-registration before use, such as reservation, sale, or rental, is available. It may be an information service that handles. Further, the information service provided by the CP such as the APC may use compact HTML.

Note that the IS described in the above embodiment is
The P4 and the APC 6 record a program for realizing the functions on a computer-readable recording medium, read the program recorded on the recording medium into a computer system, and execute the program. Functions may be realized.

Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
If a WW (World Wide Web) system is used, a homepage providing environment (or display environment) is also included. The “computer-readable recording medium” includes a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, and a CD-ROM.
And a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, a "computer-readable recording medium" refers to a medium that dynamically holds a program for a short time, such as when a program is transmitted through a computer network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. (Transmission medium or transmission wave), in which case a program holding a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client, is also included.

The above-mentioned program may be for realizing a part of the above-described functions, and may be for realizing the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already stored in a computer system, that is, a so-called program. It may be a difference file (difference program).

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, a connection service between a service providing system on the Internet and a communication terminal on a public line network is provided based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user. In the Internet connection system, the communication terminal uses the identification number of the user read from the portable recording medium and sent out, authenticates the user, and sets the communication terminal to a state in which the communication terminal can be connected to the Internet, Connection means for connecting the communication terminal with the service providing system indicated by the address information on the Internet according to the address information specified based on the information from the communication terminal; Management means for managing the information to be charged to Use user has configured to claim collectively to the service providing system access. As a result, the user can use the information service provided by the CP without making a contract for billing / paying with the ISP.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned Internet connection system, the authentication means includes at least one user.
Only one identification number for authenticating a user is assigned to one set unit included, and at least one user included in the set unit is identified in the service providing system by authenticating the user. The password is individually assigned to the user in association with the identification number for the user. This makes it possible to manage users collectively by one ID, and clarifies the correspondence between the password on the Internet connection system side, the identification number on the service providing system side, and the password, thereby enabling individual users to be managed. For fraud, the user can be specified by the identification number and password of the service providing system. Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned Internet connection system, the authentication means includes the step of:
Only one identification number for authenticating the user is assigned to one set unit including the password, and the authentication is performed using one password assigned to one identification number. As a result, the security management of individual users can be dependent on the management of the service providing system side identification numbers and passwords instead of the Internet connection system side identification numbers and passwords. It is possible to make efficient use of the capacity of the storage unit for passwords and passwords and to facilitate user management.

The present invention also provides a service providing system connected to a communication terminal on a public line network via an Internet connection system based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user. A means for authenticating the user of the communication terminal connected via the Internet connection system and a user who has been successfully authenticated,
Means for providing a predetermined service, and for the user,
Provision of means for presenting the total cost, which is the sum of the cost incurred by using the service and the cost incurred by the use of the Internet connection system, and means for performing the settlement process of the total cost. Against
The cost incurred by the information service and the cost incurred by the Internet connection were billed together. As a result, the user has two independent charges, other than the communication charge for using the public line network, the connection charge for using the Internet connection system operated by the ISP and the service charge for the information service provided by the CP. The fee can be paid in a lump.

Further, according to the present invention, a communication terminal connected to a service providing system on the Internet via an Internet connection system based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user. When the medium is set at a predetermined position, the identification number of the user is transmitted to the Internet connection system recorded on the portable recording medium, and means for connecting to the Internet connection system is provided. Means for transmitting the user's identification number to the service providing system, which is manually input by the user or recorded on a portable recording medium, and connects to the service providing system, and via the Internet connection system. And the Internet of the service providing system recorded on a portable recording medium. And means for sending the address information of the above is provided, easily ISP by information on a portable recording medium
And a connection to the server provided by the CP. As a result, the user can use the information service on the Internet without preparing a computer terminal capable of communicating with the server provided by the ISP or the CP.

Therefore, the information service providing side has an effect that the information such as the identification number of the user and the information about the service and the information about the cost of using the service including the Internet connection fee can be efficiently managed collectively. can get. In addition, since the user only has to pay the fee generated when using the information service in a lump, there is an effect that the trouble of paying the fee is omitted and the convenience for the user is improved. In addition, the information service provider can collectively manage the charges that have been incurred, so that the effect of increasing the efficiency of service provision can be obtained. Also, I
There is an effect that a user who does not contract with the SP can use the information service without worrying about paying the Internet connection fee. Further, since the user can connect to the Internet without preparing a computer terminal capable of communicating with a server provided by the ISP or the CP, the effect is obtained that anyone can use the information service on the Internet. Furthermore, if the communication terminal is installed in various places, there is an effect that the user can use the information service on the Internet from anywhere by simply carrying the portable recording medium.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of recorded contents of a portable recording medium used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an IC public telephone that is an example of a communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of an entrance management system used in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method for managing a network ID and a password according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating a connection procedure to an APC when a URL is recorded on a portable recording medium in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating a connection procedure to an APC when a URL is recorded in a gateway in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure for activating an APC ticket when a fee is paid by bank transfer in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure for activating an APC ticket when a fee is paid by a credit card in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure for activating an APC ticket when a fee is paid by credit call in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure for activating an APC ticket when a fee payment method is a prepaid card in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a case where the method of paying a fee is by credit call and the credit management center communicates with the APC via the Internet in the embodiment;
FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating a ticket validation procedure of the PC.

FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure for validating an APC ticket when a prepaid card center communicates with the APC via the Internet in the case where the payment method is a prepaid card in the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an authentication information input screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a ticket extraction method selection screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a singer name extraction condition selection screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a singer name selection screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a venue selection screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a ticket number input screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a ticket content confirmation screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a fee payment method selection screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a bank transfer confirmation screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a credit card payment processing screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a credit call payment processing screen of a communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a prepaid card payment processing screen of the communication terminal used in the embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a sequence diagram illustrating an ISP connection fee collection procedure in the case where the ISP connection fee is based on a pay-as-you-go fee.

FIG. 27 is a sequence diagram illustrating an ISP connection fee collection procedure in the case where the ISP connection fee is based on a flat-rate charge in the embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure for collecting an ISP connection fee in the case where the ISP connection fee is a metered charge and a prepaid card payment is performed.

FIG. 29 is a sequence diagram illustrating an ISP connection fee collection procedure in the case where the ISP connection fee is a flat-rate charge and a prepaid card payment is performed in the embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a sequence diagram illustrating a ticket issuing procedure of the entrance management system in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable recording medium 2 Communication terminal 3 Public line network 4 ISP 5 Internet 6 APC 7 APC contract bank 8 Admission management system 9 Credit card company 10 Credit call management company 11 Prepaid card center 41 Internet connection server 42 User database 43 ISP billing Center 61 Content server 62 Member database 71 Card insertion slot 72 Handset 73 Operation unit 74 Display unit 80 IC card 81 Admission management server 82 IC card reader / writer 83 Receipt printer 84 Portable recording medium reader 85 Receipt 100 Cursor

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Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. An Internet connection system for providing a connection service between a service providing system on the Internet and a communication terminal on a public network based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user, An authentication unit that authenticates the user using the identification number of the user that is read from the portable recording medium at the communication terminal and sent out, and sets the communication terminal in a state in which the communication terminal can be connected to the Internet; According to the address information specified based on the information from the communication terminal, connection means for connecting the communication terminal with the service providing system indicated by the address information on the Internet, and the Internet connection cost of the communication terminal. Management means for managing information to be charged to the service providing system side. Internet connection system. 2. The authentication unit according to claim 1, wherein one set unit includes at least one user.
Only one identification number for performing authentication of a portable recording medium possessed by the user is assigned, and at least one of the users included in the set unit is identified by the user in the service providing system. 2. The Internet connection system according to claim 1, wherein the authentication is performed using a password that is associated with an identification number for authentication and individually assigned to the user. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the authentication unit is configured to:
Only one identification number for authenticating the user is assigned, and a password 1 assigned to the one identification number is assigned.
2. The Internet connection system according to claim 1, wherein authentication is performed by one of the following. 4. The authentication means manages the identification number of the user in the Internet connection system as the same identification number as the identification number for authenticating the user in the service providing system. 2. The Internet connection system according to claim 1, wherein: 5. The communication terminal according to the address information recorded in the Internet connection system in advance in association with the identification number of the user, to the service providing system indicated by the address information on the Internet. The Internet connection system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein 6. A service providing system connected to a communication terminal on a public network via an Internet connection system, based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user, And means for authenticating a user of the communication terminal connected via the Internet connection system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, and providing a predetermined service to the user who has been successfully authenticated. Means for presenting, to the user, means for presenting the total cost amount obtained by adding the cost incurred by using the Internet connection system to the cost incurred by using the service; A service providing system, comprising: 7. The means for performing the settlement process includes at least two of a transfer to a financial institution, a payment by a credit card, a payment by a credit call, and a payment by a prepaid card.
7. The service providing system according to claim 6, further comprising means for presenting one of the services and allowing the user to select one of the services. 8. When the service to be provided is an event ticket reservation / sales service, the service providing system responds to a ticket reservation / sales data request from the event admission management system. 8. The service providing system according to claim 6, further comprising means for notifying the user. 9. An entrance management system for managing users entering an event site using information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by the user, wherein the service providing system according to claim 8. Requesting ticket reservation / sales data, and using the data notified from the service providing system and information read from a portable recording medium owned by the user, authentication of the user and confirmation of the reservation data And a means for outputting the confirmed reservation data. 10. A communication terminal connected to a service providing system on the Internet via an Internet connection system based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user, wherein the portable recording medium is 6. When set to a predetermined position, sends an identification number of the user to the Internet connection system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 recorded on the portable recording medium, and sends the identification number to the Internet connection system. 9. A means for making a connection between the user and the service providing system according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the service is manually input by a user or recorded on the portable recording medium via the Internet connection system. Means for transmitting an identification number of a user and connecting to the service providing system. Communication terminal. 11. The address information on the Internet of the service providing system according to claim 6, wherein the communication terminal is recorded on the portable recording medium via the Internet connection system. The communication terminal according to claim 10, further comprising a unit for transmitting the communication terminal. 12. An Internet connection method for connecting a service providing system on the Internet and a communication terminal on a public line network based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user, wherein Using the identification number of the user that the terminal for use has read and transmitted from the portable recording medium, performs authentication of the user,
A process for setting the communication terminal in a state where the communication terminal can be connected to the Internet; and, according to address information specified based on information transmitted by the communication terminal, a service providing system indicating the address information on the Internet and the communication terminal. Connecting to the Internet, and a method for connecting to the Internet. 13. A service providing method for providing a service to a communication terminal on a public line network via an Internet connection system based on information recorded on a portable recording medium owned by a user. A process of authenticating a user of the communication terminal connected via a connection system; a process of providing a predetermined service to the user who has been successfully authenticated; A service providing method, comprising: presenting a cost amount obtained by adding a cost generated by using the Internet connection system to a cost generated by using the service.