JP2003196350A - Method and device for certifying receipt of delivery matter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent illegal receipt of a delivery matter by pretension by enabling simple resident certification by using an electronic signature. <P>SOLUTION: Receipt certification of the delivery matter is performed by constituting an authentication organization by providing resident personal information of the respective houses with a house management system for managing resident information and providing at least one or more pieces of electric signature information in the respective house, distributing pieces of the electronic signature information issued by the authentication organization to the respective houses and sending information about a name of a receiver and a date of receipt to which a signature is attached by the electronic signature information to a delivery person. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for certifying receipt of a delivery and a delivery locker having a delivery receipt certifying function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Delivered goods and registered mail are delivered by confirming that they are residents of the address, not by strict identification. At that time, a signature or signature is used for the receipt. Consignment of deliveries to home delivery lockers and managers,
In accordance with that, the receipt is confirmed by delivering to that address. The courier lockers currently in practical use check the delivery destination with a magnetic card distributed to each household that stores a personal identification number or identification number, but this information is sent to the courier or the sender of the package. Not not. JP
There is an example where the delivery locker has a communication function to notify the status of parcels on e-mail or homepage as described in 2001-175555 gazette, but this also does not send information to confirm the recipient only by notification of the status It was An example of using a user's digital signature instead of a signature or signature is Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-34809.
Although it is described in Japanese Patent No. 2, the user signature used here does not refer to what institution guarantees the signature content.

[0003]

In order to use an electronic signature instead of a signature / sign based on the electronic signature method, an institution that proves the resident of the address is required. There is also a need for a method to prevent falsification and diversion of the user's digital signature. In addition, in order to receive registered mail that requires confirmation of receipt using a delivery locker, it is necessary to have a mechanism to send an electronic signature to a courier or the sender of the package at the time of receipt.

An object of the present invention is to provide a delivery receipt confirmation method using an electronic signature and a delivery locker using the method, which solves the above problems.

[0005]

According to the delivery receipt certifying method of the present invention, a house manager or a manager who manages inhabitant information in an apartment house, etc. Alternatively, a security service company outsourced by the management association shall be the certification body. In these companies, the name of each resident, the number of residents, and the number of people moving in and out are usually managed by a database. This certification body shall meet the requirements for the certification body specified by the Electronic Signature Law.

The certification body has a database of resident information and a database of electronic signatures of residents, and the information and electronic certification required to make an electronic signature for each house or each person registered as a resident. Issue a book. The electronic signature used here may be one using public key encryption or one using another encryption technique. When using public key cryptography, the certification authority issues a private key for each inhabitant as the above information. This secret key may be stored and issued in a recording medium such as an IC card or a dedicated terminal for electronic signature. It is also possible to store the name and delivery-designated trader information in the recording medium, and complete the encryption of the necessary information by selecting the trader number without the need to enter characters. An application necessary for encrypting the electronic signature with the private key may be attached together with issuing the private key. The public key for confirming the content of the electronic signature may be the information indicating the storage location or may be distributed to the target person as it is.

In the database of resident information held by the certification organization, personal information about the resident such as name, telephone number, and sex, age, etc. is stored in association with the address and room number. This database may also be used as a resident management database to share information. The electronic signature information database stores necessary information according to the issue destination of the electronic signature data, the valid period, and the encryption method.

Further, in order to prevent unauthorized use of electronic signatures, a certification authority is provided with an electronic signature use history database, and use information is acquired each time an electronic signature is issued. The issuing information such as the destination is stored in association with each other. This information is compared with the information sent from the other party to the certification authority at the time of signature confirmation to confirm that it has not been illegally used.

The process of issuing a digital signature by the user is performed as follows when a delivery or registered mail is received at each house. The person in charge of delivery shall have an electronic medium or a dedicated terminal for receiving the electronic signature. The user uses the dedicated terminal or a PC equipped with an encryption application to
By using the private key and digital certificate stored in the C card or terminal, at least the recipient's name and date of receipt, and if necessary, the information for identifying the delivery company which is the signature issue destination or the originator of the delivery item, Add and encrypt. The electronic certificate and the information about the public key are attached to the encrypted information, and the information is output to the electronic medium owned by the person in charge of delivery or a dedicated terminal.

To prevent unauthorized use of digital signatures,
After the above-mentioned issuing process, necessary information is sent to the certification authority and registered in the electronic signature use history database. It is desirable that the series of processes be continuously performed by the application.

When the electronic signature according to the present invention is applied to a home delivery locker, the locker control system obtains the communication function, the function of acquiring the address of the destination, and the receipt certification information in order to realize the function. It has a function to send to an address. The communication function sends receipt information to a delivery company, a postal carrier, or a certification body via a telephone line or a network. Communication with the certification authority may use a dedicated line instead of a general line. Select whether or not to use the receipt confirmation function when depositing luggage in the delivery locker, and if receipt confirmation is required, acquire the recipient's address. An electronic signature is created using the information stored in the user's IC card when the delivery is received, and the electronic signature is sent to this address.
The application for creating the electronic signature may be stored in the IC card or provided in the control system. The receipt history is accumulated by the locker control system and sent to the certification body at regular intervals, or maintenance personnel collect history information.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A delivery receipt certifying method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Here, a case where a digital signature based on public key cryptography is used will be described.

FIG. 1 shows the construction of a house management system 100 which serves as a certification body in the delivery receipt verification method of the present invention. Install this system in a house management company or a company outsourced by a house management company or management association.

The housing management system 100 is a resident data DB 107 which is personal information of residents such as the address of each house, the number of residents, the name / age / gender of the resident, telephone number, resident relationship, date of residence, etc. Resident information management function 10
1, a digital certificate issuing function 102 which is a function as a certification authority of a digital signature, a public key creation management function 104, a private key creation management function 105, a digital signature authentication function 105 and a public key DB 109, a private key issued to each house A DB 110, a digital signature usage history DB 108, and a signature history management function 106 for managing usage history are provided. Of this, resident data DB10
7 and the resident information management function 101 for managing it may be combined with a conventional resident management system. Resident data DB10
A code for identifying each door is provided in 7 and is used as a common key item. As the management information for the electronic signature, the name of the resident or the name of the representative of each house, the public key and private key of the electronic signature used by the person, and the validity period of the certificate are required. The private key DB stores the private key information of each house and the name of the resident or the representative name of each house, which is associated with each house identification code. The public key DB 109 stores information on the public key corresponding to the private key and the validity period of the certificate.

First, an operation of distributing an IC card storing a private key and a digital certificate to each house to verify delivery receipt will be described. FIG. 2 shows an image diagram of proof of receipt by an IC card. When receiving a delivery or registered mail at each house, the person in charge of delivery must have an electronic medium or terminal for receiving an electronic signature. The user has the signature IC card 210, and the person in charge of delivery is the terminal 200.
If you have an IC card, insert the IC card 210 into the terminal 200 of the person in charge of delivery when
0 or the electronic signature creation function 211 in the terminal 200 encrypts the personal information in the IC card 210 and the system date, which is the date of receipt, using the private key in the IC card 210 as an electronic signature, and the electronic certificate 214 Is added as a receipt certificate and transmitted to the terminal 200. At this time, information relating to the deliveries in the terminal such as the delivery company code and the delivery code in the terminal 200 may be added and encrypted. Electronic certificate 2
14 is issued as necessary and may be omitted. For simplicity, the electronic certificate 214 may be displayed on the terminal screen, a copy thereof may be created and transmitted to the person in charge of delivery. In this case, it is desirable to record and manage the date and time when the duplicate was created and the name of the recipient. FIG. 5 shows an example of the signature information 212 of the IC card 210. At least the identification code of each door, the address information or room number, the name of each door representative, and the private key, which are personal information, are stored. At this time, the individual house identification code may be used as the room number in the housing complex. If necessary, contact information such as the names, telephone numbers and email addresses of all residents may be added to the personal information.

Further, in order to prevent unauthorized use of the electronic signature, the IC card 210 or the terminal 200 is provided with a signature use history DB 213, and signature information is stored every time the electronic signature is used. The necessary information such as the door identification code stored in the signature usage history DB 213, the acquired delivery carrier information, and the signature issue date are the certification authority 100 that is the issuer of the electronic certificate.
And register it in the electronic signature usage history DB 108.

Instead of distributing IC cards to each house,
These pieces of information may be stored in a dedicated terminal provided in each door. When 200 in FIG. 2 is used as a dedicated terminal, the terminal 200 holds all the information in the IC card and the electronic signature function,
A function of writing the receipt certificate in the storage medium 210 of the delivery person or transmitting the receipt certificate to the terminal 201 of the delivery person is provided. This transmission may be performed by terminal communication or mail communication via a network. FIG. 3 shows an image diagram of a dedicated terminal that also serves as an intercom function. The dedicated terminal may be provided with a button 301 for executing an electronic signature and a transmission button 302 for transmitting the signature history to the house management system 100. This terminal may be provided with a communication function with a home delivery locker, which will be described later, to display the presence / absence of deposited deliveries.

Next, a case will be described in which the delivery locker is used to receive and certify the delivery when the resident is not present. FIG. 4 shows an example of the system configuration of the delivery locker of the present invention. The home delivery locker of the present invention includes a normal home delivery locker unit 400 and a home delivery locker management system 410. The parcel delivery locker unit 400 includes a locker control unit 401 that controls the process of receiving, locking, and storing the delivered item in the locker 402. Delivery locker management system 410
Is set as one function of the control unit 401 in the home delivery locker, or is provided outside and communicates with the locker control unit 401. The delivery locker management system 410 includes a data acquisition function 411 and a data registration function 412 for acquiring delivery destination identification information such as a house number, information on a delivery such as a type and shape of parcel, and information about a delivery company such as a vendor code. It is provided with a receipt issuing function 413 as proof of delivery, a delivery presence notification function 414 for notifying the addressee of the presence or absence of a delivery item, an electronic signature creation function 415, and a mail transmission function 416 for transmitting information to a delivery company or a resident.

Similar to a normal home delivery locker, the delivery person uses the locker control unit 40 to provide the delivery information when using the locker.
Key input from 1, or a method of transmitting information by inserting a card storing necessary information. At this time, whether or not to use the receipt confirmation function is selected by a screen display, a message, or the like, and in the case of a delivery such as registered mail that requires confirmation of receipt, the address of the transmission destination is input to the control unit 401. In the case of card input, the address is automatically acquired. The luggage deposit time is automatically acquired by the clock function of the delivery locker system. These pieces of information are deposited D by the data acquisition function 411 and the data registration function 412.
Registered in B417. The locker control unit 401 detects an empty locker suitable for the delivered product, receives the package and locks it in some cases, and issues a receipt by the receipt issuing function 413. As for the presence or absence of checked baggage, issue a receipt and put it in the mailbox as in the case of a normal delivery locker.
The delivery presence notification function 414 notifies the security system of each house and the intercom system displays the function. When the baggage deposit is completed normally, the acquired information is stored in the deposit DB 417. FIG. 6 shows an example of data in the deposit DB 417. If you do not accept the item due to lack of suitable free lockers,
This information is processed by the mail transmission function 416 into an attachment file or a standard mail format, an address is acquired from the destination DB 418 of the dwelling unit that is the delivery destination, and the mail is transmitted.
Also in this case, necessary information may be displayed by utilizing the notification function linked with the security system of each house as shown in FIG. If the delivery item type is perishable or if a cooling locker is selected, if the elapsed time from the deposit date 605 exceeds the deposit period preset by the system, the delivery company address corresponding to the delivery item in the deposit DB 417. The home delivery locker system may send a rejection notice to 603.

When the resident receives the delivered product, when the IC card storing the private key and electronic certificate of each door as described above is inserted into the locker control section of the delivery locker, the delivery locker system 410 causes the identification code of the card. The locker number 602 is determined from the corresponding data 601 of the deposit DB 417 corresponding to 501, and the locker is unlocked. At this time, it is checked whether the receipt confirmation is designated or not by the deposit DB 41.
It is determined by the identification flag 605 of No. 7. If confirmation is required, the delivery locker management system 410 uses the information of the IC card and the electronic signature creation function 415 to create the necessary information with an electronic signature, similar to the above-mentioned receiving method at each house, and send it to the delivery company address 603. To do.

[0021]

As described above, according to the delivery receipt confirmation method of the present invention, a simple resident certification using an electronic signature is possible, and it is possible to prevent unauthorized receipt of a delivery due to impersonation. Further, the delivery locker using the delivery receiving method of the present invention can safely receive the delivery requiring certification of delivery, such as registered mail, even when absent.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a house management system.

FIG. 2 is an image diagram of proof of receipt by an IC card.

FIG. 3 is an image diagram of a dedicated terminal that also serves as an intercom function.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of a home delivery locker of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information in an IC card.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of information in a deposit DB.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 ... Housing management system, 107 ... Resident data DB,
108 ... Electronic signature use history DB, 109 ... Public key DB,
110 ... Private key DB, 200 ... Terminal used for electronic signature creation, 210 ... IC card, 400 ... Delivery locker, 41
0 ... Delivery locker management system.

Front page continuation (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI theme code (reference) H04L 9/32 H04L 9/00 675B

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A housing management system for managing inhabitant information is provided with individual inhabitant personal information for each house and at least one or more electronic signature information for each house as a resident certification body, and the electronic signature information issued by the certification body is for each house. A delivery delivery receipt certifying method comprising certifying a delivery delivery by delivering to a delivery person the information of the recipient and the date of receipt, which has been signed by the electronic signature information. 2. A delivery locker function, a means for obtaining delivery destination information of a delivery person in a storage management means of the delivery locker, a means for obtaining receipt certification information according to claim 1, and the receipt certification information. A delivery receipt certifying device comprising means for transmitting to the destination.